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  • Posted: Oct 6, 2022
    Deadline: Oct 18, 2022
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    UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in some 170 countries and territories, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local ...
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    Behavioral Change Communication Officer

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • The Behavioural Change and Communications Officer, under the supervision of the Project Supervisor, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and in close cooperation with UNDP team will do the following:
    • Develop behavioural change communication plans and Behavioural Change and Communications performance monitoring plans for the project implementation;
    • Lead all community campaign events including durbars, mini-durbars, interpersonal house -to - house campaigns, community information centre and information van campaigns;
    • Ensure project compliance with all community norms and practices;
    • Develop criteria and checklist for the recruitment of Toilet campaign champions;
    • Provide inputs for the development of Behavioural Change and Communications materials for toilet campaign champions;
    • Lead the training of toilet campaign champions;
    • Engage community leadership including traditional authorities, religious leaders, local elected officials and opinion leaders, youth and women groups within the community for project take off;
    • Develop the sales and marketing campaign for household toilet in the community;
    • Create platforms for Toilet Campaign champions to introduce toilet and toilet finance products to communities through interpersonal engagements;
    • Set sales targets for Toilet Campaign Champions;
    • Create effective linkages between Toilet Campaign Champions and Project artisans to be able to effectively connect demand to supply of household toilet construction; and
    • Prepare periodic reports on Behavioural Change and Communications, demand creation and toilet sales.

    Institutional Arrangement:

    • The Behavioural Change and Communications Officer will be reporting to the Project Supervisor, and working closely with the project’s financial institution partner, KMA and the technical team at UNDP Office in Ghana.


    Competencies
    Core:

    Achieve Results:    Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work.
    Think Innovatively:    Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking.
    Learn Continuously:    Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning.
    Adapt with Agility:    Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process.
    Act with Determination:    Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously.
    Engage and Partner:    Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships.
    Enable Diversity and Inclusion:    Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making.
          
    Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies:          
    Business Management Communication
        

    • Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience.
    • Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.
    • Business Development    Human-centered Design    
    • Ability to develop solutions to problems by involving the human perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process.

    Knowledge Facilitation    

    • Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally.

    Communication

    • Advocacy strategy and Implementation
    • Ability to create and implement advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change.

     Campaign Management    

    • Ability to produce and implement communications and advocacy campaigns which lead to impactful change.

    Marketing    

    • Ability to communicate the value of a product or service.
    • Partnership Management    CSO Engagement    
    • Knowledge and understanding of CSOs and the ability to engage with CSOs

     
    Required Skills and Experience
    Min. Education Requirements:    

    • Master’s Degree in Public Health, Social Sciences or any related field, or a 
    • Bachelor’s Degree in Public health, Social Sciences or related field with two (2) years of relevant work experience, is required.

    Min. years of relevant work experience:    

    • A minimum of two (2) years with Bachelor's Degree of relevant work experience in projects related to behavioral practices on urban issues, is required.

    Required skills:    

    • Experience working in sanitation projects in Kumasi or other municipalities in Ghana is required. 
    • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) is required.
    • Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies Section:    
    • Experience in capacity building, advocacy and knowledge management is an asset.
    • Experience working on projects related to the local implementation of Agenda 2030 is an asset.
    • Proven professional experience focusing on client management and working with a diverse team will be an asset. 
    • Knowledge and experience of UN procurement and contracting procedures is an asset.

    Required Language/s:    

    • Proficiency in the English language is required. 
    • Working knowledge of Twi and/or Hausa dialects is an added advantage

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to UNDP on jobs.undp.org to apply

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