Breakthrough ACTION ignites collective action and encourages people to adopt healthier behaviors-from using modern contraceptive methods and sleeping under bed nets to being tested for HIV-by forging, testing, and scaling up new and hybrid approaches to social and behavior change (SBC).
Firmly grounded in proven practices, Breakthrough ACTION works in partnership with governments, civil society, and communities around the world to implement creative and sustainable SBC programming, nurture SBC champions, mainstream new techniques and technologies, and advocate strategic and sustained investment in SBC.Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria (BA-N) is a USAID-funded project with John Hopkins Centre for Communications Programs (CCP) as the lead consortium partner. It is a multi-partner project with governments and other USAID partners to support Social Behaviour Change (SBC) and demand creation on priority FP/RH, Malaria, and MNCH+N health behaviors in Eleven (11) states and FCT across Nigeria.
In collaboration with the SMOH, SPHCDA, LGAs, Communities, and other implementing partners in Bauchi State, Breakthrough ACTION–Nigeria will support the state to use an integrated social behavior change (I-SBC) approach towards achieving desired improvements in health outcomes targeted at individual, household and community levels.
To achieve this Breakthrough ACTION is looking for qualified candidates to serve as master trainers in Bauchi State. The trainers will participate in a 1-Week Training-of-Trainers (TOT) on Integrated Social Behaviour Change (I-SBC), which they will step down in various LGAs in these states over a certain period.
Scope of Work
Participate in a 1-week Training-of-Trainers (TOT)
Facilitate a 10-day training for community volunteers, supervisors, and community actions groups in assigned state and LGAs.
Build the capacity of training participants to use community dialogue framework for community volunteers
Build the capacity of participants on referrals and data tools
Ensure that participants demonstrate enough knowledge, skills, and competence necessary to conduct interpersonal communication (IPC), community health dialogues, compound meetings, and other community-level activities in their wards.
Draft and submit a training report required at the end of the training.
Education, Experience & Certifications
Qualification in nursing, public health, community health, social sciences, communication, or related field
Prior experience facilitating training for community resource persons e.g. VCMs, CORPS, CBHVs, CVs e.t.c
Prior experience with MNCH or RH/FP demand generation activities, projects, or programs
Good technical knowledge on MNCH, Family Planning or Malaria within the context of southern Nigeria
Fluency in local language with good understanding and appropriate context
Resident in the state applied for and able to work in the state and any LGA
Excellent facilitation, communication, and oral presentation skills
Self-motivated and ability to work as part of a team
Strong analytical, communication, computer, and problem-solving skills
Availability for 3 weeks to participate in Training-of-Trainers (ToT) and facilitate step-down training
Ability to travel for Training-of-Trainers (TOT) if required
Willingness to step down the training in any assigned LGA within the applied state
