The position will be responsible for providing technical assistance to USG agencies, USG partners, and national government partners, designing and leading high impact communications strategies and implementations.
 

• Responsible for leading the behavior change communication technical approach across multiple projects
• Represent Danya before stakeholders and oversee implementation of activities throughout Africa
• Contribute to annual work planning
• Establish and maintain a productive relationships with key stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs and community groups for smooth implementation
• Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary program planning, development, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently

• Manager BCC project staff in multiple countries
• Contribute to ensure projects meets set targets
• Promote and support the dissemination of best practices among the project teams
• Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results to the donor, including progress reports, and annual reports

• Relevant bachelor’s degree with graduate degree preferred
• A minimum of 6+ years of senior level experience in designing or implementing behavior change communications strategies in multiple countries preferably on US government funded projects
• Experience developing consultant TORs and deliverable-based contracts/agreements.
• Demonstrated experience providing BCC technical assistance to public health and/or food security projects
• Expertise in research to practice – identifying relevant research and best practices and adapting them to program realities
• Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects
• A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts
• Excellent interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills
• Strong change management, results oriented and decision making skills
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Fluency in English
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally