Social Behavior Change (SBC) Officer - Cotabato (Filipino Nationals Only)

Spread The Health; North Cotabato; Híbrido; PHP 670.000 - 1.004.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Accident and life insurance

Leave entitlement

Government-mandated benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Spread The Health is seeking an SBC Officer for Cotabato (Filipino Nationals Only) to lead social behavior change initiatives in BARMM. The role requires developing plans, producing communication tools, and delivering trainings for health workers and community implementers.

You will coordinate with local authorities, monitor progress, and ensure outputs align with strategy and donor requirements. With 6 months duration (ASAP start), you will engage with LGUs, provide technical support, and

Formación

• A licensed health or allied health professional (preferred).
• Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Health Sciences, or Development Studies (master’s degree, preferred).
• Experience in Social Behavior Change, Health Promotion and Health Education Strategies.
• Experience implementing health and nutrition trainings; SBC programs.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure outputs are delivered on time and aligned with strategy and donor requirements.
• Provide technical support to LGUs for Public Health Nutrition trainings and initiatives.
• Enhance technical capacities of health workers and community implementers.
• Provide consistent technical support related to behavior change activities.
• Submit regular reports on activity progress and challenges.
• Monitor progress and address challenges promptly.
• Represent Action Against Hunger at local coordination meetings.
• Coordinate with agencies and stakeholders for project activities.
• Ensure quality training, engagement, and post-training follow-ups.
• Provide input for MEAL-based reporting and evaluations.
• Document best practices and lessons learned.

Conocimientos

Social Behavior Change

Health Promotion

Health Education

Adult Learning Methodologies

Communication Skills

Report Writing

Microsoft Office

Facilitation

Educación

Public Health

Nutrition

Health Sciences

Development Studies

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

Social Behavior Change (SBC) Officer - Cotabato (Filipino Nationals Only)

Duration : 6 months (with a possibility of an extension)
Start date : ASAP

• Ensure high-quality and timely delivery of outputs, alignment with Action Against Hunger’s strategy, national nutrition and health standards, and donor compliance requirements.
• Provide technical support to LGUs to ensure quality delivery of Public Health Nutrition trainings and other initiatives
• Ensure training programs enhance the technical capacities of health workers, partners, and community-level implementers in BARMM.
• Provide a consistent and high-quality technical support in relation to behavioral change activities.

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1: Implementation Support

• With the Head of Project, develop a Social Behavior Change Plan for project areas, delivering messages about health and nutrition.
• Develop, pre-testing, and producing communication tools and job aids based on evidence-based theories and methodologies, in line with the Social Behavior Change strategy.
• Develop learning and development plan for Municipal level health and nutrition workers aligned with the delivery of the local nutrition action plans.
• Deliver technical training, and other Social Behavior Change intervention while closely working with communities and field program staff.
• Provide technical assistance in community sensitization and mobilization and behavior change communications, to the targeted population.
• Provide regular reports (as defined) to the Head of Project to update them on the advancement of activities and make them aware of any key challenges and support needed
• Monitor project progress on Social Behavior Change and address challenges promptly.

Objective 2: Partnership and Representation of Action Against Hunger with external stakeholders

• Represent Action Against Hunger at local coordination meetings
• Ensure project activities are coordinated with relevant agencies and stakeholders where Action Against Hunger is working.
• Ensure quality training, participant engagement and post-training follow-ups.

Objective 3: Monitoring and Reporting

• Based on the agreed MEAL plan, provide regular input to ensure accurate reporting on indicators.
• Conduct post-training evaluations and learning assessments
• Ensure proper and timely archiving of sources of verification
• Document best practices and lessons learned to improve future programming.

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

• A licensed health or allied health professional (preferred)
• Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Health Sciences, or Development Studies (master’s degree, preferred).
• Experienced in the following:
  • Social Behavior Change
  • Health Promotion and Health Education Strategies
  • Health and nutrition trainings
  • Implementing social and behavior change communication programs
• Knowledgeable on Adult Learning Methodologies
• Adept with the current state of health and nutrition in BARMM Region context
• Excellent report and technical writing skills
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Preferably has previous experience in assessment, monitoring or implementation of emergency response projects
• Knowledge in Nutrition in Emergencies
• At least 5 years in field implementation of health and nutrition projects, preferably in humanitarian or development contexts in BARMM
• Strong experience in planning and delivery of health education and health promotion activities
• Experience in designing training curriculums for health and nutrition units at Municipality and Barangay level.
• Knowledge on Training packages such as:
  • Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM)
  • Infant and Child Feeding (IYCF)
  • Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE)
  • Nutrition Program Management (NPM)
• Familiarity in working in BARMM Region
• Excellent in written and spoken English and Tagalog. Knows the local language – Maranao and/or Maguindanaon, in the working area is an asset
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook)
• Willing to be based in the areas of operation and able to travel extensively in the Project areas – Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Sur
• Valuable prior experience in issues related to the promotion of gender equality and child rights or personal commitment to gender equality and child rights.

Our remuneration package:

• Compensation: based on Action Against Hunger grid.
• Benefits: health insurance, accident and life insurance, leave entitlement, government-mandated benefits
• Project-based Employment

Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.

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