مطلوب استشاري تواصل التغيير السلوكي والاجتماعي لدى Ipas في نيروبي ، كينيا
Consultant SBCC
About the job
Ipas African Alliance is seeking a consultant/firm to develop a comprehensive Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Strategy for programs being implemented in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. Using Ipas, Social norm and behavior change framework for safe abortion- Shifting Gears, the Consultant will develop SBC strategy that will include a communication, monitoring and evaluation plan. The SBCC strategy should include guidance on breaking down policy, community engagement and service provision outcomes into the norm and behavior change strategies that will help the Alliance to achieve its strategic Plan outcomes. Strategy development should take into account the viewpoint of multiple stakeholders including program participants and should be done through a gender lens.
II. Background
Ipas Africa Alliance has worked regionally in Africa for 20 years, addressing an unmet need to respond to high rates of unsafe abortion. The consequences of unsafe abortions weigh heavily on individuals, families, society, and the health care systems.
إقرأ أيضا:وظائف خريجين تغذيه وصناعة غذائية لشركة صناعية موقعها سحابRecognizing the intersectionality of sexual reproductive rights, Ipas Africa Alliance in 2022 expanded the organization’s shift toward reproductive justice. This update reflects Ipas’s ongoing effort to put power in the hands of the people closest to its work, the women and girls. Ipas recognizes that having the right to sexual and reproductive health services including contraceptives and safe abortion isn’t enough. People in Africa and around the world face economic, cultural, religious and systemic barriers that prevent them from accessing their rights. Reproductive justice is the human right to bodily autonomy—the right to control one’s own sexuality, gender, health and reproduction, and to do so safely and with dignity. The expansion to reproductive justice gives room for Ipas to work on reproductive health issues that can enhance the ecosystem of access to contraceptives and safe abortion. These intersectional issues include gender justice, comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), gender-based violence (GBV) and emerging areas such as climate change that affect sexual reproductive health.
III. Objective
The objective of the consultancy is to develop an SBCC strategy for the Alliance Program, including the following components:
Prepare a contextual analysis report including key behaviors to be promoted, primary and supporting audiences for the strategy, current behaviors, barriers to and facilitators for improved behaviors, and information gaps requiring additional formative research. Based on document review and consultation with stakeholders Plan and implement formative research. Analyze formative research results and prepare report. Develop SBCC strategy based on results of the context assessment and formative research. Write a Communication Plan (outlined in more detail under Activities) Media and materials development Media and materials pre-testing and finalization Write a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (outlined in more detail under Activities)
إقرأ أيضا:مطلوب مخرج البرنامج في شركة بارسونز بجدةDevelop, pre-test, and finalize media and materials.
IV. Activities and level of effort
The consultant will be supported by the Alliance Senior Advisors staffs – (Community Access, Policy and Advocacy, PMERL Advisor), (Can add support). Other support such as translators can be hired if necessitated by the field test plan. Specific activities and the number of days needed for each include the following:
Activity and days.
- Review documents, secondary data including previous formative research and media analyses, and existing SBCC strategies and materials – 3 days
- Assess SBCC methods and approaches currently used at Ipas/implementation of the shifting gears framework in Ipas programs, existing gaps through holding consultation sessions with Ipas staff, champions, community members, CSOs and other partners. Findings to inform final design of the strategy. 3 days
- Analyze the assessment and prepare report – 1 day
- Develop an SBCC Strategy in consultation with Alliance staff, partners, and other key stakeholders including program participants 10 days
- Pretest and pilot materials developed with key stakeholders and target audience recording the feedback for incorporation into the final strategy – 5 days
- Write Communication Plan outlining message themes and/or specific wording of messages, primary and secondary audiences, recommended communication channels and media, and roles and responsibilities for implementation. 1 days
- Conduct an orientation training of trainers on the newly developed SBCC strategy to Ipas staff, champions, and community members 2 days
- Write/Develop M & E Plan setting benchmarks for success of the SBCC strategy, for example message coverage, uptake of key behaviors and services, appropriate use of services and products. The strategy should recommend specific methodologies and tools that can be integrated into existing project M & E system and roles and responsibilities for implementing M & E for SBCC Strategy- 2 days
- Write brief reports for each trip to the field outlining activities completed and stakeholders who participated in the process of development. 1 days
- Write brief reports for each trip to the field outlining activities completed and stakeholders who participated in the process of development- 1 days.
Required Skills And Qualifications
- Previous experience developing project/program-level SBCC Strategies
- Theory driven approach to SBCC
- Previous experience in the region
- Previous experience with the technical content
- Ability to use secondary data to conduct a specific contextual analysis and identify gaps that need to be filled in order to develop an SBC strategy.
- Familiarity with and ability to adapt pre-testing and communication planning tools
- Familiarity with and ability to adapt M & E tools and methodologies for gauging the effectiveness of SBC Strategies
- Qualitative/participatory research and analysis skills. Past experience with using research data to target messages to different primary and secondary audiences through appropriate media and channels
- Collaborative working style
- Ability to produce deliverables in a results-oriented, time-sensitive environment
- Excellent communication, writing, and organizational skills
VI. Deliverables
- Contextual analysis report
- Formative research plan, instruments, and report
- SBC Strategy Document including Communication Plan and M & E Plan
- Draft media and materials and pre-test reports
- Final media and materials
- Trip reports
Time Frame: 60 days- April-May 31st, 2023
Ipas is strongly committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of harassment, discrimination, and inequity. We recruit, employ, train, promote, and compensate our personnel without regard to race, age, sex, religion, national origin, color, creed, ancestry, citizenship, caste, ethnicity, regional identity, tribal identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic protected by law or outlined by Ipas policy. Ipas acknowledges that these personal characteristics may differ in different contexts.
