Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Consultant

September 24, 2022

Project Overview and Role:

In Kenya, NPI EXPAND will support locally driven solutions to increase access to and use of health services in Narok County. Specifically, the program will provide grants and tailored assistance to local organizations to implement context-specific approaches aimed at removing barriers to family planning access and use and improving maternal health outcomes. The activities will also promote continuity of services and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on routine health services. The primary beneficiaries of the program include adolescents and youth (girls and boys) who are in- and out-of-school, women, men, and couples. While the NPI EXPAND program focuses on the health sector, this activity forms part of an integrated program that also advances livelihoods, food security, sustainable livestock raising, and conservation in the Mara Landscape. Grantees will be required to coordinate closely with county government representatives and other organizations working in health, conservation, and development spaces in Narok County.

Goal and objectives

The overall goal of this project is to enhance the capacity of the local partners to increase demand and deliver high quality maternal and family planning services to the underserved populations in Narok County – Kenya, while ensuring sustainability of the environment in which they depend on. The following are the objectives:
●Improve availability of integrated maternal health and family planning information and services through integration with environment and while addressing gender barriers
●Increase awareness, demand and acceptance of maternal health and family planning services by addressing socio-cultural barriers including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and through integration with environment.
●Strengthen the community health and environment platforms, systems, and structures to support uptake of maternal health and family planning services
●Strengthen the capacity of the Narok County Health department to plan, finance and implement cross sectoral integrated health and environment programs/projects.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

NPI EXPAND is seeking technical assistance for social and behavior change communication, specifically:

Develop a communication plan to guide all partners in implementing the SBCC messaging and disseminating their work.
Develop audio and visual materials to support dialogues that increase the demand for family planning and maternal health services; demystify myths and social cultural misconceptions on family planning and maternal health in Narok; and propose and support the project partners to roll out innovative communication approaches that Are gender, culturally sensitive and age appropriate for use by different target audiences in consultation with project partners.
Identify a common project tagline in consultation with the project partners that communicates the project’s purpose and easily connects with the audience, mainly the community.
Identify standardized messaging and tag lines for use across the project in consultation with the partners .
Design standardized information, communication, and education materials to support implementation of the project based on identified messages and the project name. This includes posters, fliers, t-shirts, shukas .
Work in consultation with the project partners to develop an advocacy agenda and develop messaging for partners to use in targeting identified stakeholders.
Work in consultation with the partners to identify thematic topics for the project’s quarterly bulletin.
In collaboration with partners identify the social media channels that can be used to share the project information with different audiences.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS

A project tag line for use by all partners and easily relates with the target groups.

Soft copy designs of information, communication, and education materials – posters, fliers, t-shirts, and shukas, for use by the project partners.
Designs for standardized information, communication, and education materials to support implementation of the project based on identified messages and the project name. This includes posters, fliers, t-shirts, shukas.
List of social media channels identified that can be used to share the project information with different audiences and their and guideline for their use.
Recommendations on thematic areas to cover in the projects quarterly bulletin.
A communication plan to guide the social and behavior change communication work and dissemination for all partners.

Required Qualifications:

To be considered for this assignment, the applicants must meet the following minimum eligibility requirements:

Must be a Kenyan national legally registered with government of Kenya and compliant with government tax laws; (Existing Tax Identification Number, copy of current tax compliance certificate).
Should have the demonstrated experience to fully execute the proposed activities within the proposed timeline.
Must have a legal bank account in operation (Provide correct bank account details).
Must have experience of undertaking Social Behaviour Change Communication assignments in Kenya. Previous work in Narok county or similar settings will be an added advantage.
Must demonstrate ability to work with multiple stakeholders in executing similar assignments.

SUBMISSION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Application Date and Time: September 30, 2022.
Anticipated Period of Performance and Level of Effort – 15 days.
This engagement is anticipated to be part-time September – December 2022

Company Overview:

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