Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Manager- Nutrition 12-263

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International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical and nutrition assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
International Medical Corps (IMC) is seeking a public health nutritionist to work with the IMC’s Chad Nutrition Program. The Nutritionist will support the Care Groups through which infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and social behavior change (SBC) related to nutrition will be implemented.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

-Design SBC strategy and detailed activities’ plan including identifying audiences, communication channels and tools at each level: mother/other caregiver, household, community, facility, and environment.

-Implement, scale up and monitor SBC activities in the working area as per project implementation plan
Adapt /Produce tools for identification of key factors that influence behavior change to ensure that behavior change messages are relevant to the local context

-Work with nutrition team on developing and conducting surveys and evaluations as needed. This could include knowledge, attitudes and practices, SMART, Barriers analysis and other surveys

-Develop and manage the Care Group and SBC components

-Train national staff to implement the Care Group program

-Ensure efficiency and results-oriented performance in the Care Group component of the program

-Develop and implement a capacity building plan on the Care Group component, IYCF, and SBC for local project staff

-Develop a plan for SBC capacity building and training activities in coordination with the nutrition team

-Liaise with the Ministry of Health at district and regional to ensure sustainability

-Document all processes and outputs of SBC capacity building, coordination and management of activities to ensure a experiences and lessons are well documented for future reference

-Prepare an M&E plan for the Care Group component

-Provide monthly and quarterly technical progress reports as required and in a timely manner

-Coordinate with nutrition team for referrals between nutrition components.