Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
The Family Health International (FHI 360) is seeking to fill the role of Partnership and Integration Officer.
FHI 360 delivers sustainable, high-quality, comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support services.
Responsibilities
- Identify, develop, maintain and nurture effective collaborative partnerships among a wide range of government and non-governmental organisations in line with USAID 3C’s approach as outlined in USAID-Malawi’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy
- Identify potential organisations for strategic partnerships and capacity building on SBCC and facilitate collaboration and cooperation
- Provide leadership and support to fostering effective partnerships and integration of activities, workplans, and technical support across partners and collaborating organisations so that opportunities to leverage abilities and expertise can be identified and realised
- Facilitate the provision of technical assistance, under the direction of the senior capacity strengthening advisor, in the development and implementation of rigorous social and behaviour change communication strategies and materials (print and audio visual) for MNCH, malaria, WASH, nutrition, family planning/reproductive health programmes and other areas in all phases from formative research, through design, media and materials production, and evaluation
- Proactively and continuously communicate and coordinate activities among partner organisations and collaborating organisations so as to improve collaboration, cooperation and understanding among organisations
- Take responsibility for the specified deliverables and goals of the project with respect to partnership and integration as well as capacity strengthening, ensuring completion of tasks and material development in a timely manner and in full compliance with FHI 360 and USAID branding and marking rules, guidelines and regulations
- Take responsibility, under the direction of the deputy chief of party and senior capacity strengthening advisor, for the specified SBCC requests of government of Malawi, USAID, USAID implementing partners and other partners while ensuring completion of tasks in a timely manner
- As directed to by the supervisor, complete detailed integration strategy write-ups, workplans, and creative briefs, and deliver quarterly reports including reviewing reports and deliverables from partners and all other reporting requirements
- Oversee the work of consultants and subcontractors
- Liaise and communicate effectively with partner organisations involved in country programme activities
- In collaboration with monitoring and evaluation team, monitor progress and impact of integration activities, document and disseminate lessons learnt
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Marketing, Public Health, Social Sciences, or a related field and six years of experience or a postgraduate degree in a relevant field with four years of experience
- Strong technical expertise in gender integration, youth empowerment and social and behaviour change communication in the health sector
- Evidence of good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Evidence of good presentation/facilitation skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills and successful teamwork
- Experience in developing and maintaining productive working relations with stakeholders including the Ministry of Health and/or Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare
- Fluency in oral and written English
- Strong Chichewa capacity (oral and written) highly desirable
- Willingness to travel to districts monthly if necessary
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