Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Nigeria

Palladium is seeking to fill the position of Covid Vaccine Communications and Mobilisation Consultant.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation that works with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society organisations to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of state-level Covid communication strategy in Ebonyi, FCT, Bauchi, Kebbi, and Sokoto
• Support the capacity-building and training of media professionals/journalists on latest global, regional, and national evidence on Covid vaccine to fight myths on vaccines and allay fears that lead to vaccine hesitancy
• Lead efforts on social listening, rumour management by identifying platforms to listen to and set criteria for that listening while identifying mechanisms for tracking and responding to rumours through mass and social media and engagement with influential traditional, religious and community leaders
• Support media and social media engagement by providing up-to-date information through mass and social media (WhatsApp), including training and mobilising journalists, supporting mass media campaigns
• Work with vaccine experts and state Covid vaccine teams to develop evidence-based communications messages and print and disseminate factsheets, etc, in collaboration with the IHP vaccine expert, HMIS consultant and the state Covid vaccine task team risk and crises communication
• Use social media to share evidence of vaccine efficacy and manage misinformation on vaccines and allay fears that lead to vaccine hesitancy
• Work with media professionals/journalists to create awareness and to fight myths
• Work with media professionals/journalists to inform health workers and the public about vaccination venues and registration processes
• Support adaptation and or development of Covid vaccine global, regional, and national behaviour change communication materials
• Track media reporting and information accuracy/fact versus misinformation on Covid vaccine including articles, blogs on social media
• Work with Palladium Covid vaccine experts, IHP in Abuja and other Covid Vaccine state experts to develop training modules for grantees to deliver on Covid vaccine service delivery
• Support IHP’s financial support to mass media spots by obtaining requests from the government
• Escalate any reported adverse effects of Covid vaccine from global, regional, and national levels
• Support development of fact sheets on Covid vaccine

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Public Health, Journalism, Communication and Advocacy, Public Relations, Sociology, or a related discipline
• Three years, minimum, of professional work experience in communications, risk and behavioural change communication and community engagement
• Experience in developing key messages for various audiences
• Experience using social media platforms and tools to communicate and engage with a variety of audiences
• Experience in managing communications in emergency situations and on sensitive issues
• Experience working with USAID, government of Nigeria or another international development organisation will be a plus
• Excellent research and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and team working skills and capacity to work in a multicultural environment
• Experience with other emergency vaccine programmes, such as polio or yellow fever, is preferred

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