Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization

JOB TITLE Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) oordinator
**REPORTING TO

Chief of Party with dotted line to the ACCM Director

GRADE *3REPORTING TO POSITION*

Policy and Advocacy Officer

Social and Behavioural Communication (SBC) Officer

LOCATION:Lagos*CHILD SAFEGUARDING *Level 3. The responsibilities of this post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children and young people. In the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3.

As part of these responsibilities the post holder will support the establishment of child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe, and ensure that potential harm to children (by our own staff and/or as a result of how we do our work) is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. The post holder should report and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.

ROLE PURPOSE:Under the guidance of the Chief of Party and in collaboration with the Advocacy, Campaign and Policy Manager (Survive) and the Community Mobilization and Engagement Manager, the ACSM Coordinator will be responsible for leading on the development and building of government commitment and investment in immunization of under-five children in underserved communities through effective advocacy and strengthening of the policy environment as well as the development and implementation of social behaviorial change communication and mobilization strategies targeting communities with zero-dose and under-immunized children. S/he will support the Chief of Party to promote an innovative agenda in the delivery of primary health care with focus on improving quality and access to immunization services, strengthening the health system, enabling policy and social environment, community involvement and removing the social, cultural and behavioural barriers to immunization service uptake. The incumbent will ensure an increased and sustained demand for vaccine services by caregivers and communities with child populations at highest risk of being under-immunized or zero-doseKEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
_Programme Quality _

• Lead in the development and implementation of project-specific Advocacy and Social Behavioural Change Communications Strategy
• Lead in the planning, costing and implementation of ACSM components of the project and contribute to the overall key programme planning, coordination and reporting activities.
• Lead in documenting success stories and contribute to the writing of reports, case studies, briefing papers and presentations for internal and external audiences as relevant
• Build the capacities and provide technical support on ACSM to the Policy and Advocacy Officer, Social and Behavioural Communication Officer and other project team members at the state level
• Support systems for research, analysis and documentation that underpin evidence-based advocacy, behavioural change communication and social mobilization at state level.
• In collaboration with the MEAL Coordinator put in place metrics and measurement tools to collect data and analyse the progress of project’s ACSM activities.
• Provides technical expertise to ensure programs are of high quality and comply with the country and SCI standards by contributing to the writing, reviewing and improving ToRs, tools, SoPs, guidelines and protocols.
• Actively contribute to the process of learning, evaluation, capturing and disseminating lessons from the programme for continuous improvement of programme performance and overall outcome

Advocacy

• As part of the ACSM strategy, lead in the development and implementation of advocacy approach, exploring governance-related barriers to immunization service uptake such as strengthening coordination and increasing domestic funding for immunization activities at all levels.
• Provides capacity building in form of training and mentorship for EPI managers and other PHC workers in the areas of health sector resource mobilization, financial management and coordination
• Lead in the analysis of relevant government policies, guidelines and plans on immunization with ACSM, under-immunized and zero-dose children in view and making relevant recommendations for improvement
• Lead in the preparation of advocacy materials and messages to facilitate the advancement of immunization service uptake in under-served communities
• Develop good knowledge of state and national government structures, parliamentary and political processes and key decision-making structures and how to influence them.
• Work with pressure groups and champions (including children to promote a coalition-led budget advocacy at legislative and executive bodies for increased domestic investment in immunization,
• Lead in the mapping and dissemination of existing tools for budget tracking and coordinate budget advocacy and tracking amongst partner organisations and institutions
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