Regional Behavior Change Communications Manager at Danya International in Kenya
Closing date: 31 Dec 2012
Danya International, Inc. (Danya) provides technology-enabled services to achieve social impact for the government, nonprofit, and commercial sectors. Danya is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, and has offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Nairobi, Kenya.
Danya’s core competencies include information technology, research and evaluation, behavior change communications (BCC), education and training, capacity building, and program management support. Recognized as a past U.S. Government Contractor of the Year, Danya is dedicated to outstanding service and creativity. We not only use the latest technology, but we also strive to apply it in a way that enhances the human experience. We use technology to innovate with social impact!
SUMMARY:
Under supervision of the VP, Africa Programs, the Regional Behavior Change Communications Manager will provide technical leadership and implementation oversight for Danya’s evidenced-based BCC initiatives in the region. This position will be responsible for providing technical assistance to U.S. Government (USG) agencies, USG partners, and national government partners, in designing and leading high-impact communications strategies and implementations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Leadership
- Lead the BCC technical approach across multiple projects
- Represent Danya before stakeholders and oversee implementation of activities throughout Kenya
- Contribute to annual work planning
- Establish and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders, including government officials, nongovernmental organizations, and community groups for smooth implementation
- Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure the necessary program planning, development, resource availability, and management activities function smoothly and efficiently
Management
- Manage BCC project staff in multiple countries
- Contribute to ensure all projects meet the set targets
- Promote and support the dissemination of best practices among the project teams
- Contribute to the timely, accurate, and appropriate reporting of program activities and results to the donor, including progress reports and annual reports
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of relevant experience or a compatible combination of education and experience.
- Relevant degree with postgraduate-level training in public health preferred
- A minimum of 6+ years of senior-level experience in designing or implementing BCC strategies
- Demonstrated experience providing BCC technical assistance to public health and/or food security projects
- Expertise in research to practice – identifying best practices and adapting them to program realities
- Experience developing successful, replicable, and sustainable projects
- A team player accustomed to building team capacity, delegating working teams, and developing communities of learning among host country partners and counterparts
- Excellent interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills
- Strong change management, results-oriented, and decision-making skills
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform
Unique Requirements
- Fluency in English
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally
Competencies
Integrity/Ethics: Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys good news and bad.
Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
Creativity/Innovation: Generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, takes risks, supports change, encourages innovation, solves problems creatively.
Competitive salary and benefit package including Relocation.
Danya is an equal opportunity employer
How to apply:
Please visit our website at www.danya.com/careers.asp. Click on International positions and select the position to apply to. You can also send your resume to globalrecruitment@danya.com.
