Impact Water Social and Behavior Change Communication Associate Jobs in Kenya

Impact Water Social and Behavior Change Communication Associate Jobs in Kenya

About the role:

The Social and Behavior Change Communication Associate will be responsible for maximizing the correct and consistent use of Impact Water’s safe water systems by its partner schools. The position achieves this by continuously studying usage barriers and then addressing and overcoming them by creating and implementing evidence-based marketing (education and behavior change-focused) campaigns as well as product design improvements.

The Social and Behavior Change Communication Associate should have a strong interest in public health, experience working with schools or similar institutions, and experience with digital and traditional outreach. S/he should be a confident and adventurous person, excited to improve schools throughout Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda and help make the human right to safe water a reality for all students.

Responsibilities:

School Engagement:

Conduct regular visits to schools to gain insights on challenges school’s face in providing safe drinking water to students.

Design and implement Impact Water’s strategy for digital and traditional outreach to schools and other partner institutions.

Research and implement innovative tools and technologies for effective outreach.

Become a thought leader on generating behavior change communication materials.

Collaborate with country offices to integrate behavior change communication into resupply and maintenance visits to schools.

Product Usage:

Design surveys and other mechanisms to evaluate product usage at schools.

Contribute to the design of data collection forms used by other departments to deepen understanding of product usage.

Research and pilot cost-effective technologies that increase usage.

Identify ways to use human-centered

design thinking to increase usage.

Qualifications:

Degree in Public Health, Marketing or any of the Social Sciences (Master’s preferred).

Must be able to travel 25% of the time to visit schools across Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda.

Experience in product research and design, commercial and/or social marketing, and behavior change communications is desirable.

Experience working with schools is a plus.

Excellent knowledge of digital and traditional outreach methods.

High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Knowledge of apps like Salesforce, Taroworks and ODK is a plus.

Excellent judgment and creative problem solving skills including negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

Entrepreneurial team player who can multitask.

Self reliant, good problem solver, results oriented.

Ability to pay attention to details.

Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive.

Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with senior management and consultants / field agents.

Ability to operate as an effective tactical as well as strategic thinker.

How to Apply

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