Senior Program Officer - One Health

Job Description

Title: Senior Program Officer - One Health

Company Name: Johns Hopkins University Bangladesh Office

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 3 to 5 years

Master’s degree

• 3 to 5 years

• at least 3-5 years relevant work experience in relevant field

• Additional relevant experience and/or training may substitute for some education

• Experience working in social and behavior change communication for health and development

• Strong knowledge of government system of Bangladesh, local administration, and other authorities

• Self-driven, motivated, and diplomatic

• Commitment to JHUCCP’s mission, vision and values

Language Skills:

• Excellent written and oral skills in Bangla and English.

Job Summary

The Senior Program Officer – One Health Focal Point – will support implementation of Breakthrough ACTION’s social and behavior change (SBC) system strengthening project with the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). This position will work under the direction of the Chief of Party/Country Director and the Director of System Strengthening to lead designated government institutions in a structured process to assess their SBC capabilities and co-design system strengthening activities to meet these needs. This position will collaborate closely with the One Health Secretariat and other relevant ministries and departments as well as the GOB’s Communicable Disease Control (CDC) program to integrate SBC initiatives within the One Health framework. Duties may be assigned for other aspects of this project or other CCP projects as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Systems Strengthening

• Forge and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders in the One Health Secretariat and other relevant government departments/units

• Manage project activities, with support from the CoP/CD, to identify, plan, design, implement, and monitor activities with the One Health Secretariat, and other relevant government departments/units

• Support One Health Secretariat to integrate SBC as part of their operational plans

• Support One Health Secretariat to develop mechanisms for implementing systemic SBC activities at the local, district and divisional level

• Form technical working groups with the One Health Secretariat and partners and advocate on the development and dissemination of priority zoonotic disease guidelines, SOPs and strategic frameworks

• Consolidate SBC coordination among global health security implementing partners at the national level

• Assist with organizing trainings and workshops including the Leadership in Strategic Communication Workshop, equity, training of trainers for RCCE training package

• Develop roll-out plan for cascading trainings on RCCE from national to sub-national levels

• Identify risks and issues that threaten the successful delivery of the program and work with senior management to mitigate them

• Support the government partners in periodic self-assessments and document lessons learned from the process

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