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JOB OPPORTUNITY IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION IN
AFRICA FOR JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR
COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS

POSITION TITLE: Program Officer II -- French speaking Africa

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

 To support, through technical assistance, all phases of the
development, implementation, and monitoring of information,
education, and communication (IEC) programs overseas,
particularly in French speaking Africa; to provide programming,
administrative, and logistical support; to stand in for Senior
Program Officers.

1. Prepare, implement, monitor, and evaluate (independently
and in conjunction with JHU/CCP senior staff) overseas country
projects (average number of projects = 10), including budgets
(average budget = $100,000) and financial reporting.

2. Recommend overseas national/regional reproductive
health communication strategies and budgets to JHU/CCP
management and representatives of USAID and international
donor agencies in host countries.

3. Initiate and negotiate reproductive health communication
projects and budgets with host country nationals (subgrantees) for
JHU/PCS (core) and bilateral (USAID) funding, as well as for
funding from other sources.

4. Supervise program assistants and support staff.

5. Conduct reproductive health needs assessments and
design national reproductive health communication strategies
accordingly, in collaboration with host country nationals
(subgrantees), USAID representatives, and international donor
agencies.

6. Design and monitor IEC research activities with host
country nationals (subgrantees) and carry out analysis as
appropriate.

7. Design, prepare and carry out training activities in
reproductive health communication and project implementation
with host country nationals.

8. Coordinate activities and travel plans with host country
nationals (subgrantees).

9. Advise host country nationals (subgrantees) on materials
(print and electronic media) design, pretesting and production.

10. Identify and brief appropriate JHU/CCP consultants for
short overseas assignments to assist host country nationals
(subgrantees) in diverse facets of reproductive health
communication, such as strategy design, materials development
and production, training, and evaluation.
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Applicants should contact either:
Susan Krenn at skrenn@jhuccp.org or
Peter Roberts at proberts@jhuccp.org or
fax: (410) 659-6266