The Opportunity
In March 2021, Save the Children convened a programme partnership known as ACTIVATE (Adaptable Communications and Technology to Increase Vaccine Acceptance and Teen Engagement). Through this programme we seek to promote COVID-19 vaccination uptake to reduce the impact of the pandemic and help children’s lives return to “normal,” while mobilizing children and youth as vaccination champions in local communities
Drawing on internal and partner expertise in the areas of behavioral science, youth led advocacy, community engagement, digital communication and evidence generation we are designing a suite of adaptable digital and non-digital communications tools and strategies that can be applied in a wide range of diverse contexts to tackle vaccine hesitancy and uptake.
Through a process of rapid formative research, co-creation of content design and impact testing we will provide Save the Children country teams and partners with a range of communication products and behavioral strategies that can change people’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to vaccine uptake.
The programme is focusing on 6 countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Philippines, Nepal and Kenya) in the first instance to develop and test products. This development phase began in April 2021 and will be followed by implementation, refinement and wider engagement through the summer of 2021, before being supported to scale up through the second half of 2021.
Our intention is to make the products and approaches that can tackle hesitancy available as vaccines become a widespread opportunity in countries, and to make these products adaptable in order to support as many countries as possible to tackle hesitancy as it occurs.
ACTIVATE will also measure and evaluate the effectiveness of communications and strategies impacting on attitudes and behaviour towards vaccines. We intend that this will contribute to global knowledge and be applicable to future pandemic preparedness and to other contexts where vaccine hesitancy poses a risk to child health.
Objective of Consultancy
The objective of this consultancy is to direct, manage, coordinate, and synthesize the workstreams of the ACTIVATE project so as to deliver evidence-backed, quality adaptable tools to encourage vaccination uptake, that lead to measurable impact on target populations knowledge, attitudes and behavior.
Key Responsibilities
The ACTIVATE Project Manager consultant would:
Spearhead the ACTIVATE project in terms of overall coordination, management, and ensuring all pieces of the project move forward as planned (and that any obstacles are addressed)
- Ensure effective project management by focusing on ensuring clear processes, managing the project timeline, budget, dependencies and deliverables, leading project communication and fruitful collaboration with country offices, facilitating compliance with project related policies, and identifying and flagging emerging issues and potential solutions
- Support Internal/External representation of the project, when CUBIC Director not available
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. In your cover letter, please include details:
- How your experience and skills meet the consultancy requirements/profile
- Your daily/hourly rate
- Your current base location (as well as if that location will change in 2021)
- Your earliest start date
A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers
Closing Date for Application: 8 July 2021
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
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