Key Responsibilities of Capacity and Institutional Strengthening Director will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading capacity and institutional strengthening activities, including the development, oversight, and refinement of strategies, frameworks, approaches, tools, and activities
• Monitoring and evaluating capacity and institution strengthening strategies and activities, from activity initiation through delivery.
• Leading the design and operationalization of the Activity’s capacity and institutional strengthening strategy and oversee implementation processes and procedures to support the quality execution of the strategy.
• Ensuring that Inspire SBC’s Activity capacity and institutional strengthening, and organizational strategies and activities align with best practice and a range of adult learning methods.
• Ensuring capacity and institutional strengthening interventions are integrated across all GH SBC’s result areas and aligned with desired Activity outcomes, working across Inspire SBC’s partners.
• Designing and overseeing potential certification programs that validate skills in SBC strategy, implementation, scale-up, and evaluation, fostering a formalized career pathway for SBC professionals.
• Championing local leadership in SBC by fostering a new generation of SBC champions who can drive innovation and sustain progress in health and development programs.
• Strengthening connections among SBC actors and ensuring capacity and institutional strengthening and organizational development activities support resilient, self-sustaining organizations, structures, and practices that can deliver impactful and lasting SBC interventions.
• Supporting Inspire SBC in identifying evidence-based, locally appropriate strategies and/or innovations, and ensuring they are effectively integrated within SBC capacity strengthening interventions, strategies, and programs in a timely manner.
• Advocating for sustained investment in SBC capacity strengthening through strategic engagement with local governments, donors, and stakeholders.
• Managing strong relationships with all partners and subcontracted organizations working to support SBC capacity and institutional strengthening and organizational development activities.
• Providing directions to ensure technical activities are compliant with client agreements, government regulations, and AS-SBC policies and procedures, and are delivered on schedule and within budget.
• Serving as the SBC capacity and institutional strengthening lead and key point of contact with USAID and other relevant stakeholders.

• A master’s degree in international development, public health, behavioral science, or a related field, or higher.
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in capacity and institutional strengthening for SBC and/or organizational development across multiple countries.
• Experience leading SBC capacity and institutional strengthening at the regional or global level desired.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing organizational strategies, frameworks, and interventions.
• Deep knowledge of ongoing and emerging issues in relation to capacity strengthening, systems strengthening, and/or organizational development.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, and evaluating capacity and institutional strengthening and/or organizational development strategies.
• Strong leadership and management experience with a proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams
• Extensive experience in evidence-based practice, with a focus on scaling effective SBC capacity-strengthening initiatives and programming.
• Membership of the African Society for Social and Behavior Change.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders, including donors, governments, and international partners.
• Proficiency in English required, French strongly preferred.

• Applications and CVs should be in one document and sent electronically, quoting the position.
• Please include the name and contact of three references.
• Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply to the Human Resource Manager- AS-SBC by email to info@as-sbc.org until 5pm on Friday 20th, December 2024.