Consultant

Call for Consultancy Services for Radio Drama Script Writers

The Strengthening Ethiopia’s Urban Health Program (SEUHP) is supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve the health status of the urban population in Ethiopia by reducing HIV/Tuberculosis (TB)-related and maternal, neonatal and child mortality and morbidity, plus the impact of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

The objective of SEUHP is to strengthen GoE’s UHEP by improving the quality, use and management of community-level urban health and related services. One key specific objective is to increase demand for facility-level health services and increase health-seeking behavior. To this end, the program has undertaken a formative assessment and designed a SBCC strategy, which identified radio serial drama as core activity to be used to model behavior through stories. The drama is aimed at creating relatable character that demonstrates strategies and communicates message as they struggle to improve their own and their families’ wellbeing.

 

Job Requirements

The purpose of this assignment is the production of script for a planned twenty six (26) episode radio serial drama to be aired in JSI – SEUHP target towns. Therefore, JSI/SEUHP seeks to engage on consultancy basis experienced script writer with a minimum of university degree in drama, theatrical arts or related field and a minimum of five(5) years proven script writing experience( preferably for health promotion)

Closing date: Apr 15, 2016