Key responsibilities:

Under the overall supervision of the EPR team lead, and with close collaboration with the AIRA Country Support Lead, the infodemic management consultant shall undertake the following tasks:

• Lead an information ecosystem analysis, with contributions from partners
• Map out the existing coordination mechanisms, and mobilize partners to adapt them to current infodemic needs
• Help draft strategic documents, SOPs, tools to support an efficient workflow between IM stakeholders
• Establish a community-based, mass and social media surveillance on discussions around perceptions, vaccines and issues around health emergency and non-emergency topics.
• Monitor and analyze the discourse on key health topics, including vaccinations in the country from online and offline sources.
• Prepare routine infodemic analysis reports, with key recommendations.
• Contribute to research activities linked to infodemic and RCCE
• Build a dissemination network including linkage with media influencers (Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria (GPBN), Borno Social Media Forum, Nigerian Union of Journalists, institutional WhatsApp groups, Instagram groups, Facebook etc) to amplify content developed to counter the infodemic
• Ensure infodemic management activities and lessons learned are well documented
• Contribute to reporting duties for the WHO Nigeria Country office and AFRO WHO regional office.
• Attend any other requests from the supervisor related to risk communication and community engagement

Reporting lines:

The Infodemic Management Consultant will report to the EPR Cluster Lead in WHO Nigeria Country Office while closely liaising with the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance team as well the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health, NCDC and NPHCDA.