Social & Behavior Change Specialist (Emergencies)
The Social and Behaviour Change Specialist
(Emergencies) reports to the Regional Adviser, Social and Behaviour
Change. Under the supervision and guidance of the Regional Adviser SBC, and in
close collaboration with the Humanitarian Action Resilience and Programme
(HARP) and other relevant sections, the incumbent will provide technical
assistance to country offices in SBC in emergencies to strengthen the
preparedness, response, recovery nexus for enhanced resilience; build capacity
of UNICEF staff and partners with a focus on community engagement,
Accountability to Affected Populations and RCCE; reinforce the use of social
and behavioural science applied to Emergencies and humanitarian situations;
enhance coordination and partnerships to reinforce Emergency preparedness and
response; and monitor the quality of SBC interventions during emergencies.
Summary of key
functions/accountabilities:
- Technical support and oversight
to countries on strategy design and development of evidence-based SBC and
Community Engagement initiative and plans for Emergency preparedness and
response.
- Capacity building of UNICEF staff
and partners on SBC in emergencies with a focus on the use of social
science and behavioural data to inform preparedness and response plans.
- Documentation, Monitoring and
evaluation of SBC activities in Emergency contexts.
- Advocacy, networking, partnership
building, and coordination of SBC/RCCE in Public Health and other
emergencies.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree
(Master’s or higher) in social and behavioral science, sociology,
anthropology, psychology, education, communication, public relations or
other related social science field is required.
- A minimum of 8 years of
professional experience in strategic planning for social and behaviour
change with a strong focus on community engagement, risk communication and
participatory communication with at least 4 years served in a developing
country leading/supporting SBC in Emergency preparedness and response.
- Proven competence in practical
application of Accountability to Affected Populations both in Emergency
preparedness and response is an asset. Relevant experience in
related areas in a UN system agency or organization is an advantage.
- Developing country work
experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required.
Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French,
Russian or Spanish), in particular French is an asset. Knowledge of
Portuguese would also be an asset.
How to Apply