Consultancy: Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) consultant, 231 working days, Lusaka, Zambia

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Social Protection

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country’s children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

To find out more about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please visit https://www.unicef.org/zambia/.

How can you make a difference?

The consultancy will be managed by UNICEF Zambia’s Social Policy and Research section and will collaborate with the Director Social Welfare in the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS). Description of tasks for this assignment will:

• Support capacity needs assessment in the area of SBCC at MCDSS, partner and community level and assess available resources.
• Conduct rapid/formative assessment among beneficiary families of social protection, poverty and vulnerability, as well as cross-cutting themes identified (e.g. nutrition, ECD, gender, disability and COVID-19) to inform the SBCC strategy.
• Develop and validate a communication and SBCC strategy as well as an implementation and monitoring plan.
• Develop and pre-test SBCC package (messages, multi-media and training materials) for key target groups based on the SBCC strategy.
• Plan and execute capacity building initiatives for MCDSS staff and partners based SBCC strategy and package.
• Develop a mentorship programme tool for MCDSS staff to support SBCC strategies in MCDSS social protection programmes with focus on nutrition, disability, and COVID-19 among others.
• Support the implementation and monitoring of Communication and SBCC Strategy.
• Support the SBCC activities of the SCT unit related to nutrition, gender, disability and shock-responsive social protection pilot programmes.

Please see Detailed TOR for more information on the tasks and deliverables: Advert - Detailed TOR.docx

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

The consultant must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following fields is required: Social and Behavioural Science, Sociology, Psychology, Communication, Public Relations or any other relevant technical field.
• At least 3 years of experience in communication for behavioral change or related communication.
• Demonstrated understanding of the concepts of poverty, vulnerability and social protection and of the implementation of related policies.
• Experience in interacting with community-level stakeholders.
• Experience in fostering open dialogue, building trust and engaging key stakeholders.
• Understanding of the development context in Zambia
• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality results within strict deadlines.
• Experience in working with Government is an advantage
• Knowledge of local language(s) is an advantage.
• Excellent command of the English language (listening, writing, speaking).

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Please remember to express your financial proposals (and/or professional consultancy fees) in Zambian Kwacha for Zambian

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.