Internal/External Advert: Social & Behavior Change (SBC) Specialist, NO-C, Jakarta, Indonesia - for Indonesians only

Contract

This is a NO-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-3 contracts.

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, a voice

Under the supervision of Social & Behaviour Change (SBC) Manager, the SBC Specialist provides technical and operational support for developing a systematic social and behaviour change (SBC) capacity-building and research strategy as an integral part of programme development, planning and implementation.

Through communication and engagement as well as the empowerment and participation of stakeholders, communities, children, civil society partners and government counterparts, s/he promotes measurable behavioural and social change programming which contributes to the achievement of sustainable and concrete results. This is a temporary appointment contract with contract duration of 364 days.

How can you make a difference?

1. Strategize SBC interventions promoting the rights of the child, focused on positive parenting and other behavioural priorities, through research and capacity-building interventions 2. Provide technical support to UNICEF staff and wider stakeholders, including line ministries, in support of sectoral interventions 3. Facilitate advocacy, networking and partnership building with a key focus on faith-based institutions 4. Facilitate innovation, knowledge management and capacity building 5. Design, guide and implement a supportive supervision strategy for quality program implementation.

Please refer to the Term of Reference attached for detail key functions & assignments.

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

- An advanced university degree* in one of the following fields is required: social and behavioural science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, public relations or another relevant technical field. - A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in Social Behavior Change programming, training and research. - Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset. - Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia is required.

(*First level of relevant university degree in combination with 7 years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree)

TOR TA NOC SBC Specialist Jkt TMS.pdf

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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:

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

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

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. This vacancy is open for Indonesians only.