Social & Behavior Change (Information Management and Report) Officer, NO-A, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #556168 (for Bangladeshi nationals only)

Contract

This is a NO-1 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-1 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.

With UNICEF Bangladesh you are at the center of the change you want to see.

In one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices in the world, you will be working with dynamic colleagues who have helped deliver remarkable results for children: Net enrolment in primary education rose from 61 per cent in 1987 to 98 per cent in 2019. Stunting fell from 42 per cent in 2013 to 28 per cent in 2019. Fully vaccinated children increased from 52 per cent in 2001 to 84 per cent in 2019.

Join us as we go the next mile for the nearly 60 million children in Bangladesh, including half a million Rohingya refugee children.

In a country undergoing rapid economic and demographic transition, be part of tackling malnutrition and stagnant wasting. Help protect children from child marriage, child labour and violence. Support the country to invest more in health and education, and to extend safe water to the children who are furthest left behind.

For every child, deliver.

UNICEF is committed to results-based management to strengthen its ability to deliver and demonstrate results for children within the Rohingya crisis response. Guided by the Joint Response Plan (JRP), Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) and Core Commitments for Children (CCC) in humanitarian action, UNICEF works with partners to ensure that the situation of children and women is monitored and analyzed; a system for performance monitoring is established and functional with a focus on accountability to the affected population; and that humanitarian action is regularly assessed against Core Commitments for Children, policies, guidelines and UNICEF quality and accountability standards.

Given the scope and scale of community interventions in SBC, the post holder will support evidence generation with focus on behavioral data, including monitoring, evaluation, and information management of SBC portfolio of UNICEF Cox’s Bazar Field Office (FO). The purpose is to ensure that the SBC plans and strategy are informed by social and behaviour insights related to the Humanitarian context, and there is system in place to monitor and verify SBC programming aligned with the overall monitoring plan in the Field Office and ensure that reliable and timely data and information is available for programme planning and evaluation purposes.

How can you make a difference?

The Information Management and Report Officer, under the direct supervision of SBC Team Lead and in close collaboration with SBC team members will provide technical and coordination support in evidence generation, data management and reporting including regular follow-up with partners.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Strengthen Information management of SBC programme

2. Support data collection and analysis from Information hubs and implementing partners through the different online applications (KOBO, ONA, ODK), in collaboration with PME sections.

3. Data collection, compilation, and analysis

4. Setting up & maintain U-Reporting platform

Please see attached JD for details: JD - SBC IMO -NoA CxB.pdf

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

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Social Science, Anthropology, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Information management/Technology, Statistics/Computer Science, Economics, Research or another related fields.
• Previous experience in humanitarian response especially in a monitoring or information management capacity. Strong knowledge and experience in managing databases and Strong knowledge of Excel, ODK, KOBO and other mobile data collection. Mapping and infographics skills. A minimum of 1 year of experience with either the UN and/or NGO. Work experience in L2/3 humanitarian emergency is desirable.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written). Good written and spoken skills in the language of the humanitarian operation and knowledge of another UN language an asset. Knowledge of Rohingya or Chittagong languages is considered as an asset.

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: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

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. 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for supervisory role]

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:

*UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

*Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

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

*The complete vacancy announcements can be reviewed via UNICEF Careers website at https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing/