Social & Behavior Change Officer, NO-2 Level, Ha Noi, Viet Nam (For Vietnamese Nationals)

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This is a NO-2 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-2 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.

Please click the below link for further information about UNICEF Vietnam.

https://www.unicef.org/vietnam/

For every child, an inspiration...

Job organizational context:

UNICEF has been shifting to a new partnership phase with Viet Nam for 2022-2026 Country Programme. As one of core programmes, Child Survival, Development and Environment section expects to achieve the outcome of "By 2026, pregnant women, children, and adolescents have equitable, quality health care and immunization, access to safe water and sanitation, adequate nutrition, access to mental health support services, social and child protection services in health facilities, live in safe and green environments and have the skills to practice healthy behaviours."

The programme consists of in health, nutrition, water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH), disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change (CC) and child protection prioritizes to address the unfinished agendas around inequalities in maternal and child mortality and access to health care, nutrition, and WASH services, prevention and reduction of malnutrition, prevention and response to abuse and violence against children, social work development in the health sector, natural disasters emergency responses, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and resolution of new or emerging public health threats facing mothers and children in Viet Nam, including the COVID-19 pandemic. These include:

1. Reducing maternal and child mortality, especially in provinces with ethnic minorities

2. Protecting, maintaining vaccination results, and increasing vaccination coverage in the disadvantaged areas, including COVID-19 vaccination

3. Reducing child malnutrition in all forms, focusing on a reduction of stunting among children in ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas, overweight and obesity among children and adolescents, which are becoming prevalent in Viet Nam

4. Increasing access of people, especially ethnic minorities, to WASH services

5. Expanding access to early child stimulation and early identification, referral, and rehabilitation of children with disabilities and mental health problems among women, children, and adolescents

6. Response to climate change and air pollution

7. Gender, gender equality, violence against women and children

8. Strengthening capacity to respond to natural disasters emergencies, disease outbreaks, and COVID-19 pandemic

9. Making children the center of climate change policies, involving children as agent of change, and protecting children from the impact of climate change and environmental degradation.

How can you make a difference?

The Social & Behavior Change (S&BC) Officer reports to the S&BC Specialist for supervision and guidance. The Officer provides technical and operational support to the S&BC Specialist and CSDE programme in areas of Health, Nutrition, WASH and DRR/Climate Change by administering, implementing, monitoring and/or evaluating a variety of S&BC initiatives and activities to promote community engagement and participation, and measureable behavioral and social change/mobilization, requiring the application of technical and theoretical skills and thorough knowledge of organizational goals, rules, regulations, policies and procedures to complete tasks.

This temporary appointment is for 364 days, with possibility of extension based on the need of the programme, availability of the funding and the performance of the incumbent.

Your key functions/accountabilities...

1. Support to strategy design and development of S&BC activities

2. Support to implementation, monitoring and evaluating of S&BC activities

3. Advocacy, networking, and partnership building

4. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Full Tasks/Accountabilities as attached Social Behavior Change Officer JD.pdf

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

Education:

An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: social and behavioral science, communication, public relations, sociology, anthropology, psychology, public health, WASH, DRR, climate change, education, marketing, cooperation and development, or another relevant technical field.

Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement the main degree are strong assets.

Experience:

A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: social development programme planning, behaviour change communication, social change communication, public advocacy, or another related area.

Strong experience to manage, coordinate and implement the development projects is required.

Following experiences are considered as the assets:

- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization.

- High level of competence in working with people, especially partners in the Government, international development agencies and INGOs.

- Strong understanding of local government and community contexts in Viet Nam.

- Ability to create relevant and meaningful content across a variety of appropriate mediums.

- Ability and proven experience crafting messages and products in various formats of communication materials and assets.

- Ability to develop and produce communication materials and assets targeting different audience groups.

- Ability to effectively and respectfully work with a team of different cultural and sectoral backgrounds.

- Facilitation skills and ability to manage diversity of views in different cultural contexts.

Language requirements:

- Fluency in English is required.

- Knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

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.

The UNICEF core competencies required for this post are:

- Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

- Works Collaboratively with others (1)

- Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)

- Innovates and Embraces Change (1)

- Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)

- Drive to achieve impactful results (1)

- Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

Qualified candidates are kindly requested to apply and upload the following documents to the assigned requisition in UNICEF Vacancies:

https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/

1. Letter of Interest
2. CV

UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/

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.

Life at UNICEF

Working at UNICEF is highly rewarding. With attractive remuneration package encompassing competitive pay and benefits, a culture that helps staff thrive and diverse opportunities for personal and professional development, we aim to help you maintain a fulfilling life both at and outside the office.

We make sure you and your loved ones receive the resources and care that you need to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Our contracts, wellbeing policies and initiatives ensure that you are well equipped to effectively deliver for children such as;

Tax exemption, family allowances, hardship benefits, 10 UN holidays and annual leave allowance, maternity, paternity, adoption leave, medical and dental insurance, pension etc.

Pension benefits: You will become a participant in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (https://www.unjspf.org).

Health insurance scheme: You and your eligible dependents will be covered by the UN Medical Insurance Plan (https://www.un.org/insurance/plans/medical-insurance-plan-mip).

Career support, staff wellbeing programme, breastfeeding policy, flexible work arrangements, family support, policies & initiatives, security, reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

Professional Development: The encouragement of professional development for all staff is one of UNICEF’s core values and we put this into practice through various services and initiatives. You will have different learning opportunities to strengthen your skills and competencies.

Be part of the United Nations: As an International organization that is part of the United Nations system, you will be considered an International Civil Servant and you will have career opportunities inside and outside the country.

Quality working conditions:

The workplace and working conditions are a huge asset for all UNICEF employees. Our staff are working in the Green One UN House- the first building in Viet Nam to be awarded gold LOTUS certification from the Viet Nam Green Building Council for efficient and environmentally sustainable use of resources and operations.

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.

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:

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

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. 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.

https://vietnam.un.org/en/86207-announcement-time-hire-un-agencies-viet-nam-national-positions

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Added 11 months ago - Updated 11 months ago - Source: unicef.org