Social & Behavior Change Officer, NO-A, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (For Bangladeshi nationals only)

Entry Communications & PR

Overview

Support the design and implementation of Social & Behavior Change programs

You have:

• A university degree in social and behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, public relations, or another relevant technical field is required.
• A minimum of 1 year of professional experience in social development programme planning, communication for development, public advocacy, or another related area is required.
• 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) or a local language is an asset.

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.

For every child, opportunity

How can you make a difference?

Purpose of the position:

The Social & Behavior Change Officer, under the direct supervision of the SBC Specialist and in close collaboration with SBC team members will provide support in SBC media engagement, strategy for scaling up adolescent and youth’s participation in community engagement interventions, support capacity building through training of partners, develop monitoring and reporting mechanism on media programs, and supportive supervision including regular follow-up with partners. He/she will be responsible for managing partnerships with Radio Stations, Contracts with Media-based Agencies in community arts programmes, and collaboration with the SBC team in Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka SBC Section.

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Support strategy design and development of SBC programme
• Ensure effective implementation of SBC media strategy
• Support training on UNICEF core areas
• Support C4D in programme management
• Innovation and knowledge management

Please see attached Job Description for details - JD - Social & Behavior Change Officer NOA TA C4D.pdf

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

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: social and behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, public relations or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of 1 (one) year of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: social development programme planning, communication for development, public advocacy, or another related area.
• 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) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Core competencies

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.

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:

• 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/

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Added 4 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unicef.org