Social & Behavior Change Officer, NO-B, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #558015 (For Bangladeshi Nationals Only)

Contract

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.

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, courage.

UNICEF is part of the UN wide Humanitarian response to the Rohingya Refugees and the host community in Cox’s Bazar since the influx of Rohingya’s from Myanmar in August 2017. To date over 900,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are residing in 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar District, regarded as one among the world largest refugee settlements. Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) is part of the Humanitarian response supporting community-based interventions in the Refugee humanitarian response and host community.

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 providing efficient and effective technical, administrative, and operational support to the development and implementation of Social and Behaviour Change initiatives and products that support UNICEF’s ability to deliver the desired results. This contributes to enhancing the ability of UNICEF to fulfill its mission to achieve sustainable, locally owned, and concrete results in improving the survival, development, protection and wellbeing of children in the Rohingya Refugee camps and host community.

How can you make a difference?

Given the scope and scale of SBC interventions in Cox’s Bazar, the post holder is expected to provide technical and operational support in managing SBC partnerships and support sector programmes on results areas related to SBC. S/he will administer, implement, monitor and/or evaluate SBC interventions, ensuring community engagement follows the minimum standards, advice on SBC strategies based on behaviour data and guide partners action on community engagement approaches. In addition to SBC technical and theoretical knowledge and skills, the person will ensure partners comply with UNICEF rules, regulations, policies, and procedures in implementation.

The SBC Officer will be under direct supervision of SBC Team Lead and work in close collaboration with SBC team members, other cross-sectoral section, and sector programmes.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Support strategy design and development of SBC interventions

2. Support implementation of SBC programme interventions

3. Advocacy, networking and partnership building

4. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

For detailed job responsibilities, please see the attached TOR: TOR - SBC Officer 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 and behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, public relations or another relevant technical field.

- A minimum of two years 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.

- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as 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 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. 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/