Recrutement de 01 Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Support for WASH (11 Months)

Recrutement de 01 Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Support for WASH (11 Months)

Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Manila
Level: Consultancy
Location: Philippines
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
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UNICEF has been an active partner of the Government of the Philippines and civil society in realizing the rights of every Filipino child, in line with priorities to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF efforts have been focused on the most vulnerable regions identified by the Government of the Philippines Development Plan, particularly in the regions of Visayas and Mindanao. To ensure that interventions are sustainable and scaled up, UNICEF will support primarily local government units (LGUs) as the main instruments of delivering services and building systems. The level of engagement with government institutions will take into account capacities, economies of scale and sector issues.

It has a field office in Cotabato City, the second largest city in Mindanao, southern Philippines, with some 300,000 population. The city is the regional administrative centre of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and over 80 percent of the population is Muslim. Mindanao is both conflict-affected and prone to frequent earthquakes and typhoon storms.

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Scope of Work:

Under the leadership and management of the WASH Officer and WASH Specialist, the Consultant is accountable for the timely and quality delivery of SBC activities under UNICEF’s workplan on WASH in communities, schools and ECCD programs (Outputs 1.4, 2.1 and 2.2). The scope of the work of the Consultant is enumerated below:

1. Support UNICEF in communicating good practices on WASH programming as part of the scale-up strategy

UNICEF is in its last year of the current country program, and several success stories, notable achievements, lessons learned, and good practices have emerged. Nonetheless, two projects on blended financing with output-based aid in Samar province and on fecal sludge management in Baguio City have also just started this year. Apart from recognizing local government partners and key stakeholders that are found to be best performing, documenting their experiences and being able to share their work is critical in influencing other local government units (LGUs) to follow. In the recent WASH Evaluation, it was recommended to step up the efforts to document the program’s successes as part of its scale up strategy. The Consultant will support the fulfillment of the actions identified in the evaluation management response.

Under direct management from the WASH Specialist, the Consultant’s work will involve planning and coordinating various SBC activities on below thematic areas, leading documentation of good practices, and facilitating technical reviews of communication materials and publications with relevant stakeholders.

Fecal Sludge Management (Baguio City, Region 3, national-level engagement)
Hand Hygiene (Baguio City, national-level engagement)
Technical assistance on PhATSS roll-out and to LGUs implementing Blended Financing with Output-based Aid or BF-OBA (Samar, national-level engagement)
Manage the content for the social media accounts of Wash O’clock and WASH Philippines (national level engagement) after clearing with Comms Section
2. Provide coordination and technical support to WASH in Schools and ECCD initiatives at provincial and national levels

As part of its joint workplan with the Department of Education and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, UNICEF is supporting several communications-related initiatives on WASH in Schools (WinS) programming and WASH in Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), for which the Consultant will be providing coordination and technical support to DepED, DSWD and the ECCD Council at the national level

Recently, DepEd School Health Division has developed, with support from UNICEF, a communication plan for WinS, and established a process for vetting and approval of social media posts based on the content plan. The Consultant needs to strengthen the support around strategic communication and aligning WASH messages to ensure target audience is reached, with due clearance to Communications section of both DepEd and UNICEF.

A draft WinS in Emergency guideline has undergone a round of review by the DepEd DRRMS and SHD. In consultation with the WASH Officer, the Consultant needs to conduct a series of consultations with the WinS TWG, regional offices and school division offices and particularly targeting Region 8 and CARAGA, based on the learnings from the Typhoon Odette response.

On WASH in ECCD, UNICEF has developed a WASH and Learn Guidebook for Child Development Workers to use in teaching proper hygiene behavior and the WASH in ECCD module for the 4Ps Family Development Session. The Consultant will be supporting DSWD to conduct a series of capacity-building activities on the use of both materials to enable the scale up of their implementation.

TERMS OF REFERENCE OR WORK ASSIGNMENT

Tasks/Milestones:

A. Document the experience and lessons learned from the SBC implementation on fecal sludge management to inform the development of the DOH Playbook on Sustainable Sanitation (15%)

B. Support the Hand Hygiene Roadmap implementation (15%)

C. Support the implementation of SBC activities related to PhATSS roll-out and BF-OBA (10%)

D. Support UNICEF’s WASH section advocacy events (18%)

E. Provide coordination and technical support to WASH in Schools initiatives (20%)

F. Provide coordination and technical support to WASH in ECCD initiatives at provincial and national levels (20%)

G. Assist in other tasks in support of humanitarian emergencies (2%)

Deliverable/s:

Conduct a technical review of SBC action plan of Baguio City (ADB-supported) on FSM and SWM
Provide field-level coordination and technical guidance of UNICEF-supported SBC activities on FSM
Document experience and lessons learned from the SBC implementation in Baguio and selected provinces / cities in Region 3 to inform the development of the DOH Playbook on Sustainable Sanitation
Outputs

Recommendations provided on SBC action plan and activity implementation
2x case study on the SBC FSM implementation
Coordinate and document the partnership discussions between DepEd and the Hand Hygiene Alliance Philippines, under the leadership of UNICEF WASH Specialist
Monitor the implementation of the Hand Hygiene Roadmap supported by the Hand Hygiene Alliance Philippines and the Department of Health
Coordinate and document SBC initiatives on hand hygiene with student organizations (UPLB ABACA) and Hand Hygiene Alliance Philippines
Coordinate and provide technical guidance on the review of the research publication on the Wash O’clock campaign
Coordinate the use and monitor the uptake of the training video on DOH Learning Academy (Behavioral Nudges on Hand Hygiene)
Review the training video on SBCC on Hand Hygiene with focal points of DOH HPB and UNICEF
Outputs

Response to comments on Wash O’clock research publication
Training video on SBCC for Hand Hygiene uploaded on DOH Learning Academy, following due clearance and coordination with UNICEF Communications Section and DOH
Monitoring report on the Hand Hygiene Roadmap implementation, including initiatives with student volunteers
Develop communication plan to support the implementation of the BF-OBA, following due clearance and coordination with UNICEF Communication Section
Develop the content for BF-OBA communication materials and facilitate the review with stakeholders (poster, FAQ, project brief, brochure)
Review and provide recommendations on the PhATSS toolkit, training modules and May k materials
Coordinate the development and launch of an online Learning Clinic Series on PhATSS
Outputs

BF-OBA communication plan
Communication materials on BF-OBA and PhATSS developed and reviewed
Learning Clinic Series on PhATSS produced
Develop social media plan and content for until February 2024 to support PhATSS roll-out, hand hygiene and other WASH section priorities, following due clearance and coordination with UNICEF Communication Section
Support the coordination of the following key advocacy events:
a) culminating activity of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS)- Kids Innovation and Research Solutions Challenge on WASH (February 2024),

b) celebration of the World Toilet Day (November 2023)

c) Local Government Code (October 2023)

Outputs

Social media plan
Communication materials on various advocacy events developed and reviewed
Conduct a desk review of climate-related initiatives of the Department of Education (DepEd)
Support the policy development on WASH in Schools (WinS) in Emergencies and adoption of Handwashing Behavorial Nudges
Technical assistance to WinS Technical Working Group, UNICEF-School Health and Hand Hygiene Alliance Philippines
Output:

Mapping of climate-related initiatives of DepED
WinS in Emergencies Guidelines approved by OUO
Policy adopting Handwashing Behavorial Nudges approved by OUO
Communication support to implementation of WinS TWG activities
Coordination support in facilitating public-private partnerships on hand hygiene
Support the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the conduct of capacity development activities on WASH -- particularly on the national roll-out of WASH in ECCD in Family Development Session (FDS) module, and the WASH and Learn Guidebook
Support the City of Baguio in the implementation roll-out of the WASH and Learn activities in child development centers
Output:

Review of the implementation of DSWD on WASH in ECCD in FDS module, and the national TOT on WASH and Learn for DSWD regional ECCD and supplementary feeding focal points
Review of the conduct of WASH and Learn training and implementation roll-out of Baguio City Health Services Office
* Conduct rapid assessment and development of response strategy, when necessary.



Qualifications:

A Masters Degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, Gender Studies, Journalism, Communications Research, Development Communication, Community Development and related fields or equivalent professional training and experience.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Strong background on social research – at least 5 years’ experience in designing and implementing participatory research activities.

• Excellent technical writing skills; sample of previous individual written work will be required.

• At least 3 years of experience in the analysis, design, advocacy and implementation of policies, strategies and programmes for the delivery of basic services like, Health, Education and WASH programs.

• Substantial experience in field research an asset.

• Facility with statistical analysis an advantage.

• Facility with use of tri-media is an asset.

• Experience on campaign implementation and publication an advantage.

• Experience working with government agencies and local government unit an asset.

• Previous development work on water, sanitation and hygiene, environmental sanitation and public health an advantage.

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English and local language essential.



HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 09 August 2023. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 564639 will be considered.

All candidates are requested to submit a COVER LETTER, and the duly filled P11 Form which can be downloaded from our website at P11 Form.docx (sharepoint.com) indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

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Remarks:

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Advertised: 02 Aug 2023 Singapore Standard Time
Deadline: 09 Aug 2023 Singapore Standard Time