Recrutement le 01 Social & Behavior Change Officer, (NO-A), Temporary Appointment (364 days) Duty Stations in field offices: Central Region (Kabul), East Region (Jalalabad), West Region (Herat), North Region (Mazar-e Sharif), South Region (Kandahar)

Recrutement le 01 Social & Behavior Change Officer, (NO-A), Temporary Appointment (364 days) Duty Stations in field offices: Central Region (Kabul), East Region (Jalalabad), West Region (Herat), North Region (Mazar-e Sharif), South Region (Kandahar)
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Kandahar
Level: NO-1
Location: Afghanistan
Categories: Social and Behavior Change
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, an advocate!

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How can you make a difference?

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

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

Support the provision of timely, comprehensive, and current data to inform SBC plans and programme development, planning, management, and implementation related to key priorities.

Research and/or participate in conducting comprehensive S&BC situation analysis of social, cultural, economic, communication and political issues in the country/region. Collect and synthesize qualitative and quantitative information and data to support the establishment of comprehensive and evidence-based information for developing and planning the S&BC component of the Country Programmes of Cooperation (and UNDAF).

Collect, draft and/or organize materials and related documentations for S&BC strategies and plans (as a component of the CO and/or UNDAF Programmes) to ensure optimum impact, scale and sustainability of achievements/results.

Assess and/or recommend appropriate information and materials for S&BC initiatives verifying accuracy and quality for dissemination.

Assess the impact of S&BC activities on the CO and UNICEF goals to achieve measureable behavioral and social change resulting in the improvement of children’s rights and wellbeing. Submit qualitative report/synthesis of results for development planning and improvement.

Contribute to the multisectoral technical support to all programs.

2. Support to the implementation of S&BC activities

Collaborate with internal and external partners to provide operational and technical support to the design of S&BC strategies, and research, develop, test, produce and use quality S&BC materials and/or organize events and activities to ensure maximum outreach and impact on behavioral and social change of target audience.
Provide technical, administrative and logistical support and background materials to carry out S&BC activities and recommend operational strategies, approaches, plans, methods and procedures.

Assess and recommend potential contacts, networks, resources and tools to support the maximum impact and outreach of S&BC initiatives.

Follow up on the production of S&BC materials to ensure technical quality, consistency and relevancy of communications materials that are developed, produced and disseminated to target audience (e.g. individuals, communities, government officials, partners, media etc).

Provide support to the Community Structures as part of the Community System Strengthening (CSS).

Collect, assess and organize information for budget planning and management of programme funds and prepare documentations and related materials for financial plan for S&BC initiatives. Monitor/track the use of resources as planned and verify compliance with organizational guidelines, rules and regulations and standards of ethics and transparency.

Support responding to multiple emergencies (AWD/cholera and Measles outbreaks, flood, earthquake, etc).

3. Advocacy, networking and partnership building

Build and maintain partnerships through networking and proactive collaboration with national and international civil society organizations, community groups, leaders and other critical partners in the community and civil society to reinforce cooperation through engagement, empowerment and self determination and to pursue opportunities for SBC interventions.

Support the SBC and office-wide flagships: TAAVON (partnership with FBOs/religious leaders) and QAHRAMANAN (network for youth and yougn people).

Work closely with Sub-National counterparts to develop and establish partnerships with a community-based organization, including developing programme documents and monitoring indicators for partnership.

4. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Institutionalize/share best practices and knowledge learned/products with global/local partners and stakeholders to build capacity of practitioners/users, and disseminate lessons learned to key audiences including donors and partners.
Support the organization, administration and implementation of capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders/partners across programme sectors in S&BC planning, implementation and evaluation in support of programmes/projects. Develop training materials for training activities, and revise them periodically for improvements and updates.

5. Support in monitoring of SBC, CE and AAP and other relevant interventionsProvide support to the AAP and feedback mechanisms.

Support UNICEF partners to develop district-based SBC micro-plans and implement evidence-based community engagement interventions.

Contribute and support the field office approach and strategies on young people's systematic engagement in programming, planning, M&E, and research.

Support Adolescent program interventions. SBC staff at the field office level are also the focal points for adolescent program.

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 one year of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: social development programme planning, social and behaviour change, communication for development, public advocacy, youth and adolescent engagement or another related area.
Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
Emergency experience an advantage
For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, 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. (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people.

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’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. 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.

* The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.



Advertised: 06 Apr 2023 Afghanistan Standard Time
Deadline: 18 Apr 2023 Afghanistan Standard Time