Social & Behavior Change Officer, FT (NO-2), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea #126767

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, all over the place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each baby Help

With over 850 indigenous languages, and some of the ethnically numerous populations, widespread poverty and gender inequality make it laborious for a lot of kids to comprehend their rights.  In Papua New Guinea (PNG), UNICEF’s works successfully each ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (on the grassroots stage) to hold out its mission by a programme of cooperation collectively developed with the federal government guides our work within the nation.

How are you going to make a distinction?

The Social & Habits Change Officer studies to the Chief Well being and Diet Degree 4 for supervision and steering. The Officer offers technical and operational help to the SBC Specialist and inner colleagues by administering, implementing, monitoring and/or evaluating a wide range of SBC initiatives and actions to advertise group engagement and participation, and measurable behavioral and social change/mobilization, requiring the appliance of technical and theoretical expertise and thorough information of organizational targets, guidelines, laws, insurance policies and procedures to finish duties.

1. Help to technique design and improvement of SBC actions

Analysis and/or take part in conducting complete SBC state of affairs evaluation of social, communication, cultural, financial and political points within the nation/area. Accumulate and synthesize qualitative and quantitative info and information to help the institution of complete and evidence-based info for growing and planning the SBC element of the Nation Programme of Cooperation (and UNDAF).

Accumulate, synthesize, draft and/or set up supplies and associated documentations for evidence-based SBC methods and plans (as a element of the CO and/or UNDAF Programmes) to make sure optimum impression, scale and sustainability of achievements/outcomes.

Assess, choose and/or advocate acceptable info and supplies for SBC initiatives verifying accuracy and high quality for dissemination.

Monitor and assess the impression of SBC methods and actions on the CO and UNICEF targets to realize measurable behavioral and social change ensuing within the enchancment of kids’s rights and wellbeing. Submit qualitative report/synthesis of outcomes for improvement planning and enchancment.

2. Help to the implementation of SBC actions

Collaborate and/or seek the advice of with inner and exterior companions to offer operational and technical help to analysis, develop, and produce evidence-based methods and take a look at, produce and use high quality SBC supplies, set up occasions and actions to make sure group engagement and participation, and most outreach and impression on behavioral and social change.

Present technical, administrative and logistical help and background supplies to hold out SBC methods and actions and advocate operational methods, approaches, plans, strategies and procedures to make sure group engagement and participation, and optimum outreach and impression.

Assess and advocate potential contacts, networks, sources and instruments to help most impression and outreach of SBC initiatives.

Comply with up and monitor the manufacturing of SBC supplies to make sure technical high quality, consistency and relevancy of communications supplies which can be developed, produced and disseminated to focus on viewers (e.g. people, communities, authorities officers, companions, media and so on).

Accumulate, assess and set up info for finances planning and administration of programme funds and put together documentations and associated supplies for monetary planning for SBC initiatives. Monitor/monitor using sources as deliberate and confirm compliance with organizational tips, guidelines and laws and requirements of ethics and transparency.

3. Advocacy, networking and partnership constructing

Construct and preserve partnerships by networking and proactive collaboration with nationwide and worldwide civil society organisations, group teams, leaders and different crucial companions locally and civil society to strengthen cooperation by engagement, empowerment and self-determination and to pursue alternatives for larger advocacy to advertise UNICEF mission and targets for baby rights, social fairness and inclusiveness.

Collaborate with inner international/regional communication companions to harmonize, hyperlink and/or coordinate messaging to boost SBC outreach and contribution to programmatic outcomes.

4. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

Institutionalize/share greatest practices and information discovered/merchandise with international/native companions and stakeholders to construct capability of practitioners/customers, and disseminate merchandise to key audiences together with companions and donors.

Help the group, administration and implementation of capability constructing initiatives, together with partnerships with coaching and tutorial establishments, to boost the competencies of purchasers/stakeholders/companions throughout programme sectors in SBC planning, implementation and analysis in help of programmes/initiatives. Develop coaching supplies for coaching actions, and revise and replace them as crucial.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have…

A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: social and behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, training, communication, public relations or one other related technical area.

A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise in a number of of the next areas is required: social improvement programme planning, communication for improvement, public advocacy or one other associated space.

Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.

Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

For each Little one, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Throughout the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

 UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute. We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations. UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids. 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of range and inclusion is crucial to ship the most effective outcomes for kids.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice might be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background examine.

Authorities staff which can be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.