Social & Behavior Change Officer, NO-B, Temporary Appointment (364 days), Brasilia, Brazil, #127434

UNICEF Brazil is looking for an skilled skilled in communication associated to promotion of neighborhood engagement and measurable behavioral and social change.

This submit is non permanent for 364 days and presential in Brasilia, Brazil.

 

And we by no means hand over.

 

For each youngster, an advocate

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, in all places, in every part the group does — in applications, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all kids have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias, or favoritism.

 

The Social & Habits Change Officer (SBC) employs a mixture of approaches together with neighborhood engagement, strategic communication, utilized behavioral science, service supply enchancment, techniques strengthening and coverage advocacy and social mobilization to advance youngster rights, survival, improvement, safety, and participation.

 

To study extra concerning the Brazil nation workplace, please entry: https://www.unicef.org/brazil/

 

How will you make a distinction?

Below the direct supervision and steering of the Chief of Communications and Advocacy, the incumbent will present technical and operational help to Communication and Programme colleagues by creating, implementing, monitoring and/or evaluating a wide range of SBC initiatives and actions to advertise neighborhood 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, rules, insurance policies and procedures to finish duties.

 

The Key capabilities and accountabilities 

The SBC Officer could have the next key capabilities:

1. Technique design and improvement of SBC actions
2. Implementation of SBC actions
3. Advocacy, networking, and partnership constructing
4. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

For extra data concerning the particular actions please check with the whole job profile, HERE

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

• A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: social and behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, schooling, communication, public relations, or one other related technical discipline.
• A minimal of 2 (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, fund or program is taken into account an asset.
• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For each Youngster, you show…

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

 

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (1), Works Collaboratively with others (1), Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1), Innovates and Embraces Change (1), Thinks and Acts Strategically (1), Drive to attain impactful outcomes (1), Manages ambiguity and complexity (1).

In the course of 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 identification, 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 depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of 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:

Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of range and inclusion is vital to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidates from numerous populations eligible and appropriate candidates from numerous populations (afro-descendants, indigenous, and different minorities) are inspired to use. 

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 will likely be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background test.

Authorities workers which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if medical clearance isn’t obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.