Social & Behavior Change Specialist, TA (P-3), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea#127430

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

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each baby, Outcomes

With over 850 indigenous languages, and one of the crucial ethnically various populations, widespread poverty and gender inequality make it onerous 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 via a programme of cooperation collectively developed with the federal government guides our work within the nation.

How will you make a distinction?

The Social and Behaviour Change Specialist offers technical and operational help for growing a scientific, deliberate and evidence-based technique and course of for SBC as an integral a part of programme improvement, planning and implementation. By communication and engagement, in addition to the empowerment and participation of stakeholders, communities, kids, civil society companions, and authorities counterparts, s/he promotes measurable behavioral and social change/mobilization. This subsequently contributes to the achievement of sustainable and concrete ends in bettering kids’s rights, survival and wellbeing within the nation.

Abstract of key capabilities/accountabilities:

1. Generate & Use Proof: Generate and make the most of analysis, information, and proof to tell the design, measurement, and monitoring of SBC packages and outcomes in each improvement and emergency contexts and to construct the proof base for SBC.
2. Design, plan and implement: Design, plan and implement SBC actions which might be backed by social and behavioural proof and robust engagement and participation mechanisms in each improvement and humanitarian contexts.
3. Advocate & Construct Partnerships: Help operationalization of SBC by advocating for SBC, mobilizing assets, coordinating throughout stakeholders, sectors and groups, and partnership constructing.
4. Construct Capacities: Promote steady studying, strengthening, and scaling up in SBC for each improvement and humanitarian contexts via capability constructing for UNICEF workers and companions.

 

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

A sophisticated 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 discipline.

A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in a number of of the next areas is required: social improvement programme planning, social and behavior change, 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.

Expertise working in a growing nation is taken into account as an asset.

Fluency in English is required. Data 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 publish 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. (8) Nurtures, leads and manages individuals.

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

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the variety 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 another 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 goals 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 lively dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is important to ship the very best 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 should 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 bear rigorous reference checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. 

Authorities staff which might be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities should not met, inside an affordable interval for any cause.

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