Apply for Social & Behavior Change Officer, Fixed Term, NO-2, Kyiv, Ukraine, #131248 Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

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For each child, hope

UNICEF Ukraine

How are you able to make a difference? 

The elementary mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, all over the place, in the whole lot the group does — in packages, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially 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 chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any child has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is rising proof that investing within the well being, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all kids the chance to satisfy their potential but in addition will result in sustained development and stability of nations. This is why the concentrate on fairness is so very important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

Social and Behaviour Change in UNICEF is a cross-cutting programme technique that analyses and addresses the cognitive, social and structural determinants of particular person practices and societal modifications in each growth and humanitarian contexts. SBC makes use of the most recent in social and behavioral sciences to know folks, their beliefs, their values, the socio-cultural norms and the financial and institutional contexts that form their lives, with the purpose of participating them and rising their affect within the design of options for change. SBC brings social and behavioral proof era along with participation in community-led and human-centered processes. SBC is on the core of UNICEF’s mandate, with company outcomes throughout sectors revolving round behaviors like immunization, feeding practices, studying, hygiene, and optimistic self-discipline, in addition to transformations throughout sectors wanted to make societies extra inclusive, equitable and peaceable. 

UNICEF SBC employs a mixture of approaches together with group engagement, strategic communication, utilized behavioral science, service supply enchancment, techniques strengthening, social mobilization and coverage advocacy to advance child rights, survival, growth, safety and participation. 

Purpose for the job:

Under the overall steerage of the Chief, SBC Section and in shut coordination with  

Sectoral and Cross-Sectoral Specialists and Officers, contributes to/accountable for the design, administration, monitoring and analysis of evidence-based, inclusive and revolutionary SBC methods in assist of the nation programme. UNICEF Ukraine nation programme 2025-2029 is constructed round key management areas, specifically Better Start, Better Learning and Skills and Better Care with inclusion of youngsters/individuals with disabilities; and psychological well being and psychosocial assist reducing throughout all these areas, thus, the incumbent shall be anticipated to supply important contributions to those cross-cutting themes.

Summary of key capabilities/accountabilities: 

1. Generate and make the most of analysis, knowledge, and proof to tell the design, measurement, and monitoring of SBC packages and outcomes in each growth and emergency contexts and to construct the proof base for SBC. 
2. Design, plan and implement SBC actions which are backed by social and behavioural proof and powerful engagement and participation mechanisms in each growth and humanitarian contexts. 
3. Support operationalization of SBC by advocating for SBC, mobilizing assets, coordinating throughout stakeholders, sectors and groups, and partnership constructing. 
4. Promote steady studying, strengthening and scaling up in SBC for each growth and humanitarian contexts by way of capability constructing for UNICEF workers and companions. 

1. Generate and make the most of analysis, knowledge, and proof to tell the design, measurement, and monitoring of SBC packages and outcomes in each growth and emergency contexts and to construct the proof base for SBC.  

• In collaboration with sectoral and cross-sectoral specialists, related authorities officers and different UN/NGO companions, design, implement, and/or take part in SBC scenario analyses and formative analysis that determine social and behavioral drivers. 
• Initiate, fee, handle and/or make the most of qualitative and quantitative analysis on social and behavioral drivers that embody behavioural evaluation, human centred design, social listening, behavioural insights, participatory analysis and/or RCT.  
• Support knowledge assortment, monitoring, monitoring and reporting SBC outcomes and put together syntheses of outcomes. 
• Collate and summarize knowledge, proof and traits for social and behavioral points to tell evidence-based SBC methods, plans and actions 
• Assist in institution of group suggestions mechanisms and use suggestions to tell group engagement and SBC actions for catastrophe preparedness, response, restoration and resilience. Generate and use SBC proof, knowledge, and assessments for catastrophe preparedness, response, restoration and resilience.  
• Contribute to phrases of reference, analysis instruments, frameworks and protocols for producing proof to tell SBC initiatives and apply instruments, methodologies and frameworks for knowledge assortment, monitoring, monitoring and reporting and disseminating SBC outcomes. 
• Conduct and/or take part in nation programme monitoring and analysis workouts and make suggestions on workplan revisions primarily based on the outcomes. 

2. Design, plan and implement SBC actions which are backed by social and behavioral proof and powerful engagement and participation mechanisms in each growth and humanitarian contexts. 

• In collaboration/session with UNICEF sectoral and cross-sectoral specialists, related authorities officers and different UN/NGO companions, present technical and administrative assist for the event, implementation and monitoring of evidence-based SBC methods and actions, in keeping with world requirements and UNICEF priorities and approaches. 
•  In collaboration/session with UNICEF sectoral and cross-sectoral colleagues and implementing companions, choose applicable SBC actions and platforms for engagement, making certain high quality and integration of the most recent proof and science-backed approaches. In this course of, oversee coordination with SBC stakeholders and companions to align plans and actions. 
• Identify/suggest actional evidence-based programme/technique suggestions from present knowledge, proof and traits for precedence social and behavioral points and make sure the integration of newest revolutionary approaches and know-how in SBC in programme approaches and advocate for their adoption amongst inside and exterior stakeholders. 
• Apply the above abilities of designing, planning, implementing and monitoring of group engagement and SBC interventions within the context of humanitarian emergencies. 

3. Support operationalization of SBC by advocating for SBC, mobilizing assets, coordinating throughout stakeholders, sectors and groups, and constructing alliances and partnerships. 

• Represent UNICEF’s pursuits in partnerships and handle growth of and progress towards joint challenge agreements with related companions; symbolize the UNICEF CO and SBC Section in nationwide and worldwide degree fora and amongst companions as related and vital. 
• Collaborate with nationwide, regional and/or world companions to hyperlink and coordinate SBC approaches. 
• Cultivate useful resource mobilization alternatives and contribute to proposals, experiences and different supplies to assist assets mobilization. Contribute to mobilizing human assets for SBC, together with workers, consultants and exterior distributors.  
• Identify, recruit and collaborate with consultants, distributors and different technical experience to assist supply of SBC actions. Plan, use and monitor using assets and confirm compliance with organizational pointers and requirements. 
• Contribute to monetary planning, funds planning and monitoring and monetary administration for SBC.  
• Advocate for the inclusion of group engagement and social and behavioral approaches in sectoral workplans primarily based on energetic participation in sectoral programme planning and critiques and viable suggestions for the combination of SBC. Advocate internally and externally for integration of SBC in nationwide techniques, within the nation programme, and in sectoral plans. 
• Identify, disseminate, and undertake finest practices and revolutionary approaches and know-how in SBC, combine them in programme approaches and assist SBC and sectoral groups in implementing them. 
• Coordinate with stakeholders and companions for the implementation of group engagement and SBC in humanitarian actions. 

4. Promote steady studying, strengthening and scaling up in SBC for each growth and humanitarian contexts by way of capability constructing for UNICEF workers, companions and implementers. 

• Identify, design, and/or manage SBC coaching supplies and alternatives for workers and companions, together with on new approaches reminiscent of behavioural evaluation, behavioural insights, human-centered design, social listening, and social accountability mechanisms. Use and adapt current UNICEF studying assets, pointers and coaching supplies to construct SBC capability amongst workers, implementing companions and related authorities and non-government counterparts. 
• Contribute to the event and institutionalization of finest practices, facilitate the trade of experiences and supply technical help for the uptake of latest SBC strategies and data internally and externally. 
• Coordinate and supply inputs into SBC capability assessments 
• Identify and mobilize assets to assist capability growth internally and externally and supply SBC technical assist and capability constructing to authorities counterparts.  
• Identify and contribute to the event of mechanisms to strengthen techniques for group engagement in humanitarian contexts.  
• Develop and/or adapt capability growth instruments and actions for humanitarian programming with a concentrate on preparedness, response and restoration. 

Impact of Results

Efficient and efficient technical, administrative and operational assist offered to the event and implementation of SBC initiatives and merchandise that assist UNICEF’s means to advertise SBC outcomes. This in flip contributes to enhancing the power of UNICEF to satisfy its mission to attain sustainable, domestically owned and concrete ends in bettering the survival, growth, safety and wellbeing of youngsters within the nation. 

To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…

Minimum necessities:

Education:

• A college diploma (Bachelor’s or greater) in a social and behavioral science, together with sociology, anthropology, communication research/communication for growth, psychology and/or associated subject is required.

Work Experience:

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

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English and Ukrainian is required. 

Desirables:

• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency. 
• Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account an asset.
• Prior expertise in social and behavior change, advocacy and/or communication to strengthen inclusion of youngsters/individuals with disabilities and psychological well being and psychosocial assist is taken into account an asset.
• Knowledge of one other official UN language or an area language is an asset.

For each Child, you reveal…

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness

(3) Drive to attain outcomes for impression

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

We provide a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, reminiscent of paid parental go away, day off for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply further info to conduct a background check.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and shall be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should 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. Otherwise, the choice shall be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s energetic dedication to range and inclusion is crucial to ship the perfect outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate folks with disabilities are inspired to apply.

Government workers who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or vital inoculation necessities should not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive. 

UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account info.

All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the degree of the submit within the related practical space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the submit, with out evaluation of different candidates.

Eligible workers members on fixed-term, persevering with or everlasting contracts making use of to IP TA positions in an obligation station designated as L2/L3, could possibly retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, topic to approval by their Head of Office. The circumstances of the short-term project will differ relying on the standing of their submit and relocation entitlements could also be restricted as per the related insurance policies.

Additional details about working for UNICEF may be discovered here.

This place is predicated in Kyiv and the incumbent shall be anticipated to work on-site. However, relying on the safety circumstances and advisory, s/he shall be required to relocate inside Ukraine.