Services on Social and Behaviour Change, LTA, 36 months (home-based)

Organizational Context

UNICEF operates in over 190 countries and territories, dedicated to saving children's lives, defending their rights, and helping them fulfill their potential from early childhood through adolescence. We are committed, passionate, and proud of our work, viewing the promotion of children's rights not just as a job but as a calling. UNICEF offers diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.

Job Purpose

The selected consultant will apply expertise, international standards, best practices, and relevant evidence to support Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) initiatives. This role involves developing and adapting SBC training materials, delivering workshops, and strengthening practical SBC skills. The consultant will provide mentorship and technical guidance to programme teams, review SBC strategies, and offer implementation support. Additionally, the role includes designing and supporting research, translating behavioural insights into actionable strategies, and producing knowledge products. The consultant will also develop, adapt, and quality-assure SBC tools, guidance documents, and operational resources, creating implementation materials and reference resources to support programme delivery, including messaging for public advocacy campaigns on critical issues.

Responsibilities

The consultant will be responsible for developing and adapting SBC training materials, tools, and learning resources, and delivering workshops and Training of Trainers (ToT) sessions. They will strengthen practical SBC skills, including intervention development, human-centered design, and monitoring and evaluation, while assessing learning outcomes and supporting the institutionalization of SBC learning systems. Providing coaching and advisory support to programme teams, reviewing SBC strategies, workplans, and deliverables, and offering implementation troubleshooting and real-time technical guidance are key. The consultant will also provide structured feedback, improvement plans, and facilitate peer learning and knowledge exchange. Research responsibilities include designing and supporting formative research, assessments, and evaluations, developing research tools, and supporting data collection and analysis. Translating behavioural insights into actionable SBC strategies and interventions, and producing reports, briefs, presentations, and other knowledge products are essential. Furthermore, the consultant will support the design and development of SBC strategies and interventions based on evidence, develop, adapt, and quality-assure SBC tools, guidance documents, frameworks, and operational resources, and create practical implementation materials and reference resources. Support for behaviour change messaging and material creation for public advocacy campaigns, documenting good practices, lessons learned, and case studies to strengthen SBC programming and institutional capacity are also included.

Work Experience

Demonstrated experience in individual and institutional Social and Behaviour Change capacity development. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative data. Hands-on experience in co-developing tailored capacity development workshops. Experience designing and delivering capacity building activities. Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality written outputs. Experience working with or supporting UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, or development programmes is an asset.

Skills

Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) strategy development, Training material development, Workshop facilitation, Capacity building, Human-centered design, Monitoring and evaluation, Formative research, Data analysis, Knowledge product development, Project management, Stakeholder coordination, Technical guidance

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