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

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to care

Working under the direct supervision of the Chief of the hiring section, the selected consultant(s) is expected to apply his/her expertise, international standards, best practices, and relevant evidence to all tasks. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

How can you make a difference?

1) Training and Capacity Building

• Develop and adapt SBC training materials, tools, and learning resources
• Deliver workshops, Training of Trainers (ToT), and onboarding sessions
• Strengthen practical SBC skills, including SBC intervention development, human centered design, and monitoring and evaluation
• Assess learning outcomes and support institutionalization of SBC learning systems

2) Mentorship and Technical Guidance

• Provide coaching and advisory support to programme teams
• Review SBC strategies, workplans, and deliverables
• Support implementation troubleshooting and real-time technical guidance
• Provision of structured feedback and improvement plans
• Facilitate peer learning, knowledge exchange, and organizational SBC integration

3) Research and Evidence Support

• Design and support formative research, assessments, and evaluations
• Develop research tools and support data collection and analysis
• Translate behavioural insights into actionable SBC strategies and interventions
• Produce reports, briefs, presentations, and other knowledge products.

4) SBC Tools, Guidance and Materials Development

• Support the design and development of SBC strategies and interventions based on evidence and behavioural insights
• Develop, adapt, and quality-assure SBC tools, guidance documents, frameworks, and operational resources
• Create practical implementation materials and reference resources to support programme delivery
• Provide support for behaviour change messaging and material creation, as part of public advocacy campaigns on issues such as online safety, ending violence and mental health.
• Support campaign baseline and/or endline surveys to measure the extent of knowledge, attitude and behaviour change.
• Document good practices, lessons learned, and case studies to strengthen SBC programming and institutional capacity.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: LTA for SBC consultant.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Candidates should hold advanced university degree (master's or higher) in social and behavioral science, including sociology, anthropology, communication studies, psychology and/or related field.

• Demonstrated experience in individual and institutional Social and Behaviour Change capacity development.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative data and translate findings into practical recommendations for programmes.
• Hands-on experience in co-development of tailored capacity development workshops.
• Experience designing and delivering capacity building activities such as trainings, workshops, simulations, or webinars for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high quality written outputs including analytical reports, dashboards, strategies, and case studies.
• Experience working with or supporting UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, or development programmes is an asset.
• Strong understanding of social and behaviour change (SBC) programmatic, analytical and monitoring frameworks.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, coordinate with diverse stakeholders, and deliver outputs under tight timelines.
• Fluency in English required; knowledge of Chinese is an advantage.
• Experience of working with/for UNICEF or other UN organizations is desirable, especially in China.
• Knowledge and understanding of China and its development context.
• Initiative, passion and commitment to UNICEF's mission and professional values.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others

[add the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for a supervisory role].

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.