Chief Social & Behavior Change

The Chief Social & Behavior Change leads the development and implementation of evidence-based social and behavioral change strategies to improve children's rights, survival, and well-being in Cameroon. The role involves research, program design, advocacy, capacity building, and partnership management in both development and humanitarian contexts.

Responsibilities

• Generate and utilize research, data, and evidence to inform the design, measurement, and monitoring of SBC programs and outcomes in both development and emergency contexts and to build the evidence base for SBC.
• Design, plan and implement SBC activities that are backed by social and behavioural evidence and strong engagement and participation mechanisms in both development and humanitarian contexts.
• Support operationalization of SBC by advocating for SBC, mobilizing resources, coordinating across stakeholders, sectors and teams, and partnership building.
• Promote continuous learning, strengthening and scaling up in SBC for both development and humanitarian contexts through capacity building for UNICEF staff and partners.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in a social and behavioral science, including sociology, anthropology, communication studies/communication for development, psychology and/or related field is required.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant progressively responsible professional experience at the national and international levels in developing, implementing, evaluating, and managing social and behavioral change strategies and content is required.
• Demonstrated expertise in the application of social and behavior change science, theories, research, and analysis, to all stages of the programmes cycle.
• Demonstrated ability to stay current with new developments in the SBC field is required.
• Demonstrated experience in the execution of complex priorities, processes and projects in office work-plans.
• Proven ability to work with internal and external stakeholders at multiple levels, including providing technical support and capacity building and establishing/managing external partnerships.
• Fluency in English and French is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is desirable.
• Experience in social research, formative assessments, identifying behavioral drivers, social change evaluation, human centered design, social listening is desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.
• Proven ability to manage social research, including quantitative, qualitative, and participatory methods for formative assessments, identifying behavioral drivers, and tracking, measurement and evaluation of social change is desirable.
• Familiarity with new and emerging approaches such as behavioral insights, human centered design, social listening, among others is a plus.
• At least four years country programme experience with a multilateral development agency or national NGO in a low- or middle-income setting is an asset.

Skills

• Social and Behavioral Change Strategies
• Social and Behavior Change Science
• Program Design
• Program Implementation
• Program Evaluation
• Social Research
• Formative Assessments
• Behavioral Drivers Analysis
• Social Change Evaluation
• Human Centered Design
• Social Listening Analysis
• Quantitative Research
• Qualitative Methods
• Participatory Research Methods
• Capacity Building
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Partnership Management
• Technical Support
• Project Management
• Evidence-based Advocacy

Languages

English, French