National/International Consultant: Social and Behavior Change (SBC+) Capacity Development Consultant, Kathmandu, Nepal (Open for both National & International based in Nepal)

Job Description

Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) stands out in the Nepal Country Programme Action Plan 2023-27 with a critical role
as a Change Strategy to catalyze the Cross-Sectorial integration to contribute to a Structural and integrated Social
Change by supporting the Nepal Country Program (CPD/CPAP 2023-2027) goals on Nutrition, Health, Education, Child
Protection, WASH and Social Protection and SDGs 2,3,4,5,6,10,11 & 16.
The vision of UNICEF Nepal Country Office is to build SBC+ Sectoral systems to accelerating Social Change. As a crosssectoral
area, SBC+ comprises Social and Behaviour Change, Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE)
and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP). The overarching direction for SBC+ in the current Country Program
points to:
• Support SBC in all provinces with cost-effective solutions.
• Focus on demonstration on a small scale and on the most underserved populations.
• Engagement of children and adolescents as agents of social change.
• Internal and external co-creation and partnership for cost and resource efficiency.
• Internal and external capacity development reaching sub-national level.
SBC+ aims as facilitate the programme integration, building the effective bridge between knowledge, behaviours, and
impacts (including cost of inaction) to effectively contribute to the structural and social transformation agenda in Nepal,
impacting public policies and institutional services, community-led structures, and individual behaviours. Thus, a
sectoral SBC+ systematic multi-stakeholder collaboration, at the provincial and local levels, will become the big changer
for children’s and communities’ lives.

To adapt, contextualize and rollout the UNICEF’s online SBC+ Regional Capacity Development Programme to a remote and presential hybrid modality, aiming at contributing to build SBC+ sectoral national and subnational systems by strengthening the common understanding, technical knowledge and impact of SBC+, including Behavioural Sciences for social change, Risk Communication and Community Engagement and Accountability to Affected Populations, Faith Engagement for Positive Change, Digital SBC and Social and Gender Norms, among other approaches and solutions, to advance children’s rights and development across Nepal and beyond.

The consultant will report to the Chief of SBC Section, UNICEF Nepal Country Office, based in Kathmandu, in close

collaboration with the Field Offices and Programme Sections and Cross-sectoral areas, UNICEF Regional Office for South

Asia and other UNICEF Offices, academic and implementation partners and other supporting stakeholders. The

consultant will be accountable on all the stages of the adaptation of the SBC+ Regional Capacity Development

Programme, including facilitation, mobilization and coordination of capacities and resources; design, implementation

and monitoring of the programme, in coordination with academic, research and implementing partners; and support to

continued improvement, expansion and sustainability of the programme towards contributing to advance the social

transformation agenda in favor of children right and wellbeing in Nepal beyond.

The consultant will leverage UNICEF SBC+ global, regional and national capabilities and ensure an international

multicultural participatory approach of sectors, partners and stakeholders to facilitate their engagement and

contribution to the programme as well as its appropriation and expansion. Moreover, the consultant will contribute to

the SBC+ Vision for UNICEF Nepal 2024-2025, supporting the shift from message-oriented interventions to an evidencebased

people-centered SBC+ system, built on the use of social data for quality behavioral science, community

engagement, interpersonal communication, knowledge strengthening and feedback mechanisms, among other

components to prompt positive social change.

This consultancy is home-based. It’s planned to run from 1 December 2024 to 30 September 2025, estimating 10

months.

Job Specification

Academic Qualification:

• Advanced university (master’s) degree in one of the following fields is required: Communication Studies, Economics, Public Policy, Public Health, Social Sciences, Social Work, Psychology, International Relations, Political Science, or another relevant technical field. OR bachelor’s degree in any of the above disciplines with at least additional two years of professional experience in SBC programme planning and implementation on the ground and SBC specialized training in lieu of master’s degree.

Work Experience:

• minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is
• required: social development program planning, social and behavior change,
• communication for development, public advocacy, or another related area with relevant
• fieldwork experience.
• Technical knowledge in planning, advocacy, Social Behavior and Change and emergency
• response.
• Experience in coordination planning, data analytics, facilitation, budgeting and resource
• mobilization for capacity development and training programmes.
• Excellent Nepali and English writing and verbal communication skills.
• Relevant national and regional experience with UN agencies will be an added advantage.

Other skills

• Capacity to work independently and take initiative.
• Demonstrated commitment to delivering timely and high-quality results.
• Computer skills (including advanced Spreadsheet/Microsoft Excel)

Language Proficiency:

• Fluency in English and Nepali is required.

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