The purpose of this consultancy is to provide dedicated technical, operational, and coordination support for SBC and community engagement activities in Chattogram Division, ensuring quality implementation, partner capacity strengthening, and effective integration of SBC across programmes.

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UNICEF Bangladesh works to advance the rights of children and adolescents by improving outcomes in health, nutrition, education, child protection, WASH, and emergencies. Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) is a cross-cutting approach that supports these results by engaging communities, service providers, and local systems to adopt and sustain positive behaviours and social norms.

Chattogram Division, including Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) remains a priority area due to high levels of vulnerability, geographic isolation, climate risks, and limited access to services for marginalized populations. SBC and community engagement are essential to address equity gaps, improve service uptake, and strengthen accountability.

Following the Programme Budget Review (PBR), the SBC Officer position for Chattogram was abolished, creating a gap in direct technical support, coordination and monitoring at sub-national level. To ensure continuity and quality of SBC programming, UNICEF will recruit an Individual SBC Consultant to support SBC and community engagement activities in Chattogram Division. The consultant will give special attention to para centre based programme in three hill tracts districts, MNCAH programme in Khagrachari Districts, Immunization programme Chattogram City Corporation, Comilla, Bandarban in addition to support vulnerable communities during emergencies

Job organizational context: This is a consultant position. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Chief of Field Office, Chattogram Social and with technical guidance from Social Behavior Change (SBC) Specialist.

Purpose for the job: The purpose of this consultancy is to provide dedicated technical, operational, and coordination support for SBC and community engagement activities in Chattogram Division, ensuring quality implementation, partner capacity strengthening, and effective integration of SBC across programmes.

How can you make a difference? 

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Under the supervision of the Chief of Field Office, Chattogram and SBC Specialist, Dhaka in close coordination with relevant programme sections under Chattogram Field Office, the consultant will carry out the following tasks:

SBC Planning, Evidence, and Integration

  • Support context-specific SBC planning for Chattogram Division, including CHT.
  • Support integration of SBC into Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Child Protection, and emergency programmes.
  • Support use of SBC evidence, including community feedback, CE learnings, and social norms insights with special emphasis on CHT, geographical HTR areas in the Division. Prepare short SBC notes, briefs, and updates for the SBC Section and programme teams.

Community Engagement and Partner Support

  • Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, CSOs, and other partners implementing SBC and community engagement interventions in development and humanitarian programme context
  • Support quality implementation of community dialogues, courtyard meetings, engagement of religious leaders, adolescent and youth platforms, and other CE approaches.
  • Support field monitoring, partner coordination, follow-up and documentation.

Capacity Building

  • Support planning, delivery and documentation of orientations and trainings on CE-SBC, Accountability to Affected People (AAP), and PSEA.
  • Provide mentoring and follow-up support to partners after capacity-building activities.

Multi-Media, Communication, and RCCE

  • Coordinate with District Information Offices (DIOs), Bangladesh Betar, community radio, and other relevant local media.
  • Support development, review, and dissemination of SBC and emergency communication content.
  • Support Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) during disease outbreaks, climate shocks, and humanitarian emergencies.

Coordination and Reporting

  • Maintain regular coordination with SBC Section (Dhaka), programme sections, government counterparts, and partners.
  • Submit regular progress updates and required reports.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File ToR for SBC Consultant for Chattagram.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

  • Education: Master's in social or Behavioural Science/ Public Health/ Communication
  • Work Experience: A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: social development programme planning, communication for development or social and behaviour change, public advocacy or another related area.
  • Demonstrated technical expertise and hands-on experience supporting sub-national sectoral partners in the integration of Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) approaches into sectoral programmes, including health, education, WASH, or other relevant areas
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively with field office (FO) sectoral teams to mainstream SBC approaches across UNICEF FO programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and results.
  • Strong up-to-date knowledge of social, cultural, political, and economic dynamics of communities within the region/division, informing context sensitive SBC interventions.
  • Demonstrated strong communication and analytical skills in the development and dissemination of key SBC messages e.g. UNICEF supported emergency preparedness and response initiatives.
  • Prior experience working with UN agencies, NGOs, or international development organizations is an advantage.
  • Familiarity with emergency SBC programming and humanitarian is desirable response is desirable.
  • Language Requirements: Good skills in both oral and written in English and Bangla with strong interpersonal and presentation skills.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

  

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Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

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