Mission and objectives UNICEF has a long-term commitment to Iraq s children and young people, with the first formal cooperation agreement signed with the Government in 1963. UNICEF works in close partnership with the Federal through established Cooperation Agreements. UNICEF has a broad geographic presence in the country with four offices located in Basra, Baghdad, Erbil and Dohuk. UNICEF collaborates with UN agencies, international and national NGO partners to meet the humanitarian and development needs of most vulnerable children and young people. In recent years, UNICEF s work to support the unique needs of young people has gained momentum, as the challenges facing them have come more sharply into view. UNICEF is committed to deliver for all children and young people through its overall impact goal of realizing the rights of every child, especially the most disadvantaged. The UNICEF Strategic Plan, 20XX recognizes the whole spectrum of young people, including young adults or youth over 18, and includes in its Change Strategies supporting young people and children as agents of change. Taking its cue from the strategic plan, the Global Communication and Advocacy Strategy 20XX (GCAS) asserts the important role that young people can play in the successful realization of UNICEF s mandate, and outlines the need to listen to, co-create and collaborate with young people and create meaningful engagement opportunities for them to make a difference. Being important drivers of change, children and young people are essential partners and contributors to both the development and implementation of UNICEF s Strategic Plan 20XX. With a new and ambitious SP, UNICEF intends to be deliberate and committed in fully involving children and young people in creating the solutions to accelerate the realization of the SDGs and driving change forward. Context A volunteer is sought to support the country office with the social behaviour change function. The volunteer will provide professional technical assistance and support for the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the social behaviour Change program activities. Responsibilities include data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge sharing, and capacity-building efforts, in alignment with the objectives of the SBC work plan and the overall SBC program strategy.

Task description

1. 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. Collate, analyze and summarize data, evidence and trends on social and behavioral issues to inform evidence-based SBC strategies, plans and activities and support development of briefing notes on SBC related issues. Support data collection, tracking, monitoring and reporting SBC results. Assist in the establishment of community feedback mechanisms and use feedback to inform community engagement and SBC actions for disaster preparedness, response, recovery and resilience. Generate and use SBC evidence, data, and assessments for disaster preparedness, response, recovery and resilience. Contribute to terms of reference, research tools, frameworks and protocols for generating evidence to inform SBC initiatives and apply tools, methodologies and frameworks for data collection, tracking, monitoring and reporting and disseminating SBC results. Support annual reviews and reporting on SBC
2. 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. Provide technical and administrative support for the development, implementation and monitoring of evidence-based SBC activities in collaboration/consultation with UNICEF sectoral and cross-sectoral specialists, relevant government and NGO partners, and in line with global standards and UNICEF priorities and approaches. Support the inclusion of community engagement and social and behavioral approaches in sectoral workplans, with active participation in sectoral programme planning and reviews and viable recommendations for the integration of SBC. Support the application of the above skills of designing, planning, implementing and monitoring of community engagement and SBC interventions in the context of humanitarian emergencies.
3. Support partnerships building and management and resource mobilization for SBC acceleration/scaling up Support Country office s resource mobilization efforts and contribute to proposals, donor reporting, and development of communication and fundraising materials. Contribute to budgeting and support grants management and monitoring for SBC. Support mobilization of strategic partners and alliance building for SBC Coordinate with stakeholders and partners for the implementation of community engagement and SBC in humanitarian action.
4. Promote continuous learning, strengthening and scaling up in SBC for both development and humanitarian contexts through capacity building of UNICEF staff, partners and implementers. Support SBC capacity assessments Support the identification, design, and/or organization of SBC training for staff and partners. Support the development and/or adaptation of existing UNICEF learning resources, guidelines and training materials for staff, implementing partners and relevant government and non-government counterparts. Support the development and/or adaptation of capacity development tools and activities for humanitarian programming with a focus on preparedness, response and recovery. Help identify and strengthen mechanisms and systems for community engagement in humanitarian contexts.
5. Other assigned duties and responsibilities

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