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SBC Specialist (Community Engagement) (NOC), Fixed term, #128665, Port Sudan-Sudan, MENA
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Job no: 573340
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Port Sudan
Level: NO-3
Location: Sudan
Categories: Social and Behavior Change
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.
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For every child, Hope
The conflict in Sudan which erupted on 15 April 2023 has become a deepening children’s crisis. Almost 14 million children in Sudan require urgent humanitarian assistance. Millions of these children continue to face multiple protection risks, including grave violations, disease outbreaks and a lack of basic services. Over 4.4 million people have been internally displaced and an additional 1.2 million people have fled across borders since 15 April 2023. Large displacements continue, with nearly 350,000 people displaced within Sudan and over 104,000 fleeing to neighboring countries in September alone. Epidemics continue to affect the country, including cholera, measles, and malaria. Reports of increased violence, abuse and exploitation of women and children from hotspot areas are highly worrying, with killing and maiming, child recruitment and sexual violence among the highest cases reported. Schools remain closed across Sudan despite usual beginning of the new academic year. More than 7 million children were already out of school before the conflict and now another 12 million children (of whom 5 million children remain in conflict states) are waiting for schools to reopen, but there is no sign that the schools will reopen while the war continues.
Social and Behaviour Change and Community Engagement (SBC-CE) in UNICEF is a cross-cutting programme strategy that analyses and addresses the cognitive, social and structural determinants of individual practices and societal changes in both development and humanitarian contexts.
To deliver on SBC-CE as a change strategy under the current UNICEF Strategic Plan, the SBC-CE team in UNICEF SCO is positioned to provide cross-cutting technical support to the entirety of the country office programme. Under the 2024 Crisis Response Plan (as captured in the Annual Work Plans), this includes specific cross-cutting strategies that apply across all results areas (e.g. community engagement, SBCC campaigns, and SBC-CE capacity building), in addition to focused priority areas per results area (e.g. immunization and outbreak response for Health; hygiene promotion and ODF for WASH including in cholera response; prevention of malnutrition for Nutrition; etc.).
For community engagement specifically, in the current context grassroots community structures and actors across Sudan have stepped up and shown remarkable resilience, creativity and effectiveness in responding to the growing humanitarian and development needs. To deliver on UNICEF’s response strategy in Sudan, SBC-CE must provide technical leadership for all of UNICEF Sudan to effectively partner with, empower, support, and integrate feedback from these local actors.
How can you make a difference?
You will lead the SCO and SBC-CE technical portfolio on community engagement, including setting strategic direction, rolling out technical approaches for engagement, empowerment, resilience and social cohesion of local, community and grassroots structures, supporting you with components of CE training and capacity building, as well as document and disseminate lessons learned and best practices from grassroots frontline responders.
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:
1. Design, plan and support cross-sectoral integration and implementation of community engagement activities that are backed by social and behavioural evidence to strengthen engagement and participation mechanisms with a humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDPN) lens:
2. Support operationalization of CE by advocating, mobilizing resources, coordinating across stakeholders, sectors and teams, and building partnerships:
3. Generate and utilize research, data, and evidence to inform the design, measurement, and monitoring of CE activities and approaches:
4. Serve as focal point for SBC to vertical programme sections and/or cross-cutting thematic areas:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Experience working in emergency context.
The following desirables:
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
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This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is: a role with direct contact with children, works directly with children, or is a safeguarding response role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.
Remarks:
The VA is open to all (internal and external candidates).
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.
UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
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.
UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.
This is required for all posts requiring a higher education degree. “UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”
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