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:

• In collaboration with UNICEF sectoral and cross-sectoral specialists, relevant government officers and other UN/NGO partners, develop, support implementation of and monitor evidence-based community engagement strategies and approaches, in line with global standards and UNICEF priorities and approaches.
• In collaboration with UNICEF sectoral and cross-sectoral colleagues and implementing partners, select appropriate community engagement activities and platforms, ensuring quality and integration of the latest evidence and science-backed approaches. In this process, oversee coordination with stakeholders and partners to align plans and activities.
• Identify, propose and support implementation of evidence-based programme recommendations from current data, evidence and trends for priority community engagement issues and ensure integration of the latest innovative CE approaches and tools in programming and advocate for their adoption among internal and external stakeholders.
• Apply the above skills of designing, planning, supporting implementation and monitoring of community engagement interventions with an HDPN lens, ensuring interventions are tailored to the specific context and combine life-saving speed with longer-term systems strengthening.
• Make viable recommendations on inclusion of community engagement across all sectoral work plans and strategies. Advocate and quality assure the inclusion of community engagement activities in sectoral workplans based on active participation in sectoral programme planning and reviews and viable recommendations for the integration of CE.

2. Support operationalization of CE by advocating, mobilizing resources, coordinating across stakeholders, sectors and teams, and building partnerships:

• Collaborate with national, regional and/or global partners to link and coordinate CE approaches.
• Lead SBC-CE technical contributions to existing multiyear and –partner programming and projects around social cohesion and community resilience.
• Cultivate resource mobilization opportunities and contribute to (cross-)sectoral proposals, reports and other materials to support resource mobilization. Contribute to mobilizing human resources for CE, including staff, consultants and external vendors.
• Contribute to financial planning, budget planning and tracking and financial management for CE.
• Identify, disseminate, and adopt best practices and innovative approaches and technology in CE, support their integration in programme approaches and support sectoral teams in implementing them.
• Advocate internally and externally for integration of SBC-CE in national systems, in the country programme, and in sectoral plans.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and partners for the implementation of community engagement and SBC-CE in humanitarian actions.

3. Generate and utilize research, data, and evidence to inform the design, measurement, and monitoring of CE activities and approaches:

• In collaboration with sectoral and cross-sectoral specialists, relevant government officers and other UN/NGO partners, design and conduct CE situation analyses and formative research that map grassroots networks, structures, and their capacities;
• Establish community feedback mechanisms and use feedback to inform community engagement for disaster preparedness, response, recovery and resilience.
• Develop terms of reference, research tools, frameworks and protocols for generating evidence to inform CE initiatives and apply tools, methodologies and frameworks for data collection, tracking, monitoring and reporting and disseminating SBC-CE results.
• Conduct and/or participate in country programme monitoring and evaluation exercises and make recommendations on workplan revisions based on the results.
• Develop and manage relationships with external partners, vendors and consultants for research and evidence generation and support of CE.

4. Serve as focal point for SBC to vertical programme sections and/or cross-cutting thematic areas:

• In close coordination with the other (3) SBC technical officers in the national team and as assigned by the Chief of SBC, ensure strong support to focal point portfolios covering vertical programme sections (Health, Nutrition, WASH, Child Protection, Learning & Skills Development, Social Policy) and/or cross-cutting thematic areas e.g. PME, PSEA, AAP, Gender, MRM
• Interact with relevant focal point counterparts in sections, Area teams and cross-cutting thematic areas to set priorities and objectives for the year.
• Provide regular reports to the Chief of SBC and relevant focal point counterparts.
• Coordinate with SBC national colleagues for information sharing, capacity building, and reporting per the focal point portfolio requirements

Requirements:

• Education: Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields is required: social and behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, or another relevant technical field.
• Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: social and behaviour change, communication for development, risk communication and community engagement, accountability to affected populations, or another related area.

Experience working in emergency context.

• Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Arabic language is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

The following desirables:

• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
• Relevant experience in emergency and/or humanitarian settings is considered an asset.