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UNICEF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria with a mandate to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF’s Nigeria country programme: Aims to accelerate the realization of the rights of all c...
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a champion
The Contractor will, under the technical guidance of SBC Specialist in Abuja /Enugu and the focal person for the Rivers field offices, focus on providing support aimed at aligning with UNICEF globally accepted Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) principles on COVID-19 vaccination. The contractor will support research, planning, strategy, and design of social and behaviour change interventions for COVID-19 vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccines have become a game changer in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of Nigeria (GoN) is targeting 51.5 percent of Nigeria's total population (around 111.7 million persons) over a two-year period to build the population immunity. Since the first roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria as at 13th October 2022, only 44,261,782 million people are fully vaccinated (39.6 per cent of the eligible population), while 57,013,442 million people have received their first dose (51 per cent of the eligible population), 21,114,750 million people received the second dose (18.9 per cent) And only around 4,499,691 people have received the booster dose.
SBC and related community engagement strategy are central to achieving vaccine equity by working with various communities to promote vaccine uptake and remove social and behavioural barriers to vaccination. SBC is a cross-cutting, evidence- based process that uses a mix of social science guided approaches to facilitate participation and engagement with children, families, communities, and networks, for positive social and behaviour change in both development and humanitarian contexts.
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines varies depending on diverse factors including geographical/gender disparities, access to quality immunization services and vaccines, trust and confidence in vaccines, health worker attitude and capacity, as well as felt need. Targeted strategies are needed in this phase of implementation to ensure equitable coverage of the vaccines and vaccine acceptance and uptake.
It is against this background that an SBC Contractor is required to work with national and state teams in Nigeria to provide strategic direction and technical support on SBC interventions on COVID-19 vaccination. Currently, UNICEF SBC section in Nigeria has provided the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with technical support on content development, crisis communication and digital engagement. However, there is still gap in terms of providing strategic direction on SBC to NPHCDA.
How can you make a difference?
The contractor will be responsible for the following:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: social and behavioural science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, communication for development, public relations or another relevant technical field.
The level of experience required is a minimum of 10 years in relevant areas – psychology, social sciences, health education/promotion, public health, crisis communication, and risk communication. Applicants with expertise in multiple areas will have an advantage.
Successful candidates will have to demonstrate competency in the following areas:
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
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.
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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.
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.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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