National Consultant: Social \U0026 Behavior Change For Immunization Programme, Jakarta, 7 8 ...

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. n Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. n And we never give up. n n UNICEF Jakarta is looking for a national consultant as part of UNICEF support to provide technical support, advaocate and facilitate the SBC EPI-PEI programming at the national, and provincial and district levels, including the provision of technical assistance to demand generation program strategy development including planning, budgeting and implementation. The assignment is for approx 7 to 8 months, until 31 December 2024. n n The SBC EPI-PEI consultant in close co-ordination with the UNICEF Social and Behaviour Change unit, health section, MoH and other EPI stakeholders will perform the following key tasks:
Assist national MOH and partners in the development of SBC costed strategies and plans, including facilitating the design of coordinated outreach strategies for hard-to-reach, hesitant and vulnerable groups, and communities to promote vaccine uptake. Lead the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of an evidence-based SBC strategy. Facilitate community engagement, social mobilization, and specific behaviour change interventions. Undertake communication assessments and rapid social-behavioral research and evidence building, especially in high-risk and hard-to-reach communities. Develop/adapt and tailor health messages and information products for various target populations/audiences, based on community knowledge, practices, and behaviours. Facilitate the designing and implementation of specific plans of action for immunization and/or Polio eradication to reach special groups. Organize training of health workers, especially in interpersonal communication (IPC) for social and behavioural change in underserved and hard-to-reach communities that are at high risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. Work with external communication colleagues and digital/ social media experts to support the mapping of rumours and misinformation for their effective management. Conduct media landscape analyses and facilitate engagement of media in immunization and polio activities. Support advocacy activities to engage political, religious, and community leaders and other stakeholders. Support the national/sub-national MOH to conduct effective communication TWG meetings and other relevant community engagement and mobilization events. Submit the final consultancy report with best practices, recommendations, gaps challenges n Please refer to the Term of Reference attached for the detailed breakdowns of tasks and deliverables/outputs. n n - Master’s degree in medical, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Medical Doctor, Development Science and Public Health related - Minimum 5 years of experience, 3 years of which should be SBC experience in mass vaccination programs - Public health behaviour science expert on mass vaccination programs - High technical knowledge of immunization programs (preferable) - Psychology, Anthropology and Behavioural Social Science skills - Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia n