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SBC in Education Editor, COE

UNICEF
Nairobi, Kenya
Remote

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Contract type

  • Consultant

Locations

Eastern and Southern Africa Region

  • Kenya

Functional Area

Programme

  • Education

Position level

  • Consultancy

SBC in

Education

  • Editor, COE, Nairobi (Remote)

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  • Job no: 596300

  • Contract type: Consultant

  • Duty Station: Nairobi

  • Level: Consultancy

  • Location: Kenya

  • Categories: Education

  • 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.

  • At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

  • UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

  • Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

  • For every child, the right to gender transformative education.

  • How can you make a difference?

  • UNICEF’s work relies on putting children, young people, their families and communities at the center of its actions. UNICEF promotes evidence-based, people-centered and locally owned development and humanitarian initiatives. This is especially important in settings affected by climate shocks, environmental degradation and persistent gender inequalities, which shape behaviours, access to services and community resilience. Through its Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) programming, UNICEF helps ensure that programmes and services are more responsive, inclusive and sustainable. This approach also makes public action more inclusive and strengthens relationships between communities, public authorities, and service providers. By building trust, it supports greater uptake of current programmes and services while also helping systems become more resilient to future shocks, including climate-related disasters, environmental crises and public health emergencies. It also strengthens social capital and collective efficacy, reinforcing community cohesion, and people’s ability to adapt and respond together.

  • In the education sector, SBC helps promote access and retention to school, gender transformative education; ending violence in schools; community participation; parenting practices; supporting learning outcomes and skills acquisition; inclusive education, social accountability and workforce motivation. SBC also supports education policy development and implementation by linking national regulations with community realities, informing implementation and driving systemic shifts.

  • This assignment aims to produce an SBC in

Education

  • Investment Case and a Compendium of best practices using Social and Behavioral Change in Education to inform programme design, fundraising, and advocacy opportunities. Both documents will be developed using a desk review based on academic and grey literature including GPE and ECW reports, and key stakeholders’ interviews in UNICEF Country Offices and COE

Scope of Work:

  • The scope of the work is to produce
  • An SBC in

Education

Education

Education

  • Best Practices based on 8 pillars (1. Policy Reform & Programme Design; 2. Financing for Scale; 3. Humanitarian Action & Resilience; 4. Equity & Demand Generation; 5. Digital & Infrastructure; 6. Workforce Development & Institution Building; 7. Skills & Secondary Education; 8. Strategic Engagement & Partnerships)

  • Report summarizing best practices

  • 13th November

  • 7

  • Collecting examples from at least 20 UNICEF COs, including conducting interviews with CO to validate inputs received

  • At least 30 examples collected and clustered by pillars

  • 27th November

  • 10

  • Writing and editing Compendium of Best Practices including proposing visuals

  • Compendium of Best Practices

  • 10th December

  • 10

  • To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

  • Masters: Social and Behavioral Science, Education, Communication, Journalism

Work Experience:

  • At least 10 years of experience in research and editing

Language Requirements:

  • English and French

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:

  • Knowledge of Social and Behavioral Change techniques based on UNICEF’s SBC Programme Guide (https://www.sbcguidance.org);

  • Extensive experience in editing based on UNICEF’s Editorial (writing, editing, terminology and style);

  • Analytical, technical, and organizational competencies to conduct a desk review

Desirables:

  • Knowledge of Portuguese

  • 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

  • Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

  • UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

  • UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

  • 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, discrimination, fraud, corruption and other forms of misconduct.

  • UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference, safeguarding and background verification checks. These checks may include verification of academic credentials and employment history, screening against relevant United Nations misconduct databases, and requests for misconduct disclosures from current and former employers, professional associations, other rel

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