Social and Behaviour Change –Research and Data Analysis Consultant Req #575684

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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant

Consultancy Title: Social and Behaviour Change –Research and Data Analysis Consultant Section/Division/Duty Station: Programme Strategy and Coordination Hub/ Social and Behavior Change,  Programme Division, NYHQ

Duration: 14 October  2024 to 30 October  2025

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote

 About UNICEF – DO NOT EDIT

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

The SBC Section in the Programme Group Leadership Team in the Programme Division at UNICEF Headquarters is seeking an individual consultant to support the work on advanced analytics and monitoring of social behaviour change programming. In particular, the consultant will deliver on the following objectives:

1. Deploy the analytical model and support the analysis corresponding to the roll-out of Behavioural and Social Drivers of Vaccination surveys across a specific set of countries, including for zero-dose children, improvement of HPV and malaria vaccination.
2. Develop and deploy the analytical model for UNICEF’s ‘Internet of Good Things’ tool results.
3. Develop and deploy the analytical and monitoring model for UNICEF’s community engagement mapping and for the Harmful Behaviors and Violence Against Children behavioral surveys study.
4. Support the roll-out and dissemination of Implementation Toolkit for Monitoring for Social and Behaviour Change Programming as it pertains to data analysis and its visualization components, including for Community Rapid Assessments designs, for national data systems needs maps (i.e. health statistical data) and for sample design of technical surveys.
5. Provides technical advice for in-field support for training for SBC UNICEF programme officers and partners

The Social and Behavior Change Data, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist in the SBC team will be the contract supervisor. The consultant will work closely with programme specialists in the Social and Behavior Change team, the Demand for Immunization team, and the Child Protection team.

 Scope of Work:

The consultant will have the following scope of work:

• Prepare a set of analytical briefs based on the results of the UNICEF’s Behavioural and Social Drivers of Vaccination surveys;
• Develop data visualizations and programmatic insight decks related to UNICEF’s ‘Internet of Good Things’ results;
• Develop insight decks and related monitoring tools for the community engagement mapping of UNICEF programmes and for the Harmful Behaviors and Violence Against Children Behavioral Surveys Study;
• Provide SBC Research Technical Advice for regional offices and country offices designs for SBC research and data analysis related to the deployment of the Implementation Toolkit for Monitoring for Social and Behaviour Change Programming.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

 Analytical model for UNICEF’s ‘Internet of Good Things’ tool results

 - Develop 1 set of Excel and PowerBI templates for live data for IoGT use

- Develop 1 Master Microsoft PowerBI  Dashboard, with user data specific for IoGT historical and current data.

- Develop a monitoring framework for Country Office results that captures IoGT implementation and a corresponding PowerBI Dashboard – By 30 November 2024

Community Engagement Mapping and Behavioral Surveys Studies EVAC/Harmful Behaviours