If you're seeking a stable and rewarding career with ample growth opportunities in the development sector, consider applying for the recently advertised NGO Job Vacancy 2024, UN Jobs in Bangladesh by International Jobs in Bangladesh. UNICEF Bangladesh is seeking dynamic and promising individuals for the immediate appointment to the position of National SBC Consultant- Ministry of Religious Affairs on a contractual basis. Applications are invited from Bangladeshi nationals.
Overview
National SBC Consultant- Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA)
Job no: 574418
Position type: Consultant
Location: Bangladesh
Division/Equivalent: Kathmandu(ROSA)
School/Unit: Bangladesh
Department/Office: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene)
Closing date: Saturday, 17 August 2024
National SBC Consultant Duties and Responsibilities
- Provided technical support to IFB to enhance the capacity of the IFB team on SBC as per a joint work plan in collaboration with UNICEF Dhaka office, CxB SBC team,, and UNICEF field offices.
- Provided technical and operational support to IFB for implementing community engagement interventions and reporting as per joint work plan in collaboration with UNICEF Dhaka office, CxB SBC team,, and other field offices.
- Provided technical support to the SBC Section to liaise with IFB/MoRA to expand the program with other faith-based organizations and operational support to plan activities.
- Provide technical support to expedite the implementation of the Global initiative ‘Mind and Heart Dialogue'
- Provided technical support for the revision/development of SBC materials and documents.
- Provided technical support to IF and SBC Cox's Bazar team for strategic involvement of Imams/religious leaders in host and Rohingya communities to promote key lifesaving behaviors through community engagement and social mobilization.
National SBC Consultant Qualifications
Islamic Foundation Job Circular 2024 and UNICEF Bangladesh typically require a combination of education, experience, and skills to effectively manage and implement National SBC Consultants. Below is a general description of the qualifications often sought for this role:
National SBC Consultant Education
- Advanced University degree in Social or Behavioural Science/ Public Health/ Communication
National SBC Consultant Experience and Skills
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience in community engagement, strategic communication planning,, and implementation for behavioral and social change interventions and research
- Technical knowledge and experience working with religious leaders in social development will be an added advantage.
- A track record of working with the UN, Government organizations, religious ministries and in urban will be an added advantage.
- Experience and skills in capacity building, facilitation, and negotiation
- Good skills in both oral and written in English and Bangla with strong interpersonal and presentation skills
UNICEF Job Circular Bangladesh
UNICEF Bangladesh has adopted an inclusive approach in the new country programme (2022 - 2026) to support the overall wellbeing of children and adolescents through integrated programme interventions. There is an emerging convergence of national and sub-national political will and determination at the highest levels to keep children free from the constraints of harmful practices and negative social norms. In this regard, UNICEF has been supporting Government of Bangladesh (GoB) through different Ministries and Departments to coordinate the Social & Behavioural Change (SBC) interventions for a range of audiences through evidence generation, capacity development, community engagement and multimedia campaign. As an integral part of these approaches, capacity development and engagement of religious leaders at the community level considered as an effective programmatic intervention to raise awareness and facilitate the ending of harmful childcare related norms and practices.
Islamic Foundation Job Circular 2024 and UNICEF
Building from past, smaller-scale and adhoc engagements over several years, in 2017 Islamic Foundation (IF), the Muslim Religious Wings under the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA), Government of Bangladesh, and UNICEF launched a strategic long-term partnership for systematic, at-scale and sustained engagement of Islamic leaders across the country. IF has a well-established administrative structure at the national and sub-national levels working directly with National level Islamic Scholars and authoritative institutions 300,000 regular Zumma and Waktia mosque Committees, local level religious leaders and Imams nation-wide. Combined with UNICEF's national and sub-national field-presence, the collaboration aims to deepen engagement with communities across all 64 districts of the country with focus on hard-to-reach families, communities, and the media-dark areas.
This partnership with Islamic Foundation Bangladesh(IF) and UNICEF is in the seventh year. The nationwide scale-up of the programme has been achieved through the existing programme structure. Now, it is high time to yield tangible results from this partnership. In the year of 2024, the partnership has expanded its operation with other faith-based groups, Hindu, Christian and Buddhist welfare trust to promote positive changes for children. Meanwhile, a global partnership between UNICEF and Religions for Peace (RfP) has initiated a joint learning process with local faith communities. Mind-Heart Dialogue is one of the evidence-based reflective and experiential learning process, exploring faith convictions, live experiences, and knowledge to influence positive social and behavior change. Bangladesh has become one of the priority countries to introduce this through partnership with faith based agencies.
Under the signed work plan between UNICEF and IFB, a set of activities have already been implemented successfully. Over the years, with this nationwide partnership, IFB and UNICEF have undertaken joint activities that includes launch of baseline and midline research among imams; creation of an SBC-training package for religious leaders ; ToT of Imams and mosque-based female teachers; and cascade to 15,000 Imams and 20,000 mosque-based teachers across 16 districts who are mobilizing communities on 23 key household-practices. Khutba guidelines have been developed aligned to Qura'n and Hadiths for inclusion in the weekly Jummah prayer and an entertainment-education package for mosque-based pre-primary education is being implemented in 12,000 mosques reaching 360,000 children under 6-years.
UNICEF Job Circular in Cox's Bazar
According to UNICEF current country programme priority, Islamic Foundation contributed and supported the HPV vaccination campaign in Dhaka division in the year of 2023 and helped to motivate madrasa students for up taking HIV vaccination. Around 10,000 religious' leaders, Imams female teachers were engaged in this process. With this success, GoB has decided to roll out HPV vaccine in rest of the seven divisions from September 2024. In that case, role of IF would be more to mobilize huge number of female madrasa students for HPV. In addition to these, MR follow up campaign will be started in early 2025 along with other campaigns related with VAC, GBV, MNC&AH, Vitamin A etc. It is also necessary and critical to put an extra effort to initiate, nurture and strengthen activities in host and Rohinga communities in Cox's Bazar through IF Cox's Bazar Office and to link it with programme focal persons of UNICEF.
UNICEF Job Circular 2024 context
This is a consultant position. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of a Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Specialist assigned to the Health Programme and under the guidance of the Chief of the SBC Section.
The purpose of the UNICEF Job 2024
The consultant will support the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Islamic Foundation of Bangladesh, and Faith-based agency of Hindu Christian and Buddho religion to steer the strategic process for advocacy, program implementation, capacity building and knowledge management as defined in the SBC Strategy.
UNICEF - National SBC Consultant Ministry of Religious Affairs
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
National SBC Consultant- Ministry of Religious Affairs
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