Demand Creation and Social Behaviour Change Advisor
Demand Creation and Social Behaviour Change Advisor
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
14 September 2025-23:59-GMT01:00 Central European Time (Rome)WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race colour national origin ethnic or social background genetic information gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation religion or belief HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
JOB TITLE:
Demand Creation and Social Behaviour Change Advisor
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
WAE CST
UNIT/DIVISION:
Nutrition & Food Quality Service/ Programme Policy & Guidance Division
DUTY STATION (City Country):
Home-based
DURATION:
3.5 Months - Maximum 35 working days
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. As such nutrition is integral to the mission of reaching Zero Hunger and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A cornerstone of the SDGs is the support that agencies such as the UN and specifically WFP can provide to governments to reach their commitments to Agenda 2030. Achieving increased capacity in nutrition both within WFP and with partners especially government partners has been articulated in a comprehensive Nutrition Learning Strategy.
To implement the corporate strategic plan countries are developing multi-year country-level strategies called Country Strategic Plans and Interim Country Strategic Plans. Most of these plans now include Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) as part of achieving strategic objectives including promoting healthy diets. Activities include both direct implementation and support to partners and governments in the form of technical assistance and country capacity strengthening.
Furthermore the scale at which WFP is implementing different forms of cash programming including through social protection presents an unprecedented opportunity to enable healthier diets ensure the needs of the most marginalized and nutritionally vulnerable populations are met and increasing accountability for more equitable food systems. This effort will require both individual and institutional demand creation for healthier diets along with supply-side intervention. SBC offers the tools and methods necessary for institutional and individual demand creation. When integrated as a complementary intervention SBC strategies can empower recipients of cash assistance to meet their needs while maximizing the nutritional value of their food purchases by creating an enabling environment for healthy choices to be undertaken.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Advisor will report to the Team Lead of Child Wasting and Maternal Nutrition and provide support to all teams of the Nutrition & Food Quality Service and across WFP. Drawing on their expertise in social science and behavioural insights research community engagement and accountability as well as public health and cash programming the Advisor will:
- Lead the roll-out of the SBC Vision Roadmap and implementation plan to Regional Bureau and Country Office as well as relevant HQ global teams
- Lead development of SBC Toolkit for nutrition in humanitarian response including a framework TOC and guidance on rapid qualitative and mixed-method data collection and analysis in time sensitive context
- Provide technical guidance to RBx and CO and support to link with appropriate capacity through existing rosters and LTA
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
1. SBC toolkit for humanitarian context developed
2. Technical and operational presentations on integrating SBC into PPGN programming and CSP
3. Roll-out plan for SBC Vision and Roadmap to RB and CO developed and implemented
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Advanced degree in social or behavioural science public health marketing and communications psychology education or other relevant university degree
Experience:
Minimum 8 years of experience working in development and Humanitarian Emergency contexts particularly on health and nutrition programming
Experience designing formative research to design SBC strategies using mixed methods and behavioural science research
Knowledge& Skills:
Advanced knowledge of designing SBC as part of public health nutrition and emergency response programming
Proven ability to deliver strategic guidance at policy level related to designing and implementing SBC interventions at scale
Knowledge of the use of cash in social protection and emergency relief programming
Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with remote-based
Languages:
Fluency in English required. Working knowledge of another UN language is highly desirable.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation please contact:
NO FEE DISCLAIMER
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate complete and includes your employment records academic qualifications language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport recommendation letters academic certificates etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
