Behaviour Change and Demand Creation Consultant

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• 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).

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 our mission of reaching Zero Hunger and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As WFP is increasing its nutrition focus it is important to bolster staff understanding of the central role of nutrition in achieving WFPs wider mission and the roles we each play in promoting good nutrition. Furthermore a cornerstone of the SDGs is the support that agencies such as the UN and specifically WFP can give 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 in WFPs Nutrition Policy and Country Capacity Strengthening work.

To implement the new corporate strategic plan countries are developing multi-year country-level strategies called Country Strategic Plans and Interim Country Strategic Plans. Most of these plans include Behaviour Change and Demand Creation interventions for supporting nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive objectives and outcomes. Many plans also include a combination of activities to address the double burden of malnutrition. These activities include direct implementation and support to partners and governments in the form of technical assistance and country capacity strengthening. The scale of cash programming and the increased focus on social protection present unprecedented opportunities to influence diets and behaviour change is required to empower recipients of cash assistance to meet their needs and maximize the nutritional value of their purchases.

An increased focus on food system and food value chains also present unprecedented opportunities to influence diets and changing behaviours is required to empower recipients of this assistance to meet their essential needs and maximize the nutritional value of their purchases.

There is well-defined demand for tools and capacity to implement behaviour change and demand creation as a complementary intervention across many country contexts and programme needs. Therefore there is a need to make available tools and guidance increase learning exchange for best practices and document evidence of the impact of behaviour change interventions in supporting the achievement of programme objectives and improved nutrition outcomes through a range of WFP programming.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The consultant will report to the SBC Specialist lead in the Nutrition Integration team and work in collaboration within the Nutrition Integration team all units of the Nutrition and Food Quality Service (PPGN) and other divisions including VAM/RAM CBT Social Protection Food Systems and Resilience and Supply Chain. The consultant will be expected to draw on their experience designing and operationalizing and providing technical assistance to governments. The
Behaviour Change consultant will be expected to support the following:

1. Provide support for the use of behaviour change and demand creation as an essential cross-sectoral complementary intervention for enhancing programme design and achieving programmatic objectives including improved nutrition outcomes.

a) Develop programme specific guidance for the use of behaviour change with a focus on social assistance including social protection cash for prevention of acute malnutrition programming school-based programming (school feeding) retail and rice fortification.
b) Provide support to launch of WFPs Vision and road map for Vision for Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) for Nutrition (SBC)
c) Provide support to inter-unit behaviour change community of practice for engagement across PPGN and COs and document learning and evidence.
d) Support improvements in monitoring and evaluation of behaviour change including strengthening programme impact pathways.

2. Support capacity building of COs governments and partners in
behaviour change.

a) Support COs in the development of proposals strategies and tools for
capacity building design and implementation of behaviour change policies and
strategies.
b) Support capacity building for the design implementation and evaluation of behaviour change through technical assistance to COs and an exceptional basis through TDY.
c) Coordinate technical assistance and learning generated through the utilization of the long-term agreements for behaviour change technical services by Country Offices (COs) and HQ.

3. Contribute to the global evidence base for the use of behaviour change for
improved nutrition outcomes across WFPs work with people and communities
national actors and systems and partnerships.

1. Work to fill global evidence gaps for the use of behaviour change in social protection including school-based programming.
2. Support the design and documentation of high-quality evidence and learning from behaviour change programming and support to Governments to influence global best practices for the use of SBC for improved nutrition outcomes.
3. Support the dissemination of available behaviour change evidence internally through the community of practice and through regular engagement with external fora as requested.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES:

1. Development of normative guidance for integration of behaviour change for nutrition into WFP programming and through WFPs role to support governments and other key stakeholders
2. Case studies and learning materials to support uptake of proven behaviour change interventions based on WFP programmatic experience
3. Country and regional level reports as appropriate based on support missions and HQ donor reporting as needed
4. Establishment and facilitation of community of practice for SBC with global SBC workforce
5. Management of SBC Roster and LTA with documentation of utilization and preparation of support documents as needed.

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 5 years of experience designing implementing and evaluating behaviour change interventions for nutrition required.
Experience with school-based programming and working with adolescents
considered an asset

Knowledge & Skills:
Advanced knowledge of behaviour change for nutrition-related programming
Knowledge of food systems and market-based approaches
Knowledge of cash programming including social protection and emergency relief
Knowledge of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions
Strong interpersonal and communication skills required for in-person and remote team-based work
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in complex multicultural settings particularly supporting governments
Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills

Languages:

Fluency in English required.
Working knowledge of another UN language is highly desirable.

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