Behaviour Change And Demand Creation Consultant

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS17 October :59-GMT+01:00 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 WFPThe World Food Programme is the world's 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 WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.To learn more about WFP, visit our website: and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.WHY JOIN WFP?WFP is a **** 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 theTerms and Conditionssection of this vacancy announcement).JOB TITLE: Behaviour Change and Demand Creation ConsultantTYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultant (CST 1)UNIT/DIVISION: Nutrition and Food Quality Service (PPGN)DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome, ItalyDURATION: 6 weeks (26 November -31 Dec ****)BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's 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 WFP's 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 ****.Achieving increased capacity in nutrition both within WFP and with partners, especially government partners, has been articulated in a comprehensive in WFP's 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.TheBehaviour 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 WFP's 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 inbehaviour change.a) Support COs in the development of proposals, strategies, and tools forcapacity building, design and implementation of behaviour change policies andstrategies.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 forimproved nutrition outcomes across WFP's 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 WFP's role to support governments and other key stakeholders2. Case studies and learning materials to support uptake of proven behaviour change interventions based on WFP programmatic experience3. Country and regional level reports as appropriate based on support missions and HQ donor reporting as needed4. Establishment and facilitation of community of practice for SBC with global SBC workforce5. 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 degreeExperience:• Minimum 5 years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating behaviour change interventions for nutrition required.• Experience with school-based programming and working with adolescentsconsidered an assetKnowledge & 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 skillsLanguages:• Fluency in English required.• Working knowledge of another UN language is highly desirable.WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORKWFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.Click here to access WFP Leadership FrameworkREASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONWFP 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 DISCLAIMERThe United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process.Should you receive a solicitation for the