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For every child, the right to a chance

UNICEF Lebanon operates in a complex and evolving context marked by overlapping humanitarian, economic, and social crises, further exacerbated by the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis and escalation of hostilities in 2026. The Country Office focuses on delivering integrated, lifesaving and resilience-building programmes across health, nutrition, WASH, education, child protection, and social policy, with a strong emphasis on equity and reaching the most vulnerable populations.

The Social & Behavior Change (SBC) function is a cross-sectoral programme effectiveness output that supports all sectors in generating demand for services, strengthening community engagement, addressing behavioral barriers, and ensuring accountability to affected populations (AAP). SBC plays a critical role in both development programming and emergency response, particularly through Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE), social listening, and community feedback.

How can you make a difference?

The Social & Behavior Change Coordinator provides technical and operational support for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of SBC interventions across sectors.

The role contributes to strengthening community engagement, supporting behavior change initiatives, and enhancing accountability mechanisms, while ensuring alignment with UNICEF programme priorities and standards.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Support to SBC Strategy Development and Planning
• Support the development and operationalization of evidence-based SBC strategies and plans across programme sectors.
• Contribute to situation analysis, including behavioral, social, and cultural assessments.
• Lead the integrating SBC approaches into programme design and planning processes.

2. Implementation of SBC Interventions
• Lead the implementation of SBC activities in collaboration with partners and stakeholders.
• Lead to community engagement initiatives and outreach activities targeting vulnerable populations.
• Lead to the development and dissemination of SBC materials and tools.

3. Partnership Coordination and Field Support
• Lead coordination with implementing partners, civil society organizations, and community structures.
• Participate in field monitoring and provide technical support to partners.
• Contribute to maintaining effective collaboration with government counterparts and inter-agency platforms.

4. Community Engagement, Social Listening and Feedback
• Lead the collection and analysis of community feedback and perceptions.
• Co-lead to social listening efforts to identify barriers, concerns, and misinformation.
• Contribute to the strengthening accountability to affected populations (AAP) mechanisms and feedback loops.

5. Monitoring, Reporting and Documentation
• Lead monitoring of SBC interventions and contribute to reporting processes.
• Assist in data collection, analysis, and documentation of results.
• Contribute to internal reporting, donor updates, and knowledge management.

6. Capacity Building and Technical Support
• Co- Lead the design and lead the delivery of capacity-building activities for partners and frontline workers.
• Provide technical inputs on SBC methodologies and tools.
• Contribute to strengthening capacities for SBC programming across sectors.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education: A University Degree in social and behavioural science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, public relations, political science, international relations or other related social science field is required.

Work Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in Social & Behavior Change, community engagement, communication for development, or related fields with demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing behaviour change and community engagement interventions is required.
- Experience working in humanitarian, emergency, or complex development contexts; engaging diverse stakeholders and communities; and coordinating within multi-sectoral environments is required.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Arabic is required.Knowledge of French or any other UN language is an asset.

Desirables:

Previous UNICEF experience, particularly in SBC, Community Engagement, AAP, or RCCE programming, is a strong asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others

[add the 8^th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for a supervisory role].

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments are conditional on the selected candidates’ willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel.
Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

SBC Coordinator, Beirut, Lebanon, (UNOPS Local Individual Contractor Agreement - Level 3)