Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
The purpose of this consultancies is to build the foundational basis of SBC+ sectoral provincial systems and interventions by rolling out SBC+ system strengthening community engagement interventions and approaches and leading the SBC oriented sectoral and cross-sectoral ongoing activities in Karnali, Lumbini, Madhesh and Sudurpashchim Provinces, aimed to accelerate the children wellbeing.
It’s expected that the SBC+ consultants for respective provinces will provide and promote sectoral and cross-sectoral technical advice, multi-stakeholders engagement, capacity development and coordination to facilitate social innovation and behavioural science for community systems and resilience strengthening, translated in more disaggregated Social and Behaviour Change-related planning, strengthening of local self-government, intensive community engagement, use of localized research and evidence to build the effective bridge between knowledge, behaviours, and impacts (including the cost of inaction) to better drive the evolution of policies, structures and behaviours and effectively contribute to the social transformation agenda in favor of children right and wellbeing in the selected provinces.
The consultants will ensure an SBC+ participatory approach of sectors and partners to facilitate the engagement and
participation of parents, caregivers, local organizations, and a range of local influencers in support of positive social change
in favor of children.
Moreover, the consultants will facilitate technical assistance and capacity building to partners, aimed at building a common
understanding and application of SBC+, shifting from a message-oriented to an evidence-based people-centered
interventions, and strengthening the use of social data for quality behavioral science, community engagement,
interpersonal communication, including information sharing and feedback mechanisms, and other SBC+ components to
prompt positive social change in the targeted provinces.
The SBC+ Consultants will function under the operational guidance and oversight from the respective Chief Field Offices
with Technical guidance, supervision, and reporting to the Chief SBC in Nepal Country Office or the delegated capacity,
in close collaboration with the sectoral and operational areas at the Field Office and the provincial level and the national
level when required, in line with the strategic sectoral priorities of the corresponding Field Office, the sectoral plans and the
SBC+ Vision for UNICEF Nepal 2024-2025.
The consultancy is planned to run from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025, meeting a series of deliveries that will
contribute to achieving the CPD/CPAP goals by addressing potential critical gaps in implementing and integrating the
SBC+ sec toral systems.
1. Design and Implement SBC+ sectoral strategies to accelerate programme outcomes.
The consultants will collaborate with, advise, facilitate and consult with UNICEF’s programme and operational areas, local
governments, implementing partners and relevant stakeholders at the provincial level to design, implement, monitor and
improve SBC+ sectoral initiatives, mechanisms, platforms in emergency and development contexts, including to identify
barriers and enablers, to budget, formulate, produce, test and assess localized SBC+ oriented activities and resources
(guidelines, training, materials), and boost the engagement and participation of targeted groups and service receivers
such as youth networks and child clubs to contribute effectively on child friendly local governance, against social norms ,
climate action and advocacy as well as with the most marginalized groups to ensure maximum outreach, mainstream
SBC+ activities within the sectors and effectively contribute to sectoral outcomes and priorities (Nutrition, Health, Education,
Child Protection, WASH and Social Protection and SDGs 2,3,4,5,6,10,11 & 16).
2. Provide technical assistance for building on SBC+ sectoral systems and interventions.
In collaboration with the sectoral and cross-sectoral areas of the corresponding field office, the consultants will provide
sectoral and cross-sectoral technical advice and facilitation to the government, partners, and stakeholders at the subnational
(provincial/local) level on building SBC+ sectoral systems to contribute to sectoral outcomes and priorities
(Nutrition, Health, Education, Child Protection, WASH and Social Protection and SDGs 2,3,4,5,6,10,11 & 16) by leading
the roll-out of the integrated SBC+ Sectoral Vision and applying innovative solutions on Social Research for Social
Sciences, Social Community Listening, Digital community engagement, local groups and influencers engagement, Cocreation
of service experience and Human Centered Design, Social mobilization and Community Feedback mechanisms
within other relevant approaches and tools.
3. Coordinate SBC+ oriented capacity development and external relations initiatives.
The consultants will lead the rollout of training and capacity development activities on SBC+ (SBC, RCCE, AAP) aimed at
Field Office staff and partners for enhancing common knowledge and capacity on SBC+ sectoral interventions at the
provincial, district and community levels, leveraging UNICEFs’ SBC+ Capacity Development Programme for South Asia,
in collaboration with SBC Nepal Country Office and SBC Regional Office – South Asia. The consultant will participate and
contribute to monitoring visits, review meetings, and high-level missions including donors’ visit, supporting the preparation,
documentation of human-interest stories, development of SBC related communication packages and facilitation on the
ground.
4. Monitoring, knowledge Management and storytelling
The consultants will collaborate with sectors and facilitate the establishment of a clear SBC+ results framework and oversee
data collection, tracking, monitoring and reporting, contributing to relevant UNICEF monitoring systems such as CSI and
RAM; explore, analyze and report on behavioural and community-related interventions in emergency and development
contexts leveraging UNICEFs Digital Community Engagement Ecosystem (I-Hear-U Social listening, U-Report, IoGT), enduse
monitoring and Child and Family Tracker; and lead the documentation and support the dissemination of impactful
community-oriented stories and case studies from the field focused on behavioral science-supported interventions and
practices impacting sectoral results in the corresponding provinces.
5. Advocate for SBC+ mainstreaming.
The consultants will lobby and advocate for mainstreaming of SBC+ related interventions and issues in sub-national
annuals (provincial – municipal) plans and in sectors within UNICEF, encouraging/promoting engagement and dialogue,
inclusion, self-determination, and participation in mobilizing social, political, behavioral and cultural change to achieve
sustainable programme results on children and communities’ rights, equity and wellbeing.