Consultancy for Risk Communication and Community

**Job no**: 557232

**Contract type**: Consultant

**Duty Station**: Cairo

**Level**: Consultancy

**Location**: Egypt

**Categories**: Social and Behavior Change

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

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**_ Objective:_**

This consultancy is focused on timely providing technical support to the Ministry of Health and Population, Moss and MOYS in responding to the COVID 19 pandemic and Polio outbreak while strengthening the Health Emergency preparedness system across institutional sectors. The assignment focuses primarily on:

- Supporting technical reviewing for the national Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) strategic core components to strengthen its role in health emergency and need for systemic preparedness in harmonisation for all hazards health emergencies in coordination with key partners with specific attention to the needs and rights of children, adolescents, parents/caregivers, pregnant women and their families, lactating mothers and maternal and child health (MCH) service providers, education institutions affected by the ongoing global health crisis.
- Supporting in providing technical direction and oversight to strengthen the availability and utilization of social and behavioral data on COVID-19 including vaccine demand and continuity of services to drive responses for health emergencies. Utilizing evidence for segmentation and targeted messaging based on risk analysis as well as appropriate mix of trusted and credible channels including local and religious leaders and key influencers. Ensure clear linkages with media and external relations components of the COVID 19 response and addressing gender and mental health in messaging. Supporting partner and other implementation and frontline teams on planning and implementing RCCE response.
- Generate, analyse and use evidence about community’s context, capacities, perceptions, and behaviours to ensure clear linkages with evolving epidemiological and social data, and commission qualitative and/or quantitative research as relevant to inform strategies, monitor progress and measure performance. Using social listening and community feedback mechanisms to track community perceptions, fears and beliefs as well as misinformation and rumours with the aim of fostering trust and transparency.
- Provide technical oversight for development and pre-testing of SBCC materials for high-risk communities to provide them with access to timely, accurate information and advice. Ensure attention to gender, PSS and stigma related dimensions.
- Provide technical support for mobilization, capacity building and training of programme colleagues, for the reinforcement of the national positive parenting program and supporting communities in case of any health emergency. Supporting partner and other implementation and frontline teams and civil organizations on planning and implementing climate change mitigation measures.
- Support UNICEF SBC/ADAP dedicated officers and specialists in coordination between responsible authorities, stakeholder ministries /departments and inter-agency partners to synergize efforts, track, mitigate and respond to risks of infection, enhance vaccine demand and sustain demand for services, establish listening mechanisms and tailored support to enhance community resilience starting from most vulnerable households. Support establishment of national communication coordination mechanisms under governmental leadership and advocate for the representation of the RCCE pillar within the national response for COVID 19.
- Facilitate face to face and online capacity building for Civil Societies Organizations, Community Based Organizations, and relevant influencers on Polio response.
- Support the use of IT to promote behavioral change facilitating COVID 19 prevention and vaccine demand (COVAX and Polio).

**_Methodology:_**

The consultant will be based in UNICEF facilities with extensive presence in key stakeholders’ premises and at least 45% of the time in the field.

Under the supervision of the SBC/ADAP Chief of Section, the consultant will be working closely with the SBC team’s members in close coordination with the Child Survival and Development (CSED) section as well as external communication section (EC).

The consultant will be paid based on a monthly report approved by the Chief of SBC/ADAP section on equally divided lumpsum.

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**Community Engagement**

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