Social & Behavior Change Specialist

hace 2 semanas

Panamá, Panamá, Panamá UNICEF A tiempo completo

Job no: 562965

Contract type:
Temporary Appointment

Duty Station:
Panama City

Level:
P-3

Location:
Panama

Categories:
Gender Development, 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.

And we never give up.

For every child, _a Champion_**UNICEF promotes the rights and welfare of all children and adolescents in everything we do. Together with our allies, we work in 190 countries and territories to transform this commitment into practical actions that benefit all children, especially focusing our efforts on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded, worldwide. The UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office is based in in Panama, operating in 36 territories, including 24 country offices.


Social and Behavior Change (SBC) in UNICEF is a cross-cutting programme strategy that addresses the cognitive, social, and structural determinants of social change in both development and humanitarian contexts.

SBC uses the latest in social and behavioral sciences to understand people, their beliefs, values, and the socio-cultural norms that shape their lives, to engage them and increase their influence in the design of solutions for sustainable behavior and social change.


The recent reform of SBC transitioning from C4D, and the presence of an SBC team in LACRO to support SBC mainstreaming at country office level, are inherent pieces that are essential to accelerating results in the 5 Goal Areas and supporting emergencies.

In view of this, our 2023 Annual Work Plan (AWP) aims, in essence, the development of three fundamental areas: increase SBC capacity in the COs, amplify synergies through strategic alliances (faith-based, private sector, and academic institutions) and expand SBC Knowledge Management as a principle for having systematized lessons learned and best practices.


In Latin America and the Caribbean Region, the SBC section is implementing strategies to support routine immunization (RI), by identifying and addressing the core challenges that drive the significant decline in RI vaccination levels.

- including gender-focused behavioural factors that drive unequal health outcomes and access to vaccines.


Differences in how men, women, girls, and boys learn about, look for, and utilize health services and resources can be attributed to gender norms and expectations.

Decisions related to health and immunization uptake are influenced by gender socialization. Vaccines have an effect on people's health at various ages, including young children, teenagers, and pregnant women.


All caregivers irrespective of their gender should have equal responsibilities and decision-making power in ensuring that their children are immunized this responsibility often falls on women in their roles as mothers and/or heads of households.

However, restrictive gender barriers norms and roles often hamper women's abilities to make decisions regarding their own and their children's health and use of family resources to access such services.

Additionally, care-related work may hinder their capacity to take children to health centers for vaccination during usual opening hours.

Additional obstacles include restricted mobility, the expense of in-home care, and limited health literacy.

Gender bias can also encourage discrimination in healthcare settings and deter people from using services; for instance, health care workers may be less welcoming towards male caregivers, men or male caregivers may feel uncomfortable accessing spaces considered "female." Although they are hired to help people who face hurdles due to their gender to get health are, female health workers, are equally impacted by prevalent gender norms.

In order to promote a thorough understanding of the immunization process and to promote more gender-responsive immunization programs, the SBC Specialist on Gender and Immunization will provide technical support at the nexus of behavioral science and gender to Country Offices

How can you make a difference?

Purpose


The responsibilities include technical support and coordination of strategic implementation of SBC in immunization actions, emphasizing the intersection of behavioural science, human-centered design and gender equity.

Specifically, the SBC / Immunization & Gender Specialist will provide sustainable support to COs in the following:

  • Support of SBC and Gender transformative approaches integration in immunization and health services
  • Promote the integration of SBCinformed gender approaches across vaccination and health services activities and outcomes.
  • Provide technical support that integrates behaviourallyinformed gender and equity approaches into formative health and i

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