Overview
The SBC Officer (Digital) contributes to the design, management, monitoring, and evaluation of digital SBC/RCCE strategies in support of the country emergency response programme. The role supports digital communication, social listening, community feedback, and technology-enabled engagement approaches to strengthen Ebola Virus Disease response actions.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, management, monitoring, and evaluation of evidence-based, inclusive, and innovative digital SBC/RCCE strategies.
- Support digital communication, social listening, community feedback, and technology-enabled engagement approaches.
- Strengthen Ebola Virus Disease response actions, address misinformation, promote protective behaviours, and support accountability to affected populations.
- Undertake research, data analysis, evidence gathering, and social listening.
- Provide coordination, partnerships, and operational support.
- Engage in capacity building, learning, and scale-up activities.
Required Experience
- A minimum of two years of professional experience is required in one or more of the following areas: social development programme planning, communication for development, social and behaviour change, digital communication, social listening, community management, public advocacy, emergency response, or another related area.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
- Experience in emergency response, public health emergencies, digital communication, social listening, community engagement, or accountability to affected populations is considered an asset.
- Experience supporting outbreak or emergency response activities, such as Ebola, covid19, polio, cholera, measles, mpox, displacement, or other public health or humanitarian emergencies, is considered an asset.
- Experience using digital tools, online engagement platforms, social media monitoring, feedback mechanisms, or data visualization approaches to inform SBC programming is considered an asset.
- Experience working with government counterparts, local authorities, community structures, UN agencies, coordination mechanisms, and implementing partners in insecure or hard-to-reach areas is considered an asset.
Qualifications
• A university degree in social and behavioural science, sociology, anthropology, communication studies, communication for development, psychology, digital communication, computer science, public health, social sciences, or another related field is required.
