Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Specialist
2025-03-31T11:41:18+00:00
MSI
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Dar es salaam
Dar es Salaam
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Tanzania
Health Science
Healthcare
2025-04-10T17:00:00+00:00
Tanzania
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About the Role
This role supports the design and implementation of social and behavioral change (SBC) best practice in our country programme with a focus on inclusive and gender-transformative approaches and reaching key populations and vulnerable groups such as adolescents, people in extreme poverty and people living with disability.
This role will provide focused technical assistance to MSI country programme, supporting evidence-based design of new approaches, capacity strengthening, monitoring, evaluation and documentation of social and behavior change activities. It will also support donor and fundraising teams within MSI to include appropriate best practice approaches into new proposal design.
The SBC Specialist will also work with the Evidence and Impact team to document and share successes and challenges in SBC programming and support the dissemination of best practice approaches. The learnings and outcomes generated from key projects will be used to strengthen SBC programming across MSI’s global partnership, significantly contributing to delivery of MSI’s 2030 strategy.
This role reports to the Head of SBC and Inclusion in the Technical Services Department, which supports social and behavior change programming across MSI.
About You
For us, it’s vital that every MSI team member believes in and is committed to our organizational mission, vision and values.
This means that we will only accept applications from candidates who are unequivocally pro-choice.
Our values act as guiding principles, providing us with a clear direction. They set the tone for how we approach our work, interact with others and align ourselves as ‘One MSI’. It’s important that our team members truly resonate with our values and demonstrate them consistently, in all that they do.
We recruit talented, dynamic individuals with diverse backgrounds who share our mission and are focused on delivering measurable results. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can participate and contribute meaningfully. We value open-mindedness, curiosity, resilience, and a solutions-oriented mindset, alongside a commitment to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of both team members and clients.
We seek exceptional communicators who are self-motivated, solutions-driven, and aligned with MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You should be dedicated to driving social change in an environment focused on sustainable impact, both locally and globally, and comfortable working with diverse teams in an ambiguous setting.
To perform this role, you’ll need the following skills:
- A strong track record in designing, implementing, or guiding successful marketing/behavioral change programming and activities at a both a country and a regional or global level
- Excellent (English) written communication skills and a high ability to organize and present information in a compelling, easy to understand and practical way, to both high-level donor audiences as well as in-country teams and stakeholders
- Skilled in translating research insights into practical, workable programming approaches. Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources.
- Ability to design, facilitate & lead participatory training sessions.
- High level understanding of “Do No Harm” principles, gender mainstreaming and gender equality and social inclusion principles and methodologies, including disability inclusion.
- Strong networking and interpersonal skills.
- Able to multi-task, problem solve and prioritize to manage multiple and competing demands from internal and external clients.
- Can use PowerPoint and Word to high standard to create impactful and persuasive presentations and resources.
To perform this role, you’ll need the following experience:
- Significant technical experience, at a regional or global advisory level, in the design and implementation of social and behavior change programming. Thematic experience must include technical assistance in the health sector, preferably in SRHR.
- Experience of the critical review of existing SBC approaches to identify learnings and opportunities to improve, establish recommended approaches and guidance and support with effective scale-up.
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams to align objectives and gain buy-in to approaches
- Demonstrated ability to present in high-level forums such as donor calls, meetings or conferences
- Demonstrated capacity strengthening experience, including developing and conducting trainings, mentorship, and coaching of government, local, and community partners.
- Demonstrated ability to ensure gender mainstreaming and social inclusion integration in project design, implementation, and M&E. Experience of designing with and for vulnerable populations highly desirable.
- Familiarity with social and behavior change communication and social norms theories and approaches.
- Familiarity with formative research and monitoring and evaluation methodologies and approaches and ability to interpret data for decision making and inform programming and strategies.
- Experience of designing resources and approaches for community health workers or community mobilisers highly desirable.
- Experience of participatory or user-centred design methodologies (e.g. HCD) highly desirable.
Formal education/qualification
- Degree in relevant field (public health, marketing/ communications, international development etc.) and 5-7 years of relevant technical experience.
This role supports the design and implementation of social and behavioral change (SBC) best practice in our country programme with a focus on inclusive and gender-transformative approaches and reaching key populations and vulnerable groups such as adolescents, people in extreme poverty and people living with disability. This role will provide focused technical assistance to MSI country programme, supporting evidence-based design of new approaches, capacity strengthening, monitoring, evaluation and documentation of social and behavior change activities. It will also support donor and fundraising teams within MSI to include appropriate best practice approaches into new proposal design. The SBC Specialist will also work with the Evidence and Impact team to document and share successes and challenges in SBC programming and support the dissemination of best practice approaches. The learnings and outcomes generated from key projects will be used to strengthen SBC programming across MSI’s global partnership, significantly contributing to delivery of MSI’s 2030 strategy. This role reports to the Head of SBC and Inclusion in the Technical Services Department, which supports social and behavior change programming across MSI.
A strong track record in designing, implementing, or guiding successful marketing/behavioral change programming and activities at a both a country and a regional or global level Excellent (English) written communication skills and a high ability to organize and present information in a compelling, easy to understand and practical way, to both high-level donor audiences as well as in-country teams and stakeholders Skilled in translating research insights into practical, workable programming approaches. Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources. Ability to design, facilitate & lead participatory training sessions. High level understanding of “Do No Harm” principles, gender mainstreaming and gender equality and social inclusion principles and methodologies, including disability inclusion. Strong networking and interpersonal skills. Able to multi-task, problem solve and prioritize to manage multiple and competing demands from internal and external clients. Can use PowerPoint and Word to high standard to create impactful and persuasive presentations and resources
Degree in relevant field (public health, marketing/ communications, international development etc.) and 5-7 years of relevant technical experience.
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Vacancy title:
Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Specialist
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Health Science, Category: Healthcare]
Jobs at:
MSI
Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, April 10 2025
Duty Station:
Dar es salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 31 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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About the Role
This role supports the design and implementation of social and behavioral change (SBC) best practice in our country programme with a focus on inclusive and gender-transformative approaches and reaching key populations and vulnerable groups such as adolescents, people in extreme poverty and people living with disability.
This role will provide focused technical assistance to MSI country programme, supporting evidence-based design of new approaches, capacity strengthening, monitoring, evaluation and documentation of social and behavior change activities. It will also support donor and fundraising teams within MSI to include appropriate best practice approaches into new proposal design.
The SBC Specialist will also work with the Evidence and Impact team to document and share successes and challenges in SBC programming and support the dissemination of best practice approaches. The learnings and outcomes generated from key projects will be used to strengthen SBC programming across MSI’s global partnership, significantly contributing to delivery of MSI’s 2030 strategy.
This role reports to the Head of SBC and Inclusion in the Technical Services Department, which supports social and behavior change programming across MSI.
About You
For us, it’s vital that every MSI team member believes in and is committed to our organizational mission, vision and values.
This means that we will only accept applications from candidates who are unequivocally pro-choice.
Our values act as guiding principles, providing us with a clear direction. They set the tone for how we approach our work, interact with others and align ourselves as ‘One MSI’. It’s important that our team members truly resonate with our values and demonstrate them consistently, in all that they do.
We recruit talented, dynamic individuals with diverse backgrounds who share our mission and are focused on delivering measurable results. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can participate and contribute meaningfully. We value open-mindedness, curiosity, resilience, and a solutions-oriented mindset, alongside a commitment to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of both team members and clients.
We seek exceptional communicators who are self-motivated, solutions-driven, and aligned with MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You should be dedicated to driving social change in an environment focused on sustainable impact, both locally and globally, and comfortable working with diverse teams in an ambiguous setting.
To perform this role, you’ll need the following skills:
- A strong track record in designing, implementing, or guiding successful marketing/behavioral change programming and activities at a both a country and a regional or global level
- Excellent (English) written communication skills and a high ability to organize and present information in a compelling, easy to understand and practical way, to both high-level donor audiences as well as in-country teams and stakeholders
- Skilled in translating research insights into practical, workable programming approaches. Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources.
- Ability to design, facilitate & lead participatory training sessions.
- High level understanding of “Do No Harm” principles, gender mainstreaming and gender equality and social inclusion principles and methodologies, including disability inclusion.
- Strong networking and interpersonal skills.
- Able to multi-task, problem solve and prioritize to manage multiple and competing demands from internal and external clients.
- Can use PowerPoint and Word to high standard to create impactful and persuasive presentations and resources.
To perform this role, you’ll need the following experience:
- Significant technical experience, at a regional or global advisory level, in the design and implementation of social and behavior change programming. Thematic experience must include technical assistance in the health sector, preferably in SRHR.
- Experience of the critical review of existing SBC approaches to identify learnings and opportunities to improve, establish recommended approaches and guidance and support with effective scale-up.
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams to align objectives and gain buy-in to approaches
- Demonstrated ability to present in high-level forums such as donor calls, meetings or conferences
- Demonstrated capacity strengthening experience, including developing and conducting trainings, mentorship, and coaching of government, local, and community partners.
- Demonstrated ability to ensure gender mainstreaming and social inclusion integration in project design, implementation, and M&E. Experience of designing with and for vulnerable populations highly desirable.
- Familiarity with social and behavior change communication and social norms theories and approaches.
- Familiarity with formative research and monitoring and evaluation methodologies and approaches and ability to interpret data for decision making and inform programming and strategies.
- Experience of designing resources and approaches for community health workers or community mobilisers highly desirable.
- Experience of participatory or user-centred design methodologies (e.g. HCD) highly desirable.
Formal education/qualification
- Degree in relevant field (public health, marketing/ communications, international development etc.) and 5-7 years of relevant technical experience.
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Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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