Programme Manager (SBC, Gender, Adolescent and Youth engagement)

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: $107,389 USD-$138,967 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 03/03/2025
  • Location: Guinea
Child protection/ Children’s rights Youth Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.


How can you make a difference? 

You report to the Deputy Representative Programme for general guidance and direction. You are responsible for developing a systematic, planned, and evidence-based strategy and process for SBC, youth empowerment, and gender as an integral part of program development, planning, and implementation. With appropriate social and behavioral science, as well as the empowerment and participation of stakeholders, communities, children, civil society partners, and government counterparts, you promote measurable behavioral and social change/mobilization.

You also perform the role of Gender Focal Point for the Office. As such, you provide authoritative technical guidance and operational support throughout all stages of programming to facilitate the management and delivery of results contributing to gender equality in alignment with the UNICEF Gender Action Plan (2022-2025). You support the development, implementation, and monitoring of high-quality gender programming and projects across sectors in alignment with the Gender Action Plan. This subsequently contributes to the achievement of sustainable and concrete results in improving children’s rights, survival, and well-being in the country.

Tasks and responsibilities: 

1. Generate and utilize research, data, and evidence to inform the design, measurement, and monitoring of SBC programs and outcomes in both development and emergency contexts and to build the evidence base for SBC and gender transformative programs

2. Design, plan and implement SBC activities that are backed by social and behavioural evidence and strong engagement and participation mechanisms in both development and humanitarian contexts

3. Support operationalization of SBC and gender transformative programs by advocating for SBC and gender transformative programs, mobilizing resources, coordinating across stakeholders, sectors and teams, and partnership building.

4. Promote continuous learning, strengthening and scaling up in SBC and Gender transformative programs for both development and humanitarian contexts through capacity building for UNICEF staff and partners.


To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
  • Education requirements: An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in one of the following fields is required: sociology, anthropology, psychology, communication, community engagement, social science, marketing, journalism, International Relations, International Development gender, or youth engagement and adolescent and/or another relevant technical field.
  • Experience required: A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional experience at the national or international levels in developing, implementing, evaluating, and managing social and behavioral change or gender or youth engagement or adolescent strategies, in social and policy program development planning and management, operational support and humanitarian settings is required.
  • Fluency in French or English and working knowledge of the other language is required. 

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