Social and Behavior Change Officer (Humanitarian)

Location: Maputo, Mozambique; national officer position requiring candidates to meet local visa and work authorization requirements.

Company

hirify.global is a United Nations organization working in more than 190 countries and territories to protect children’s rights and support their survival, development, and participation.

What you will do

• Generate and use research, data, and evidence to design, measure, and monitor social and behavior change programs in emergency contexts.
• Design and implement inclusive SBC activities supported by behavioral evidence and community participation.
• Advocate for SBC, mobilize resources, and coordinate with stakeholders across sectors and teams.
• Build and maintain partnerships with government, humanitarian, development, and community actors.
• Support capacity building, knowledge transfer, continuous learning, and the scaling of effective SBC approaches.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social services, development studies, behavioral science, communications, sociology, anthropology, psychology, social sciences, or a related field.
• At least two years of relevant experience in social and behavior change, community engagement, humanitarian response, behavioral research, monitoring and evaluation, program planning, partnerships, or capacity building.
• Experience in social research, impact monitoring, partnership development, strategic advocacy, knowledge transfer, and behavior change.
• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required.
• Applicants must meet Mozambique’s visa and work authorization requirements; hirify.global will not facilitate visas or work authorization for National Officer positions.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, or a local language.
• Experience with a United Nations system agency or organization.
• Country-level experience in development, fragile, or humanitarian contexts.

Culture & Benefits

• Work guided by hirify.global’s values of care, respect, integrity, trust, accountability, and sustainability.
• Inclusive and diverse international work environment.
• Professional and personal development opportunities.
• Paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.
• Potential deployment to support humanitarian responses when required.
• Temporary appointment for 11 months with applicable hirify.global benefits and policies.

Hiring process

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advanced to the next selection stage.
• Selected candidates undergo reference, academic, employment, background, and medical checks.
• Appointment is conditional on meeting applicable vaccination and clearance requirements.