SBCC Coordinator

The SBCC Coordinator will provide technical leadership and hands-on support for planning, implementing, and monitoring SBCC interventions under the UNFPA-funded Humanitarian Project. The role focuses on strengthening SBCC and demand generation activities to increase awareness and promote SRHR service-seeking behavior among Rohingya and surrounding host communities.
By engaging community leaders, coordinating relevant stakeholders working in humanitarian settings, and using appropriate SBCC materials, the Coordinator will guide the SBCC team in implementing project activities aligned with the donor’s Annual Work Plan AWP) and the Family Planning Strategy for the Rohingya Refugee Crisis 2026–2030.

SBCC Technical Leadership

• Lead the implementation of evidence-based, culturally appropriate SBCC strategies addressing key SRHR priorities, including FP, MR, PAC, STI/RTI, GBV, and service availability, in line with the project plan.
• Ensure all SBCC approaches are community and health facility-based, rights-based, gender-sensitive, and practical for humanitarian settings.
• Provide technical guidance to Camp SBCC Officers on effective stakeholder communication and community engagement models.

Capacity Strengthening

• Arrange capacity-building initiatives through formal training and periodic refreshers to strengthen and retain the skills of Camp SBCC Officers in communication, event facilitation, and effective evidence generation.
• Support the SBCC team in designing, organizing, and facilitating capacity-building initiatives at the camp level for community workforce of partner NGOs and community key influentials.
• Support the design and development of training materials, including job aids, manuals, guidelines, and posters, needed for training, events, and advocacy related to SBCC activities.

Advocacy and Coordination:

• Regular advocacy and coordination with government stakeholders, including RRRC (Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner), CICs (Camp In-Charge) of relevant camps, and local-level representatives from DGFP (Director General of Family Planning), DGHS (Director General of Health Services), and DGIF (Director General of Islamic Foundation) to obtain approvals for camp activities and guidance for awareness initiatives which will help create an enabling environment for the harmonized implementation of SRHR activities in humanitarian settings.
• Maintain regular coordination with UN agencies, including UNFPA, UNHCR, IOM, WHO, and UNICEF, as they play different roles such as SRH-WG coordinator, CHW-WG coordinator, and Health Sector Lead in the humanitarian field to get support receiving regular field updates and ensure smooth implementation of SBCC activities in for the refugee population.
• Coordinate with different humanitarian partner NGOs to engage them in SBCC initiatives by providing training and orientation, and by monitoring their community awareness activities.

Internal and External Coordination:

• Supervise, monitor and mentor the SBCC Camp officers ensuring Ipas’s HR and administrative policies, and working closely with the Deputy Project Manager to support consistent implementation.
• Support the project team members in organizing program review and coordination meeting as per project work plan.
• Attend need based different meetings with donor, stakeholders, orientation coordination meetings
• Reports to Supervisor and Project Manager about workflow, deadlines, reports
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Monitoring, Mentoring, Reporting, and Learning

• Conduct routine visits to camp-level SBCC activities and provide technical guidance to the SBCC team in line with organizational policies and donor requirements.
• Monitor SBCC outputs and outcomes regularly using the organization’s structured tools to ensure achievement of project indicators and objectives.
• Assist the supervisor and Project Manager in preparing action plans by analyzing SBCC data to identify trends, gaps, and areas for improvement.
• Contribute technical inputs for donor reports, progress updates, and documentation of best practices in coordination with the Project Manager.

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