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Community Volunteer, Social and Behaviour Change for Immunization

UNICEFCotonou, Benin
Category | Grade:Volunteer | UNVDeadline:3 Aug 2026Job ID:1784888021270783Posted on:20 Jul 2026
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Overview

The community volunteers support vaccination demand and uptake in Cotonou by implementing social and behaviour change plans, finding zero-dose and under-immunized children, mobilizing community networks, tracking health-zone activities and documenting evidence that improves routine immunization outreach.

Department: Child Survival and Development Section

Languages

Required: French

Desired: Fon, Mina

Job Areas

  1. Advocacy & Campaigns
  2. Clinical, Health & Medical Services

Minimum Experience

2 years

Salary

XOF 213,466.66 monthly living allowance

Responsibilities

  • Implement and monitor vaccination social and behaviour change activities
  • Track communication indicators across participating health facilities
  • Help identify and vaccinate zero-dose and under-immunized children
  • Facilitate community co-creation sessions for routine immunization
  • Map community organizations, influencers and partnership opportunities
  • Coordinate health authorities, community leaders, media and programme partners
  • Conduct field visits and report implementation problems and progress
  • Document practices, stories and lessons for programme improvement

Requirements

  • Secondary-school baccalaureate
  • At least two years of experience planning, implementing and monitoring communication and community-engagement activities for immunization and community health
  • Residence in the intervention department or municipality
  • French proficiency

Skills

Social and behaviour changeCommunity engagementImmunization outreachPartnership mappingField monitoringProgramme documentation

Tools

Communication and Social Behaviour Change Strategy

Additional info

  • Five full-time community volunteer assignments
  • Applicants must reside in the intervention department or municipality
  • Monthly living allowance of XOF 213,466.66