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Senior Programme Associate – Social and Behaviour Change

WFPPhnom Penh, Cambodia
Category | Grade:Professional | SSA-7Deadline:7 Aug 2026Job ID:JR125346Posted on:24 Jul 2026
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Overview

Coordinates WFP Cambodia’s social and behaviour change work on school nutrition and fortified rice, aligning government and partner delivery, organizing training and field monitoring, managing research and creative suppliers, developing campaign materials and analysing audience response and performance data.

Department: Nutrition and Food Systems

Languages

Required: Khmer, English

Job Areas

  1. Communications, Media & Public Relations
  2. Agriculture & Food Security

Minimum Experience

7 years

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate implementation of school-based nutrition and behaviour-change activities
  • Build government and partner readiness through training and operational coordination
  • Manage development of the fortified-rice social-marketing strategy
  • Synthesize research and stakeholder feedback on behavioural barriers and motivators
  • Coordinate creative agencies, consultants and research firms and track deliverables
  • Develop and disseminate campaign materials for priority audiences
  • Analyse campaign reach, engagement and consumer response and report lessons

Requirements

  • Completion of secondary education
  • At least seven years of experience in social and behaviour change, communication for development, nutrition, public health, social marketing or related programme implementation
  • Experience engaging communities, private-sector actors, local authorities or implementing partners
  • Fluency in written and spoken Khmer and English
  • Cambodian nationality

Skills

Social and Behaviour ChangeNutrition CommunicationSocial MarketingAudience SegmentationCampaign ManagementFormative ResearchPartner CoordinationPerformance Monitoring

Tools

Microsoft OfficeData Management ToolsReporting Tools

Additional info

  • Special Services Agreement from November 2026 through April 2027
  • This vacancy is open only to Cambodian nationals
  • The role integrates gender, protection, disability inclusion and nutrition considerations