Programme Associate

National UNV Assignment
- Algeria Additional information: 1. Pre-assignment Entry lump sum: USD 400 Relocation costs: $200 at beginning and end of assignment if duty station is outside of commuting distance (as determined by UNV) 2. During assignment Volunteer living allowance: DZD 115273.89 Learning: Access to UNV's learning and career development resources and participation in an assignment preparation training provided by UNV Annual leave: 2.5 days per month Insurance: Comprehensive coverage for health, life and malicious acts for the UN Volunteer and health insurance coverage for up to 3 eligible dependents . See the Conditions of Service for more details on eligibility criteria. Danger and Hardship Differential (DHD): DZD 34582.16 3. End of assignment Exit allowance (paid on successful completion of the assignment): DZD 12007.7 for each month served, paid on completion of contract Description of duties
• Support the implementation of community-based Early Childhood Development (ECD), nurturing care, and positive parenting interventions across the five Sahrawi refugee camps.
• Facilitate parenting groups, caregiver learning sessions, community dialogues, and home-based engagement activities targeting children from conception to six years of age.
• Promote responsive caregiving, early stimulation, learning through play, child development, and positive parenting through community outreach and behaviour change activities.
• Support the adaptation, testing, and dissemination of counselling materials, communication tools, and practical resources for caregivers and frontline workers.
• Contribute to Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) activities promoting maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, responsive feeding, and healthy family practices.
• Support community health workers and peer facilitators in delivering counselling and caregiver support services through health facilities and outreach campaigns.
• Promote gender-responsive and disability-inclusive caregiving practices, including increased engagement of fathers and male caregivers in child development, nutrition, and health.
• Assist in training, mentoring, and supportive supervision of community health workers, peer educators, and implementing partners.
• Conduct field monitoring, collect programme data, support knowledge, attitude and practice assessments, and document lessons learned, community feedback, and good practices.
• Prepare success stories, human-interest stories, and programme documentation in accordance with UNICEF safeguarding and ethical standards. Profile requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Communication for Development, Psychology, Social and Behaviour Change, Sociology, Public Health, Nutrition, Community Development, or a related field.
• Minimum 1 to 2 years of relevant professional, internship, or volunteer experience in ECD, parenting, community engagement, SBC, health promotion, nutrition, education, or related areas.
• Good understanding of nurturing care, positive parenting, responsive caregiving, and early childhood development principles.
• Knowledge of maternal and child nutrition, infant and young child feeding (IYCF), breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and preventive health behaviours.
• Experience facilitating community sessions, caregiver engagement activities, or participatory learning approaches is desirable.
• Familiarity with SBC methodologies, interpersonal communication, community mobilization, and behaviour change interventions.
• Commitment to gender equality, disability inclusion, child safeguarding, accountability to affected populations, and ethical community engagement.
• Strong communication, documentation, monitoring, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work effectively within multicultural and multidisciplinary teams and travel regularly to field locations.
• Fluency in French and Arabic required; working knowledge of English is an asset. Application deadline is on 22 October 2026