Senior Behavioral Science Consultant

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CONSULTANCY) FOR THE SENIOR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE CONSULTANCY

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Purpose Senior Behavioral Science Consultant Location REMOTE - Location of position holder(s) is flexible, though preference may be given for persons based in GMT +/- 3 time zones Duration 1 year Language requirements Fluency in French required, fluency in Arabic preferred Headcount Ideally, 1 (one) consultant will be engaged to cover both French and Arabic languages. However, if suitable expertise in both languages cannot be found in a single individual, multiple consultants may be contracted to ensure all language requirements are met. Start date TBC, the consultancy will be on an on-call basis. Once the consultancy contract is established, the selected consultant(s) will be engaged for specific assignments as needed, with appropriate notice provided in advance of each task. Reporting to Jimena Llopis, CUBIC Head of Behavioural Science Research

Role Purpose:

The Objectives of this Consultancy are to co-lead behavioral science-focused projects with Save the Children Country Office staff. Tasks include: leading teams to carry out formative behavioral research; design, implement and evaluate behaviorally informed interventions; conduct behavioral science workshops; and write results for both technical and non-technical audiences, among others.

Role dimensions:

CUBIC currently includes 10 team members based in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, thus requiring strong remote communication and collaboration skills. The Part-time Senior Behavioral Science Consultant will develop strong working relationships with project leads in Save the Children Country Offices, and will need to be comfortable promoting CUBIC’s work to external stakeholders, including the communities we serve, governments and donors. 

Key areas of accountability:

Lead behavioral science-focused projects;

1. Carry out responsibilities for leading 1-3 projects, in collaboration with country office staff to design, implement and evaluate behaviorally informed interventions. He/she will coordinate regularly with country office staff to trouble shoot and make sure projects and trials are on track from beginning to end. He/she will comply with the Detailed Implementation Plan for each project, and adapt it when necessary
2. Behavioral diagnosis. This includes leading desk research activities, workshops with country office staff and other stakeholders, working with country office staff to conduct primary and secondary “on the ground” formative research activities (where travel is permitted and appropriate as per pandemic developments) and guiding the analysis of large datasets to derive learnings and guide project/trial design.
3. Design, implement, and evaluate behaviorally informed interventions. This will involve supporting the development of trial protocols and working with country office staff to design and implement experiments that balance rigor with practical considerations. He/she will determine which evaluation method is most appropriate (e.g., RCT, matched controlled trial, A/B test), conduct power analyses and randomization, and determine outcome measures and how data will be collected.
4. Conduct Behavioral Science trainings/workshops, particularly sessions focused on formative research, experiments, and trials. These workshops involve both an introduction to behavioral science, as well as hands-on design sessions to develop the prioritized approaches for testing.

Other responsibilities:

• Draft reports, case studies and academic papers to promote results of trials and advise on potential scale up.
• Contribute to organizational growth by supporting the development of proposals and concept notes.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science, Social Psychology, Economics, Public Policy, Neuroscience or a related field, with a master’s degree in a related field.
• Over 5 years of previous research and work experience in a related field, including at least 3 years of experience working in applied behavioral science projects, with a preference for candidates with experience in developing contexts.
• Demonstrated work experience designing, implementing, and analyzing randomized field experiments in developing countries.
• Strong quantitative, research, and data analytic skills, including demonstrated knowledge of and experience working with data analysis software such as STATA, R or Python.
• Strong qualitative or mixed methods for social research skills, including demonstrated knowledge of and experience working with data analysis software such as NVivo, ATLAS.ti or similar.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English and French is required, while proficiency in Arabic is preferred.
• Flexible, self-motivated, able to manage multiple tasks, team members, and projects efficiently and a team player.
• Strong ability to take initiative, drive projects forward, and deliver results independently.
• Excellent management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills.
• Prior experience working in the Global South would be highly preferred.

Facilities to be provided by SCI:

• Email access
• System access to relevant tools
• 100% coverage of any work-related travel
• Reimbursement for agreed role-related software/subscriptions

Applications and financial proposals

Interested candidates are required to submit their financial proposals along with their application (CV and Cover Letter), indicating their daily rates (for 7 hour work day) in USD. You are kindly expected to indicate your financial proposals on relevant annual salary expectation question of the job application form (under Step 2 - Application Questions).

Payments

Consultancy payments will be made in monthly frequency; upon confirmation and submission of monthly timesheets maintained by the line manager of the consultant. Please note that taxes will need to be processed by the consultant in their country of domicile, Save the Children International do not process taxes on behalf of the consultant.

Selection process

The selection of the consultant will involve a 21-day open call from the 29th October to the 16th November 2025.

Awarding the contract will be based on the best combination of expertise and price, ensuring that the chosen consultant meets the required qualifications and experience while providing the most efficient and cost-effective solution for the report's development.