Advisor Profile

Professional Biography
Farkhad Imam is an international Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) and Communication for Development
(C4D) consultant with more than 25 years of experience supporting UNICEF assignments across humanitarian,
development, public health, education and social policy contexts. His international experience spans Türkiye,
Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen and the United States of America, with a focus on designing and supporting
evidence-informed communication and community engagement approaches for vulnerable and crisis-affected
populations.
He is currently working remotely with UNICEF Yemen as an SBC Consultant for Emergency and Social Policy,
based in New York, USA, and undertakes field visits to Yemen as required by the assignment. His professional
focus encompasses emergency risk communication, community engagement, social and behaviour change
strategies, and support to programmes in immunization (EPI), polio eradication, education and social policy.
Drawing on extensive experience in diverse country settings, his expertise is relevant to UNICEF consultancy
functions such as formative and behavioural analysis, stakeholder coordination, development of context-
sensitive SBC strategies and communication materials, capacity strengthening, community feedback and
accountability mechanisms, and monitoring of SBC interventions. His work brings together programme
priorities, local realities and participatory approaches to strengthen the reach, acceptance and effectiveness of
essential services, particularly during emergencies.
In addition, he serves as a Non-Financial Advisor to Elevoria Global Pvt. Ltd., providing strategic and technical
guidance on social and behaviour change communication, education communication strategies, EPI and polio
programme implementation, community engagement, and other development-sector initiatives. This advisory
association is non-remunerative and focuses on strengthening programme design, implementation
approaches and community-centred communication.
With a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective, he contributes to the integration of SBC into
humanitarian response and longer-term systems strengthening, helping programmes translate technical
priorities into practical, community-centred action.