Dr Julia Mutambara is a mental health specialist, academic, and social and behaviour change (SBC) consultant with extensive experience in research, capacity building, and community-based programming. She has contributed to the design and implementation of multi-sectoral SBC initiatives, including work under the UNICEF–Midlands State University partnership on the National Formative Behavioural Evidence Generation and Social Norms Research, Multi-Sectoral SBC Strategy and Capacity Building Project (2023–2024).

Her work spans formative research, social norms analysis, community engagement, and trainer-of-trainers capacity building across health, education, child protection, and social development sectors. Dr Mutambara brings a strong evidence-based and contextualised approach to SBC, grounded in the social ecological model and aligned with national and global development priorities.