Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 01, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Key activities & duties
• Support UNICEF’s response in Health as part of the overall health cluster/sector coordination mechanism.
• Represent UNICEF in the Health and other cluster/sector coordination meetings.
• Participate in rapid needs assessments for the Health sector and in intersectoral needs assessments as needed.
• Contribute to UNICEF’s and the health cluster/sector response strategy, work planning and contingency planning processes with other sectors to ensure cross sectoral response programming.
• Provide technical support to UNICEF and partners including contributing to the development of or sharing relevant standards, protocols, guidelines and training materials for Health in emergencies.
• Conduct joint field visits and evaluations with relevant health sector/cluster partners and donors as needed.
• Contribute to the development of relevant social behavior change communication materials in collaboration with SBC and other relevant sectors.
• Support re-establishment and strengthening of public health services at community and health facility levels.
• Manage UNICEF’s relations with its implementing partners, including monitoring and administrative actions such as renewing partner contracts, PCAs, and managing program finances.
• Oversee emergency supply chain in coordination with UNICEF supply and operations staff to ensure the provision of essential drugs, commodities, equipment and materials to government and NGO partners.
• Monitor and keep track of the coverage of key health interventions among the beneficiary population and share information for internal and external communication.
• Support the development of key UNICEF information products related to the response including situation reports, advocacy notes and 
• In close consultation with the M&E team, contribute to the office M&E mechanism, including performing results tracking.
• Contribute to developing funding appeals, donor reports and project proposals related to the response

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education-
• Advanced university degree in public health or other relevant health discipline. Preferably in applied anthropology or sociology. Other social science degrees may be considered depending on type of emergency response and experience.

Work Experience-
• A minimum of 5years of progressively responsible experience in planning and implementing health emergency programmes with either the UN, IO, and/or NGO

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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Health Specialist in Emergency -P3/NOC, Rapid Response

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