Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Advisory services and technical support •
Provide technical support to countries on immunization planning, costing, and budgeting. This includes the estimation of costs for National Immunization Strategies (NIS) using the NIS.COST approach •
Generate evidence and undertake implementation research on costs of vaccine delivery, especially related to interventions for reaching zero-dose children •
Undertake cost-effectiveness analyses, investment cases and costs of inaction studies related to primary health care and immunization •
Contribute to work on tracking global immunization expenditures and financing sources •
Contribute to establishing a database for Government immunization budgets •
Collaborate with UNICEF Social Policy Specialists on Public Expenditure Reviews and efforts for strengthening public financial management systems in the health sector •
Advise governments, NGO partners, and UN system partners on policies, strategies, and best practices for sustainable immunization financing
Advocacy, networking, and partnership building •
Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with donors, NGOs, academia and health sector government counterparts through active networking, advocacy and effective communication of UNICEF’s mission, goals, programmes, and resource mobilizations needs. •
Participate and/or represent UNICEF in inter-agency discussions and planning for immunization financing activities to ensure organizational position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated.
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building •
Promote critical thinking, innovative approaches, and good practices for sustainable financing of primary health care and immunization •
Keep abreast of health economic research and implement the best and cutting-edge practices •
Share best practices and knowledge learned internally and externally •
Lead, plan and implement capacity-building initiatives to UNICEF country offices on health economic approaches and analyses
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...
Education: •
An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: health economics, economics, public health, business administration, statistics, international health or another relevant technical field.
Experience:
The following is required: •
A minimum of ten years of professional experience in health economics or public financing at the international level •
Strong quantitative skills •
Experience working in a low-income setting •
Experience in Public Financial Management within the health sector •
Experience in cost analysis of health interventions •
Excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain good working relationships •
Ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
Additional experience considered an asset: •
Experience in undertaking cost-effectiveness analysis of health interventions •
Experience in economic analysis of vaccination services •
Record of research publications in international academic journals Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to UNICEF on jobs.unicef.org   to apply
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