Health Officer, (NOA), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, #46750

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each little one, in every single place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each little one, well being

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each little one, in every single place, in all the things the group does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all youngsters have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any little one has an unequal probability in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There may be rising proof that investing within the well being, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to satisfy their potential but in addition will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. For this reason the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Youngster, whereas additionally supporting the equitable improvement of countries.

How are you going to make a distinction?

Abstract of key capabilities/accountabilities:

Assist improvement and planning of the well being and diet programme together with emergency preparedness and response and interprogramatic initiatives.

• Analysis and analyze regional and nationwide political, social, financial improvement tendencies. Acquire, analyze, confirm, and synthesize data to facilitate programme improvement, design, and preparation and resilience evaluation of the well being system.
• Put together technical reviews and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, making certain accuracy, timeliness, and relevancy of data.
• Facilitate the event and institution of sectoral programme targets, targets, methods, and results-based planning via evaluation of well being wants and areas for intervention and interprogramatic initiatives and submission of assessments for precedence and purpose setting making certain a gender, fairness and resilience method.
• Present technical and administrative help all through all levels of programming processes by executing and administering a wide range of technical programme transactions, getting ready supplies and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and administration methods, to help programme planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and analysis of outcomes.
• Put together required documentations and supplies to facilitate the programme evaluation and approval course of.  
• Present technical and administrative help for UNICEF emergency´s preparation and response in well being, diet, and wash sectors. 

Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes associated to well being and diet.

• Work carefully and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to gather, analyze and share data on implementation points; counsel options on routine programme implementation and submit reviews to alert applicable officers and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or choices. Maintain data of reviews and assessments for straightforward reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes discovered.
• Take part in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme opinions, annual sectoral opinions and emergency´s wants evaluation with governments, different counterparts and UN businesses and put together minutes/reviews on outcomes for observe up motion by greater administration and different stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on the usage of sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different belongings), and confirm compliance with authorized allocation and targets, organizational guidelines, rules, procedures, in addition to donor commitments, requirements of accountability, and integrity.   Report on points recognized to make sure well timed decision by administration and stakeholders. Comply with up on unresolved points to make sure decision.  
• Put together inputs for sectoral programme donor reporting.

Technical and operational help to programme implementation together with intersectoral initiatives. 

• Undertake discipline visits and surveys and share data with UN colleagues, companions and stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical help and/or confer with related officers for decision. Report on crucial points, bottlenecks and potential issues for well timed motion to realize outcomes. 
• Present technical and operational help to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions, and different nation workplace companions/donors on the appliance and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes, and finest practices on health-related points to help programme implementation, operations and supply of outcomes.

Networking and partnership constructing 

• Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with well being sector authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders via lively sharing of data and information to reinforce programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to ship concrete and sustainable outcomes. 
• Draft communication and data supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances, and help fund elevating for well being and diet programme and intersectoral initiatives. 
• Take part in applicable inter-agency (UNCT) on well being programmes to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNSDG operational planning and preparation of well being programmes/initiatives, and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and methods with the UNSDG improvement and planning course of.
• Analysis data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership improvement functions.

Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Establish, seize, synthesize, and share classes discovered for information improvement and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
• Apply revolutionary approaches and promote good practices to help the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable programme outcomes. 
• Help with oversight of analysis and guarantee outcomes can be found to be used in information merchandise.  
• Take part as a useful resource particular person in capability constructing initiatives to reinforce the competencies of shoppers and stakeholders.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have…

• A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public well being/diet, pediatric well being, household well being, well being analysis, international/worldwide well being, well being coverage and/or administration, environmental well being sciences, socio-medical, well being schooling, epidemiology, or one other related technical discipline.
• A minimal of one 12 months {of professional} work expertise in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and analysis of well being programmes of public well being/diet planning and administration, maternal and neonatal well being care, or well being emergency/humanitarian preparedness, is required. Skilled work expertise in a programme administration perform or a technical professional capability in little one survival & well being care.  Growing discipline work expertise is taken into account as an asset.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency.  Expertise working in a growing nation is taken into account as an asset. 
• Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
• Fluency in Spanish is required. Proficient in English is required, however fluency is most well-liked. 

 

For each Youngster, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Throughout the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s lively dedication in direction of range and inclusion is crucial to ship the most effective outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate are inspired to use.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which will probably be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice will probably be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background verify.

Authorities staff which can be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.

Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.