Health Officer (NOB) Buenos Aires, Argentina (Only Argentinean Nationals)

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each baby, well being

How will you make a distinction?

Below the ECD Specialist who manages the matrix outcomes for the well being programme in Argentina Nation Workplace, the Well being Officer supplies skilled technical, operational and administrative help all through the programming course of for the Well being Programme throughout the Nation Programme, from growth planning to supply of outcomes, by making ready, executing, managing, and implementing quite a lot of technical and administrative programme duties to facilitate programme growth, implementation, programme progress monitoring, and evaluating and reporting of outcomes. 

Abstract of key features/accountabilities:

1. Help to programme growth and planning
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
3. Technical and operational help to programme implementation
4. Networking and partnership constructing
5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

1. Help to programme growth and planning

• Conduct and replace the state of affairs evaluation for the event, design and administration of well being associated programmes. Analysis and report on growth traits (e.g. political social, financial, well being) for larger administration use to boost programme administration, effectivity and supply of outcomes.
• Contribute to the event and institution of sectoral programme targets, goals, methods, and results-based planning by means of evaluation of well being wants and areas for intervention and submission of suggestions for precedence and objective setting.
• Present technical and operational help all through all phases of programming processes by executing and administering quite a lot of technical programme transactions, making ready supplies and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and administration methods, to help programme planning, outcomes primarily based planning (RBM), and monitoring and analysis of outcomes.
• Put together required documentations and supplies to facilitate the programme overview and approval course of.

 2. Professionalgramme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes

•  Work intently and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to debate operational and implementation points, present options, suggestions, and/or to alert acceptable officers and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and selections. Preserve document of stories and assessments for straightforward reference and to seize and institutionalize classes realized.

• Take part in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme critiques and annual sectoral critiques with authorities and different counterparts to evaluate programmes and to report on required motion/interventions on the larger degree of programme administration.

•  Monitor and report on using sectoral programme sources (monetary, administrative and different belongings), and confirm compliance with accredited 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. Observe up on unresolved points to make sure decision.
•  Put together common and mandated sectoral programme/undertaking stories for administration, donors and companions to maintain them knowledgeable of programme progress.

3. Technical and operational help to programme implementation

•  Conduct common programme area visits and surveys, and share data with companions and stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical help and/or consult with related officers for decision. Report on essential 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 greatest practices on health-related points to help programme implementation, operations and supply of outcomes

4. Networking and partnership constructing

•  Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with well being sector authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by means of lively sharing of knowledge and information to boost 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 programmes.

• Take part in acceptable inter-agency (UNCT) on well being programmes to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of well being programmes/initiatives, and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and methods with the UNDAF growth and planning course of.
• Analysis data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership growth functions.

5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Establish, seize, synthesize, and share classes realized for information growth and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
• Apply modern 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 individual in capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of purchasers and stakeholders.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have…

University diploma in one of many following fields is required: pediatric well being, household well being, baby well being coverage and/or administration, and/or socio-medical well being.

Working Expertise:

A minimal of two years skilled expertise in each of the next areas is required:

•   pediatric well being, perinatal care and adolescent well being care, and

•   planning and coordination of well being initiatives and well being public insurance policies.

Extra expertise in addressing points associated to psychological well being all through the life cycle can also be thought of an asset.  

 Expertise working in a creating nation, well being emergency, humanitarian preparedness and/or related expertise in a UN system company or group can also be thought of as an asset.

Language necessities:

Fluency in Spanish and English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French or Russian) is an asset.

For each Little one, you exhibit…

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 influence (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Through the recruitment course of, we check 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 world workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals 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 the direction of range and inclusion is essential to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate candidates are inspired to use.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which might 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 might be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background test.

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