Re-advertisement: Fixed Term: Chief Health, P5, Islamabad, Pakistan, #6978

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 international locations and territories, we work for each youngster, in every single place, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each youngster, Well being

How will you make a distinction?

Pakistan was the sixth nation on this planet to signal and ratify the Conference on the Rights of the Youngster, lower than one yr after it was adopted by the United Nations Basic Meeting in 1989. Nonetheless, youngsters and adolescents dwelling in Pakistan nonetheless face acute challenges.

UNICEF helps the Authorities of Pakistan to speed up progress for youngsters, work to attain the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs) and assist youngsters notice their rights beneath the Conference on the Rights of Kids. This will likely be made via, amongst different issues, sturdy partnerships with provincial authorities, academics and well being professionals, frontline employees and social mobilisers, communities and households, and naturally the youngsters and adolescents themselves. 

Particularly, UNICEF will work in order that:

• Each youngster survives and thrives — being in good well being, immunized, protected against polio and accessing nutritious meals.
• Each youngster learns.
• Each youngster is protected against violence and exploitation and registered at start.
• Each youngster lives in a protected and clear setting, with entry to protected consuming water and enough sanitation. 

To be taught extra about UNICEF work in Pakistan, please go to the nation web site www.unicef.org/pakistan and movies on YouTube and Vimeo

The Chief Well being (Stage 5) reviews to the Deputy Consultant is answerable for the general administration and administration within the improvement, planning, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the Well being programme within the context of kid survival and improvement throughout the nation programme. Accountable for efficient technical management, administration steerage and programme help to facilitate the appliance and adaptation of UNICEF insurance policies and techniques to attain programme objectives and enlargement of UNICEF assisted Well being interventions, together with the attainment of the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs).

As Chief of Part, directs, leads, manages, develops and permits a reliable crew {of professional} and help workers to attain the strategic objectives and aims of the Well being programme, with a view to leverage all sectors to attain well being associated outcomes, together with integrating gender equality throughout all elements of the nation programme. Contributes to create synergy partnerships which reinforce different organizations – together with different UN Businesses – SDGs strategic instructions in areas the place UNICEF has main duty or comparative benefit resembling interrelated areas of maternal, new-born, and youngster well being.

Works carefully, in Humanitarian Motion, with the Diet, Well being clusters, WASH and different sectors as acceptable throughout the inter-agency standing committee (IASC).

To make a distinction, the incumbent shall be answerable for following key strategic features, accountabilities and associated duties/ duties;

1. Well timed and high quality sectoral evaluation, enter, help and coordination contribute to the Scenario Evaluation, its periodic replace, and all programme paperwork to formulate efficient Well being objectives, technique, and mission planning and improvement.

Leads, guides and coordinates to make sure the well timed preparation and completion of the related parts of the Situational Evaluation and its periodic replace via correct monitoring and evaluation, and well timed preparation and finalization of sectoral enter.  Ensures efficient mission, sectoral or inter-sectoral planning, improvement and administration. Conducts common session and coordinates with key companions in any respect ranges.

Establishes sectoral programme objectives, aims, and techniques. Supervises preparation of the sectoral inputs to the Nation Programme Doc and associated paperwork, making certain coherence of the sectoral programme with Nationwide priorities and insurance policies and with United Nations Sustainable Improvement Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), together with Widespread Nation Evaluation (CCA); and coordinates with different main gamers in Well being together with the World Financial institution, WHO, UNFPA and different UN Businesses – to speed up progress in reaching the Sustainable Improvement Objectives associated to well being sector.

2. Built-in Well being methods, methodologies and progressive approaches are developed and applied based mostly on results-based strategy and Human Rights framework by broad participation and collaboration with inside and exterior partnership.

As a part of the senior administration crew, ensures the combination of the sectoral programme with different UNICEF sectors in all phases of the programming course of. Builds on intersectoral expertise and establishes partnerships to advertise progressive approaches to deal with quick and underlying determinants of maternal, new child and youngster well being, recognizing that well being outcomes should not the outcomes of motion within the well being sector alone; therefore maintains shut working relationships with different UNICEF sectors, notably Well being, Polio, Diet, WASH, HIV/AIDS, Schooling Youngster Safety and programme communication to make sure integration/convergence of the Well being programmes with different sectors.

Offers management, steerage and path for the formulation and improvement of Well being objectives, methods, and approaches for the UNICEF plan of cooperation, in session with strategic companions.

Participates with UNICEF, authorities, donors and different companions within the improvement of built-in methods, methodologies and identification of progressive approaches for bettering programme supply, with emphasis on advocacy, group participation and social mobilization based mostly on the Human Rights framework and cross sector strategy to Programming and Neighborhood Capability Improvement.

Brings coherence, synergy and added worth to sectoral or mission administration processes utilizing a results-based administration strategy to planning and design, implementation, monitoring and analysis.

Exploits effectively the strategic partnerships in addition to selective partnerships on particular points with international funds, multilateral and bilateral companies and improvement banks and improve relations with the personal sector with a view to: formulate frequent advocacy place, suggest new financing mechanisms, and affect funding choices resembling on items most wanted by poor households and new provide options.

Displays newest Well being developments on the worldwide, regional and nationwide ranges; identifies/develops new methodologies and approaches for managing and bettering programme effectiveness and effectivity of supply; and expands collaboration with allies, focussing on growing partnership frameworks which deal with particular wants and have potential to leverage sources and scale up programmes.

Opinions and evaluates the technical, institutional and monetary feasibility and constraints of programmes/ initiatives in coordination and collaboration with authorities and different companions.

Establishes energetic and participatory partnerships with key stakeholders (Authorities, different UN companies, NGOs, bilateral companies, donors and nationwide and worldwide educational establishments) and works with them at numerous phases of Well being programme design and implementation.

3. Technical help is supplied to authorities and non-government organizations in any respect phases of the programme cooperation, together with capability constructing of presidency personnel and beneficiaries.

  Offers steerage and help to authorities and non-government organizations on the nationwide and provincial ranges within the planning, improvement and implementation phases of the programmes/initiatives. Plans, organizes and oversees coaching and orientation actions for presidency personnel and beneficiaries and different related companions, for the aim of institutional capability constructing and enlargement of protection of companies.

4. Monitoring and analysis of programme efficiency is systematically undertaken for adjustment, acceleration and enchancment of program supply.

In collaboration with different colleagues, establishes efficient data and reporting programs to observe and consider the influence of the Well being programme and achievement of focused objectives.

Monitor and consider mission implementation within the discipline. Participates in main evaluation and planning conferences with authorities companions and key stakeholders on the nation programme to evaluate and consider programme effectiveness, figuring out issues and adopting remedial measures to speed up/enhance programme supply.

5. Work plan and aims are successfully established, efficiency is managed, and deliberate outcomes are well timed delivered via train of sturdy programme administration management.

 As head of a giant part, Chief Well being takes main duty for the event of the results-based sectoral work plan in addition to for managerial oversight and implementation of sectoral mission exercise, in step with the outlined mission methods and approaches. Establishes partnership frameworks that pool competencies and sources.

Ensures that aims and targets are well timed met and achieved, by offering recommendation, steerage oversight, coordination, and help to skilled and help workers.

6. The capacities of Nation Workplace workers are strengthened via efficient capability constructing programme within the improvement, implementation and administration of Well being programme.

 Guides and coordinates a workers coaching/improvement programme with Regional and HQ Advisers to strengthen the capability of UNICEF Nation Workplace workers enabling them to progressively have interaction in and lead within the programme improvement, implementation, and administration of the Well being programme.  Oversees related orientation, workshop, coaching, and workers studying/improvement actions, iincluding counting on technical partnership with collaborating companies to offer state –of the –artwork -technical data to workers.

7. UNICEF and Authorities accountability is ensured for provide and non-supply help and disbursement of programme funds for the sector.

 Coordinates with Operations and Provide workers on provide and non-supply help actions making certain UNICEF and Authorities and implanting companions accountability.  Approves disbursements of funds, making certain these actions are inside established plans of motion and programme finances allotments; and to orientate and prepare Authorities and UNICEF implementing companions in UNICEF provide and non-supply insurance policies and procedures. Displays the general allocation and disbursement of programme funds, ensuring that funds are correctly coordinated, monitored and liquidated. Takes acceptable actions to optimize use of programme funds.

Ensures programme effectivity and supply via a rigorous and clear strategy to programme planning, monitoring and analysis. Submits monetary standing reviews to administration in compliance with the laws and pointers.

8. Efficient partnership and collaboration are achieved and maintained within the development of advocacy, technical cooperation, programme coordination, data sharing and information networking.

Workout routines management for technical cooperation, programme coordination and advocacy within the areas of Well being, making certain information networking and expertise sharing with different programmes for identification of latest methods and approaches to speed up supply of programme outcomes and promote efficient advocacy.

 Participates in establishing efficient monitoring, information database/community and reporting programs to make sure the supply of present and correct programme data/knowledge, and contributes to the event of communication supplies and techniques to: help advocacy and group participation; and to widen partnership with all stakeholder at nationwide , regional , district, group and family ranges in addition to with funding companions together with the personal sector with a view to speed up achievement of Well being associated SDGs.

Develops partnership and collaboration with exterior counterparts, together with these of the UN and nationwide companions, with a view to enhance the power to gather and disseminate related knowledge, alternate data on programme/mission improvement and implementation. Ensures alternate of information, data, expertise and classes discovered.

9. Essentially the most related and strategic data is supplied to help the Well being Programme by the efficient implementation of built-in programme monitoring system.

 In collaboration with monitoring and analysis and program communication colleagues, conducts correct and well timed monitoring and knowledge assortment, and helps an built-in programme monitoring system, in session with all related stakeholders.

 Offers technical help to make sure that a set of programme efficiency indicators is recognized and adjusted as crucial. Coordinates with companions to make sure that monitoring programs are correctly designed, and that knowledge assortment and evaluation from discipline visits are coordinated and standardised throughout programmes to feed into to programme efficiency monitoring.

 Participates in main analysis workouts, programme mid-term evaluation, annual sector evaluation and preview conferences with Authorities counterparts and all different related companions. Analyses and evaluates knowledge to make sure achievement of aims and recommends corrective measures as acceptable.

 Drawing on monitoring and evaluation of key program efficiency and administration indicators, supplies professional enter to administration reviews, together with related sections of the annual reviews. Offers technical recommendation to programme workers, authorities counterparts and different companions on planning and administration of built-in monitoring and analysis.

10. All required programme reviews are well timed ready in compliance with the established pointers and procedures.

 Oversees and ensures the well timed preparation of annual sector standing reviews in compliance with the established pointers and procedures.  Participates within the preparation of all programmes reviews for administration, Board, donors, finances evaluations, programme evaluation, annual reviews, and supplies steerage and help in programme associated reporting; and shares the knowledge with related companions as required.

11. Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses with efficient coordination is supplied.      

 Collaborates in forming emergency preparedness plan related to Well being, Diet, WASH, Polio and different as acceptable, to foster built-in programming. In case of emergency, participates in monitoring and assessing the character and extent of the emergency within the assigned space. Coordinates and supplies help to the Nation Workplace in figuring out the place help is required when it comes to quick response in addition to long-term technique and plan.  Consistent with the Core Commitments for Kids (CCCs) in Humanitarian Motion, strengthens partnerships with the well being, diet, training, WASH and Youngster Safety humanitarian actors s throughout the Inter-Company Standing Committee (IASC).

12. Different assigned duties and tasks are successfully completed.

Assumes another duties and tasks assigned as acceptable to the aim of this submit, and delivers the outcomes as required.

 

 To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have…

• Superior college diploma(Grasp’s or above) in Public Well being (ideally with specialised coaching in well being planning, well being training, well being care system administration, HIV/AIDS prevention, or epidemiology), Youngster Improvement, Social Coverage, Social Improvement, Neighborhood Improvement, or different related disciplines

• *A primary College Diploma (Bachelor’s) in a related discipline mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma.

• Ten years {of professional} work expertise on the nationwide and worldwide ranges in planning programming, implementation monitoring and analysis of well being programmes together with these related to youngster survival & improvement. Skilled work expertise in a managerial place, or a technical professional place in well being, and youngster survival & well being care.
• Growing nation work expertise. Background/familiarity with Emergency

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

For each Youngster, 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: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are Nurtures, Leads and Manages Folks (2); Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (2); Works Collaboratively with others (2); Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2); Innovates and Embraces Change (2); Thinks and Acts Strategically (2); Drive to attain impactful outcomes (2); Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

In the course of 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.

Life at UNICEF

Working at UNICEF is extremely rewarding. With enticing remuneration bundle encompassing aggressive pay and advantages, a tradition that helps workers thrive and various alternatives for private {and professional} improvement, we intention that can assist you preserve a satisfying life each at and out of doors the workplace.

We be sure you and your family members obtain the sources and care that it’s worthwhile to thrive. We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Our contracts, wellbeing insurance policies and initiatives guarantee that you’re nicely outfitted to successfully ship for youngsters resembling;

• Tax exemption, household allowances, hardship advantages, 10 UN holidays and annual go away allowance, maternity, paternity, adoption go away, medical and dental insurance coverage, pension and many others.
• Profession help, workers wellbeing programme, breastfeeding coverage, versatile work preparations, childcare room, household help, insurance policies & initiatives, safety and many others.
• UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background verify.

Remarks:It is a re-advertisement with a view to broaden the candidate pool. Earlier candidates needn’t reapply as their unique utility is in file.

• Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
• Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.
• Verified instructional certificates are a pre-requisite for employment at UNICEF. 
• UNICEF’s energetic dedication in the direction of range and inclusion is important to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates will likely be prioritized.
• UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID). Authorities staff which are thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities should not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.

• This emptiness announcement is been re-opened to all (inside and exterior) to broaden the pool of candidates. Candidates who’ve already utilized needn’t reapply as your utility is beneath evaluation.