Re-advertisement: Health Specialist (Community Newborn and Child Health), NO-C, Temporary Appointment (364 days), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia #00127119 (Open to Ethiopian Nationals only)

UNICEF Ethiopia is on the lookout for an skilled Well being Specialist to assist the event and preparation of the well being programme. The Well being Specialist can even be accountable for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of the well being programme (maternal, neonatal, little one survival, Early Childhood Growth) inside the nation programme.

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in 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 little one, in every single place, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each little one, well being

Ethiopia is located within the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous nation on the continent with an estimated inhabitants of 115 million. It borders six African nations: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 sq. kilometers. Roughly 85 p.c of the inhabitants lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of historical cultures with Center Jap and African cultures evident within the non secular, ethnic, and language composition of its individuals.

Over the previous two years, youngsters and their households throughout Ethiopia confronted a number of and sophisticated emergencies, such because the battle within the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of individuals in want of pressing humanitarian help. UNICEF has programmes in Baby Safety, WASH, Well being, Vitamin, Social Coverage, and Training and serves over 15 million youngsters in Ethiopia. Be part of UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to enhancing the lives of kids and ladies.

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How are you going to make a distinction?

Roles and Tasks:

1. Assist to programme growth and planning
   • Assist and contribute to the preparation, design and updating of the scenario evaluation for the well being sector to determine a strategic plan for growth, design, and administration of health-related programmes on neighborhood new child and little one well being interventions. Maintain abreast of growth developments to boost programme administration, effectivity, and supply. ▪ Work with key stakeholders at nationwide degree to assist UNICEF implementation and monitoring of the zero-dose agenda in Ethiopia.
   • Take part in strategic programme discussions on the planning of well being programmes. Formulate, design, and put together a sector of the well being programme proposal, making certain alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, the Nation Programme, in addition to coherence/integration with the UN Growth Help Framework (UNDAF), regional methods, and nationwide priorities, plans and competencies.
   • Set up particular programme objectives, aims, methods, and implementation plans primarily based on results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM). Put together required documentations for programme evaluation and approval.
   • Work intently and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to debate methods and methodologies, and to find out nationwide priorities and competencies to make sure the achievement of concrete and sustainable outcomes.
   • Present technical and operational assist all through all levels of programming processes to make sure integration, coherence, and harmonization of programmes/initiatives with different UNICEF sectors and achievement of outcomes as deliberate and allotted.
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
   • Plan and/or collaborate with inner and exterior companions to determine monitoring benchmarks, efficiency indicators, and different UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurements to evaluate and strengthen efficiency accountability, coherence, and supply of concrete and sustainable outcomes for the assigned sector in well being programmes.
   • Take part in monitoring and analysis workouts, programme evaluations and annual sectoral evaluations with the federal government and different counterparts to evaluate progress and to find out required motion/interventions to attain outcomes.
   • Actively monitor programmes/initiatives by area visits, surveys and/or alternate of knowledge with companions/stakeholders to evaluate progress, determine bottlenecks, potential issues and take well timed choices to resolve points and/or confer with related officers for well timed decision.
   • Monitor and confirm the optimum and applicable use of sectoral programme sources (monetary, administrative, and different belongings) confirming compliance with organizational guidelines, laws/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity, making certain well timed reporting and liquidation of sources.
   • Put together common and mandated programme/mission experiences for administration, donors, and companions to maintain them knowledgeable of programme progress.
3. Technical and operational assist to programme implementation
   • Present technical steerage and operational assist to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the interpretation, software and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes, and greatest practices and approaches on health-related points to assist programme growth planning, administration, implementation, and supply of outcomes.
   • Take part in discussions with nationwide companions, shoppers, and stakeholders to advertise well being and growth points, particularly within the areas of gender, emergency preparedness, maternal and neonatal well being, and little one survival and growth.
   • Draft coverage papers, briefs and different strategic programme supplies for administration use, info, and consideration.
   • Take part in emergency preparedness initiatives for programme growth, contingency planning and/or to answer emergencies in nation or the place designated.
4. Networking and partnership constructing
   • Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with well being sector authorities counterparts, nationwide stakeholders, in addition to world companions, allies, donors, and academia. By means of lively networking, advocacy, and efficient communication, construct capability and alternate information and experience to facilitate the achievement of programme objectives on little one rights, social justice and fairness.
   • Put together communication and data supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances, and assist fund elevating for well being programmes (maternal, neonatal and little one survival and growth).
   • Take part and/or characterize UNICEF in applicable inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on health-related points to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNSDCF planning and preparation of well being programmes/initiatives, making certain organizational place, pursuits and priorities are absolutely thought-about and built-in within the UNSDCF course of in growth planning and agenda setting.
5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing
   • Apply and introduce revolutionary approaches and good practices to construct the capability of companions and stakeholders, and to assist the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable programme outcomes.
   • Maintain abreast and conduct analysis to offer proof for implementation of greatest and cutting-edge practices in well being.
   • Assess, institutionalize, and share greatest practices and information discovered.
   • Contribute to the event and implementation of insurance policies and procedures to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy of sustainable programmes and initiatives.
   • Manage and implement capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of stakeholders to advertise sustainable outcomes on health-related programmes/initiatives.

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

Training:

• A sophisticated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public well being/diet, pediatric well being, household well being, well being analysis, world/worldwide well being, well being coverage and/or administration, environmental well being sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, well being schooling, epidemiology, or one other related technical area.

Expertise 

• A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in a number of of the next areas is required: public well being/diet planning and administration, maternal and neonatal well being care, or well being emergency/humanitarian preparedness.
• Expertise working in a growing nation is taken into account as an asset.
• Related expertise in a UN system company or comparable worldwide organizations is taken into account as an asset.
• Earlier expertise in grant administration of nationwide scale is a requirement.

Language Necessities:

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

For each Baby, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Belief
• Accountability
• Sustainability 

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships(1)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (1)
• Drive to attain outcomes for affect(1)
• Innovates and embraces change(1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity(1)
• Thinks and acts strategically(1)
• Works collaboratively with others (1)

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.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should replicate 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 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 aims 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 variety and inclusion is vital to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine 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 shall be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards 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 shall be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and shall 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 offer further info to conduct a background test.

Authorities workers which are 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 fitting to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or vital inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.

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