Health Officer, NO-B at the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Health Officer, NO-B

Job Number: 520876
Location: Sokoto, Nigeria
Work Type: Fixed Term Appointment

Purpose of the Position

You will help with planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of scaling-up cost-effective Health intervention packages
You will also participate in data-driven situational analyses, including epidemiological and emergency assessments; provide specific technical expertise on Health policies and other issues; provide in-country technical and operational support; and help monitor, evaluate and report on related Health programs.

Key Expected Results

Timely, regular data-driven analysis for planning and results-based management for scaling-up specific Health interventions.
Technical expertise on specific Health interventions.
Technical and operational support provided to key government and non-government partners on scaling-up interventions (downstream activities).
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on specific Health interventions carried out through various field visits, in a timely manner, efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
Government and non-government recipients accountable for UNICEF specific supply, non-supply and financial assistance.

Recruitment Qualifications

University Degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Health, Public Health, Global/International Health, Health Policy And Management, Environmental Health, Family Health, Health Research, Biostatistics, Socio-Medical Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Education, Health Promotion And Disease Prevention, Educational Interventions In Health Care, Demography, Social Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, or a field relevant to international public health development assistance.
Two years of relevant professional work experience related to developmental assistance in health.
Experience working in the UN or other international development organization, and field work experience an asset
Background/familiarity with Emergency.
Fluency in English and local working language of the duty station.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at:
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

Application Closing Date
7th July, 2019 at 23:55:00 GMT+0100 (West Africa Standard Time)

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