Health Specialist

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The Health Specialist reports to the Chief of Health and Nutrition for guidance and general supervision. The Health Specialist supports the development and preparation of the health/Child Health Systems output of the Survive and Thrive outcome and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress mentioned output within the country programme. The Health Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), organizational Strategic Plans and goals, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
The Health Specialist will have the following Tasks and Responsibilities:

Support to programme development and planning
Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
Technical and operational support to programme implementation
Networking and partnership building
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
An advanced university degree in medicine, public health, pediatric health, gyn/obstetrics, health system strengthening, family health, international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology, is required.
A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public health with focus on planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, and health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.
A mixed experience of field-level implementation support and strategic level engagement is considered as an asset.
Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered an asset.
High level of writing and communication skills, computer skills.
Dynamic, independent, self-motivated, and well organized.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/570128

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