Health Specialist

Under the supervision of the Health Specialist (Level 4), the incumbent will ensure support to the managing, implementing, evaluating, and reporting of the programme progress of the maternal, newborn and child health programme within the regional office Health Programme.

Responsibilities:

• In coordination with the Health Specialist (Level 4), support the development, design and management of the Middle East and North Africa maternal, newborn and child health programme.
• Participate in strategic programme discussions on the planning of the regional maternal, newborn and child health programme. Keep abreast of development trends to enhance programme management, efficiency, and delivery.
• Contribute to the development/establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and implementation plans based on results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM) through research, data collection, analysis and reporting of maternal newborn and child health for development planning and priority and goal setting. Prepare required documentations for programme review and approval.
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss strategies and methodologies, and to determine regional priorities and competencies to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable results.
• Ensure the maternal, newborn, and child health regional programme priorities, implementation modality are aligned with UNICEF’s internal procedures and policies, regulatory frameworks activities.
• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes to ensure integration, coherence, and harmonization of programmes/projects with other UNICEF sectors and achievement of results as planned and allocated.
• Provide technical support to the implementation of the regional and country offices maternal, newborn and child health planned programmes and activities.
• Support regional emergency preparedness initiatives for programme development, contingency planning and/or to respond to emergencies and as requested by country offices.
• Prepare communication and information materials for regional office programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships/alliances, and support fund raising for the maternal, neonatal and child health and development programmes.
• Participate and/or represent UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency discussions and planning and to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on planning and preparation of maternal, newborn and child health programmes/projects, ensuring organizational position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the development planning and agenda setting.
• Contribute to identifying, capturing, synthesizing, and sharing lessons learned, experiences and case studies from regional and country maternal, newborn and child health implementation to inform capacity development trainings as well as address gaps and refine relevant regional, national and sub-national guidance and strategies.
• Support country offices on innovative approaches and good practices and to build the capacity of partners and stakeholders on trainings on areas such as:  Integrated Community and Case Management (iCCM), Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI), Emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC), Respectful Maternity Care (RMC), Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and others to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results on MNCH.

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Minimum requirements:

Education:

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in maternal, neonatal and child health care including expertise in health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is considered an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/576519