Health Specialist

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

The Health Specialist reports to the CFO Peshawar #20365 for guidance and general supervision. The Health Specialist supports the development and preparation of the health programme and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of a sector of the health programme (e.g. gender, maternal, neonatal, child survival/development) 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.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  Health Specialist, NO-3, Peshawar #00013268.pdf

Minimum requirements:

1. 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.
2. Work Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public
   health/nutrition planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.
3. Language Requirements: Proficiency in English is required.

Desirables:

1. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
2. Demonstrated experience in Health Research, Epidemiological Analysis, Programme Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Policy & Strategy Development, and direct UN/UNICEF experience will be considered an asset.
3. Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.