Chief Health, D-1, Kinshasa, DRC

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This is a D-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 15 years of experience, depending on education.

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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 fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Life.

UNICEF DRC Country Programme (2020-2024) is aligned with the Government of DRC’s National Strategic Development Plan, the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, the Humanitarian Response Plan, and the UNICEF strategic plan. The purpose of the programme is that children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, especially those living in the most disadvantaged provinces and in difficult humanitarian conditions, have equitable, quality, and sustainable access to basic social services. The programme supports the Government of DRC to meet its commitment to respect, protect and fulfil children’s rights in line with international conventions and standards. The country programme is guided by the principles of children’s rights, equity, gender equality, inclusion, and resilience, and supports evidence-based, integrative, and innovative programming. The vision is that ‘all girls and boys in DRC, especially the most disadvantaged and deprived, realize their rights’. The programme focuses on public health outbreaks (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Polio, Meningitis, Monkeypox, Plague), Programming for adolescents, participation, school-work transition, Climate Change & Urban Programming, Community involvement and anthropology, Humanitarian Nexus, Peace and Development, and Partnership with the private sector. The first two year of CPD were unfortunately well marked by the COVID 19 pandemic emergence which had a profound impact on the health system in DR Congo, increasing inequity and inaccessibility to quality primary health services; as a consequence, country CPD is to tackle as well health security, to support the government of DRC in making the health system resilient and more community centric to at best absorb shock such as COVID 19 and maintain access to essential health services, especially for women and children

How can you make a difference?

Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative Programme, the incumbent of the job is accountable for the development, design, planning, implementation, and management of the overall Health and/or Young Child Survival and Development (YCSD) component of the country programme. As head of the section, s/he leads and supervises a group of professional and support staff to develop and administer the sectoral and inter-sectoral programmes, with a view to deliver quality and effective health services to beneficiaries in DRC.

1. Upstream activities: Strategic vision, advice, guidance, and coordination provided to key government and non- government partners on national policies, strategies, processes, and programs related to Health, including emergency preparedness and response, with a particular focus on relevant immunization, maternal, neonatal and child survival interventions (upstream activities).

- Provide in-country strategic vision and leadership on Health policies, including advocacy in equity focus, gender equality, emergency preparedness and response, with a particular focus on immunization, maternal, neonatal and child survival.

- Steer Health sector discussions (Universal Health Coverage) SWAP, with donors and influential technical partners.

- Advocate for and leverage resources for scaling-up and replication of effective immunization, maternal, neonatal and child Survival and Welfare interventions.

2. Downstream activities: Technical and operational leadership, advice and coordination provided to key government and nongovernment partners on scaling-up tailored packages related to the overall health program (immunization, maternal, neonatal and child survival) including the technical support to the elaboration of cost-effective detailed sectoral work-plans and budgets (downstream activities).

- Provide in-country technical and operational leadership and guidance on scaling-up key maternal, neonatal and child survival interventions.

- Support the development, implementation and financing of detailed sectoral work-plans and budgets for scaling-up of maternal, neonatal and child survival interventions.

- Ensure UNICEF country and field offices' readiness to deliver on the health related CCCs

- Collaborate with SBC and Communication teams to ensure development of effective communication strategies to support community-based approaches and social mobilization efforts.

- Conduct field visits to monitor programmes and conduct periodic programme reviews with Government counterparts, Field Offices, and other partners with particular emphasis on under-served populations.

- Document and disseminate lessons learned and successful practices of scaling-up maternal, neonatal and child survival interventions

3. Data-driven and results-based management: Timely, regular sectoral data-driven analysis with consistent integration of sex-disaggregated data for effective prioritization, programme planning, development, and results-based management.

- Lead timely, regular data-driven situational analyses (including epidemiological, equity-focused, gender equality and emergency assessments) to support Monitoring for Results.

- Provide in-country leadership in data-driven prioritization and implementation of pro-equity Health strategies and interventions.

- Provide technical operational and resource mobilization guidance and support to government and non-government partners.

- Champion results-based management.

- Monitor developments at the international, regional, and decentralized levels.

- Lead the bottleneck analysis to understand the health needs of vulnerable, excluded, or marginalized groups.

4. Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting: Programme monitoring, evaluation and reporting carried out in a timely manner, efficiently, rigorously, and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.

- Ensure that health program is timely, efficiently, rigorously, and transparently monitored,

- Ensure appropriate health program evaluation informing program’s strategic shifts and required adjustments.

- Ensure programme sectoral and inter-sectoral efficiency and delivery through a rigorous and transparent approach to evaluation.

- Participate in major evaluation exercises, programme reviews, fiscal audits, and annual sector review meetings with government and other counterparts.

- Provide support to and participate in; national, participatory monitoring and evaluation activities in the health sector, including for PRS; UNDAF, SWAP, etc.

- Ensure outstanding quality and timely reporting of core documents including (briefing note, annual and donor reports, preparation etc.)

- Ensure corrective action is undertaken to address bottlenecks. identified during evaluation exercises.

5. Accountability: Government and non-government recipients accountable for UNICEF supply, non-supply, and financial assistance.

- Ensure UNICEF, government and non-government staff understand and comply with UNICEF's financial rules, including emergency fast-track procedures.

- In close collaboration with Operations and Supply staff, regularly monitor and report on use of supplies and other resources donated to the government and non-government partners.

- Certify disbursements of funds.

- Collaborate with the Operations Section and Government authorities to establish and maintain sound internal controls supportive of Health programme or sectoral planning and implementation to coordinate financial and supply management requirements and to ensure accountability.

- Monitor and submit financial status reports to management in compliance with the regulations and guidelines.

- Ensure corrective action is undertaken to address bottlenecks identified during the above monitoring.

6. Knowledge management: Effective knowledge management through a) documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, b) development and implementation of appropriate capacity building strategies, and c) technical leadership, guidance, and coordination of operational research.

- Document and disseminate lessons learned, especially on scaling up successful practices.

- Develop and implement country-specific national and sub-national capacity building strategies.

- Explore areas and opportunities for staff development, including training and opportunities for cross fertilization with UNICEF staff from other country programmes.

- Provide technical leadership, and coordination of relevant operational research, thus contributing to the knowledge base in MNCH.

7. Rights-based programmes through Results-Based Approach: Integration of rights-based approaches and humanitarian principles in Health programmes.

- Ensure UNICEF, government and non-government staff understand and apply right-based approaches to programming and humanitarian principles.

- Promote the quality of rights-based Health programmes through the formulation of equity-focused programme goals and strategies and approaches using results-based planning and budgeting methodologies and terminology.

- Bring coherence, synergy and added value to sectoral or programme management processes using a results-based management approach to planning and design, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

8. Promotion of UNICEF's global goals: UNICEF’s global goals and Health-related SDGs effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue in the health sector.

- Coordinate with UNICEF Regional Advisers and HQ Officers to ensure country and field offices strategies are aligned with global, and regional strategies.

- Actively engage in national and international policy dialogue in the health sector.

- Effectively communicate on and advocate for the promotion of UNICEF's global goals.

- Collaborate with Communication team to ensure development of effective communication materials and strategies to support advocacy and fundraising efforts.

- Leverage the strength of UNICEF mission, goals, and programmes; reinforce partnerships to further UNICEF global goals.

9. Partnerships and leveraging resources: Effective communication, networking and leveraging achieved through partnership and collaboration with government, UN agencies and non-government partners including civil society.

- Promote inter-sectorial programming with other UNICEF sectors, particularly, Protection, Nutrition, Emergency Social Behavior Change (SBC), WASH etc. aiming at maximizing and scaling integrated results for children.

- Establish active and participatory partnerships with key Health sector stakeholders Government WHO, other UN agencies, NGOs bilateral agencies, donors, and national and international academic institutions) and interact with them at different stages of Health programme design and implementation.

- Liaise with UNICEF NatComs and other public and private donors as appropriate to secure programme funding.

- Utilize the partnerships with stakeholders to leverage-resources for Health, particularly Child Survival.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  • Advanced degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Health Policy and Management, Health Sector Development, Medicine with Public Health specialization; Public Health, Pediatrics Health or Development Economics, Global/International, Health, Health Policy and Management, Environmental Health Sciences, Family Health; Socio medical Sciences, or Epidemiology,
  • A minimum of thirteen (13) years of relevant work experience, including field work experience.
  • Experience in management of technical support in health-related emergency and humanitarian preparedness as well as development of health strategy in conflicts/natural disasters and recovery context.
  • Experience in programme/project management and budgeting.
  • Experience in knowledge management, gender mainstreaming is an advantage.
  • Experience working in the UN or other international development organization an asset.
  • Knowledge about UNICEF strategies, policies and processes is desirable.
  • Fluency in English and French is required. Good knowledge of a second UN working language and/or local working language of the duty station is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

Core Values

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

Core Competencies

  • Builds and maintains partnerships (III)
  • Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (III)
  • Drive to achieve results for impact (III)
  • Innovates and embraces change (III)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (III)
  • Thinks and acts strategically (III)
  • Works collaboratively with others (III)
  • Nurtures, leads and manages people (III)

    To view our competency framework, please visit our competency framework here.

Remarks:

This position is classified as “rotational” which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unicef.org

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