Cholera Coordinator, P-4, 6 months, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Open for non-Haitian Nationals)

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 149,191 USD and 192,351 USD.

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For every child, health

Following the resurgence of cholera in the country in October 2022, according to official data from the Ministry of Health (MSPP), 82,885 suspected cases of cholera reported, of them 4,836 were confirmed – almost half are children – and over 1,270 deaths have been reported which now touch all departments of the country. This epidemic is occurring in a country that is already suffering from a political and economic crisis, with a security situation that prevents the population from accessing the most basic services, particularly water, sanitation, and hygiene, as well as first-level health services. Cholera has devastating effects on populations due to its short incubation period, from two hours to five days, where some infected people develop severe dehydration that can lead to septic shock and death within hours.

UNICEF Haiti is committed to support the Government of Haiti through an integrated and equitable multisectoral approach to cholera preparedness and response as cluster/area of responsibility lead for WASH, Education, Nutrition and Child Protection.

In health, UNICEF focuses focus on preventing cholera deaths, both in facilities and communities; and ensuring continuity of essential health services during cholera outbreaks through capacity building of health-care workers, raising communities’ knowledge of home and community management of diarrhea with oral rehydration salts (ORS), strengthening cholera referral pathways, and procurement and delivery of Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV), ORS and other essential cholera supplies. In WASH, UNICEF strengthens hygiene knowledge and practice, and access to safe water, including in health-care facilities, schools and communities to break the chains of transmission. In SBC, UNICEF focuses on ensuring wide dissemination of best practices for hygiene practices and engaging actors across sectors on integrating best practices within their regular programmes.

These entails prepositioning and replenishing essential cholera supplies and mobilizing further investments for supplies and technical support to the national response. UNICEF also engage at-risk communities in awareness raising, readiness, and response activities through innovative approaches, such as case area targeted interventions (CATI) and rapid response teams (RRT). Finally, UNICEF works in partnership with the Ministry of Health and WHO to support disease surveillance, particularly at community level.

Lessons learned from the response to the current outbreak have highlighted the importance of being prepared to respond early and quickly on the onset of a cholera outbreak to stop disease transmission chain and preventable deaths.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Chief of Emergency and in close collaboration with the Health, Social and Behaviour Change (SBC), Health, and WASH sections, the incumbent will undertake the following key tasks during this temporary appointment:

Cholera coordinator responsibilities: • Accountable for the overall performance of UNICEF’s cholera response in the WASH, SBC, and Health sectors sector and the accomplishment of Emergency related CCCs. • Represent UNICEF Emergency Programmes in national WASH, nutrition, SBC, and Health coordination platform/sectoral Cluster for the overall analysis of sectoral needs and priorities and the definition of strategies and standards to ensure the delivery of the response in accordance with national and international humanitarian standards. • Accountable for the definition of UNICEF’s multisectoral response in the WASH, nutrition SBC and Health sector (strategies, outcomes, target population) as per agreed cholera and other outbreaks related standards and CCC’s benchmarks. Ensure strategies, plans and capacities to reach target population with culturally appropriate and gender sensitive interventions are developed in coordination with other UNICEF’s relevant sections and divisions, and implementing partners. • Ensure Early Recovery and Disaster Risk informed approaches are integrated as components of UNICEF’s response in the WASH, nutrition and Health sector. • Ensure UNICEF WASH and Health Emergency response supports community engagement, and as appropriate, for participation in planning, construction, operation and maintenance of WASH, nutrition and Health facilities and services, based on the identified needs and priorities and the local context. • Ensure an effective monitoring plan is designed and implemented to follow up the implementation of UNICEF’s cholera response, incorporating required changes into planned activities with special attention to specific needs of women, children, and people with disabilities, as well as other cross-cutting areas. • Accountable for cholera and other outbreaks response reporting in accordance with UNICEF’s CCC based Humanitarian Performance Monitoring criteria. • Ensure coordination of the nutrition pillar in the cholera response. This includes strengthening the concomitant management of under five years old children suffering from wasting and cholera in CTCs, the collection of data for these cases, their analysis and the documentation

Within UNICEF, collaborate with: • Other Programmes to ensure integration of UNICEF’s response to the emergency, exploring opportunities for WASH, SBC, nutrition and Health to enhance the programmatic response in other sectors. • Operations and Supply Sections, as well as with government authorities and other implementing partners, to establish and maintain sound internal controls, to coordinate financial and supply management requirements and ensure accountability. • Programme Communication or Communication for Development sections to ensure the development of effective communication materials and strategies for advocacy, social mobilization and emergency programme implementation for the cholera response, as appropriate. • Communication and Fundraising sections to ensure response to outbreaks is properly reflected in UNICEF’s external communications and explore opportunities to advocate for specific needs, including interaction with donors. • Regional Advisors and/or Headquarters to allow appropriate flow of information and feedback on Cholera (& other Public Health Emergencies when relevant) response and its programming.

• Interact with government and partners (including UN, Donors, NGOs, CSOs, etc.) in the different stages of the emergency programme implementation to follow up on cooperation agreements, recommendations, and other UNICEF’s commitments for the emergency response, including the development of national partners’ capacity. • Accountable for the definition of UNICEF’s engagement and contribution into cross-sectoral assessment, analysis, and evaluations of the emergency response such as Damage Loss Assessment (DLA), Rapid Crisis Needs Assessment (RCNA), etc. • In close collaboration with the Emergency team and other sections, explore possibilities to strengthen UNICEF’s cholera prevention/regular/development programme/intervention through recovery/reconstruction/stabilization activities.

Cholera Response Preparedness and Coordination responsibilities:

• Lead UNICEF's Cholera Response: coordinate with the Ministry of Health and relevant sectors/clusters (Health, WASH, nutrition, RCCE). • Ensure Sector Collaboration: • Facilitate an internal cholera task force (Health, SBC, nutrition, WASH, operations staff). • Manage cholera preparedness and response meetings. • Act as a resource person for capacity-building initiatives.

• Support Government of Haiti: Aid in emergency preparedness and response to cholera outbreaks. • Liaise with Partners: Engage with international/national partners, health, nutrition and WASH clusters, and RCCE platforms. • Develop Simplified Programme Documents (sPD): • Embed cholera response elements in PCAs. • Enable deployment of Rapid Response Teams (RRT) and Case Area Targeted Interventions (CATI). • Provide Technical Support: • Develop/share protocols, guidelines, and training materials. • Support surveillance, early warning systems, case management, and community-based interventions. • Resource Mapping: • Identify gaps/needs across sectors. • Track deployment/administration of supplies and availability of financial/human resources. • National Outbreak Task Force: Participate and contribute to decision-making processes. • Knowledge Management: Document and manage knowledge of UNICEF Haiti's response to cholera outbreaks. • Monitor RRT and CATI: Ensure promptness and completeness of implementing partners' actions and take corrective measures. • Develop Proposals for Emergency Funds: Provide technical support for concept notes and proposals. • Regular Reporting: Share detailed situation reports and trend analysis with the Chief of Emergency and Country Office Emergency management team.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in public health, health, WASH, emergency coordination, or disciplines relevant to working on public health and outbreaks, preferably in humanitarian settings and/or complex environments. * A Bachelor's degree complemented with two (2) additional years of relevant work experience can be considered in lieu of advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience at national and/or international levels in areas related programs for emergency contexts with outbreak response, public health, and other health, WASH, and health emergency coordination expertise.
• Demonstrated experience in providing technical assistance to governments on the implementation of outbreak responses is required.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and/or working with multidisciplinary teams and playing facilitating/coordination roles in a complex/multi-cultural context is required.
• Familiarity with the UN system and international response to cholera outbreak (Global Task Force to Control Cholera) is highly desired.
• Knowledge of different aspects of the cholera outbreak preparedness and response in Haiti (WHO guidance, international standards, national policies, and strategies) is highly desired.
• Fluency in French and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others and (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

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