Health Specialist ( Digital), P-3/TA, Antananarivo, Madagascar #122138 (364days)

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 101,373 USD and 132,740 USD.

Please keep in mind that the salary displayed here is an estimation by UN Talent based on the location and the type of contract. It may vary depending on the organization. The recruiter should be able to inform you about the exact salary range. In case the job description contains another salary information, please refer to this one.

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, hope

The Government of Madagascar has identified Primary Health Care (PHC) and Community Health as a priority for improving health outcomes and has acknowledged that it is an effective approach to contribute to the global SDG3 targets, including SDG 3.8.1 on Universal Health Coverage. Advances in digital, mobile, and wireless technologies offer a unique opportunity to accelerate PHC efficiency, especially at community level and to reach underserved population. While the country now has some level of digitalization of their health system functions, there are challenges related to the multiplication of pilots which often are not designed for scale, using systems architecture that lacks interoperability, sometimes using non-validated solutions and solutions that are not designed with the users in mind, and which often do not have a sustainable financial or technical support model to allow for scale-up. This has resulted in a highly fragmented, and uncoordinated introduction of several digital health software solutions (often targeting the same health workers), not feeding data into health management Information systems (HMIS) and not addressing the system problems or Ministry of Health needs.

How can you make a difference?

By joining our team, you will:

1. Provide technical and programmatic support in Digital health
2. Support Policy and Strategic Development for Technology-enabled Health Programming (https://digitalinvestmentprinciples.org/) (https://rd4c.org/).)
3. Engage and facilitate partnerships and networks
4. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

To learn more about the job responsibilities refer to the attached Terms of Reference.

TOR Digital health Specialist P3 TA_final v2_RevSignAB (003).pdf

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

• Advanced university degree (Master's) or equivalent professional experience in health informatics, computer science, public health/medicine, development studies, economics or related field is required.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience at the international and/or national level in digital health, especially on the deployment of information systems and digital solutions is required
• Experience in providing technical assistance and thought leadership surrounding the design and implementation of digital solutions for health system strengthening, including application of recommended Health Information System architectures and standards is required
• Experience designing and deploying digital health projects with Governments (Especially Ministries of Health) is required
• Experience with project management and proven ability to translate complex ideas from various areas into unified, clear guidance is an asset
• Exposure to UNICEF, UN or other INGO programmatic areas, including (but not limited to) health, and experience in applying technical solutions to address programmatic issues is an asset
• Knowledge and experience working with Digital Public Goods such as DHIS2, OpenMRS, OpenSRP, iHRIS, OpenHIE, MoTECH, CommCare, RapidPro, OpenLMIS, Logistimo, mSupply, etc. is desirable
• ▪ Fluency in French is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (English) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

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.

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

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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 are also 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.