Health Specialist - Last Mile Delivery (P-3) PG Health - Immunization (ISCM) Copenhagen (Temporary Appointment 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 134,294 USD and 175,847 USD.

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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, Health for all……

The Health Specialist will lead implementation of the DRIVE initiative to scale innovative last mile direct delivery solutions in countries across UNICEF regions. The Health Specialist will ensure that the initiative is designed to increase vaccine availability for every child (and others), reduce time spent on logistics by health workers, contribute to higher coverage and targeting and reaching of underserved and zero dose populations, while leveraging this to implement context-based multi-sectoral approaches to contribute to overall primary healthcare (PHC), universal health coverage (UHC) and economic empowerment and well-being.

How can you make a difference?

Country engagement proposal development: Working with relevant regional offices and country offices

• Introduce DRIVE Initiative to a wider pool of in-country stakeholders such as the National Logistics Working Group (NLWG) or similar and non-immunization and non-health stakeholders, to generate further buy-in and readiness
• Finalize project scope and plan for priority countries including stakeholder prioritized implementation model, identification of sub-national target populations and similar non-intervention population areas (for outcome comparison), context-based multi-sectoral approaches, timelines, budget, theory of change, monitoring, and evaluation framework, relevant stakeholder group mapping etc.
• Support conceptualization, feasibility, development and implementation roadmap (including pilot and scale) of applicable last mile technology solutions (such as block chain enabled smart contracts).

Country implementation readiness

• Develop and support use of templates to aid implementation including in-country target population/context selection matrix, implementation checklist, monitoring, and reporting templates (aligned with existing in-country reporting mechanisms and tools), health facilities/vendors/other stakeholders’ onboarding materials etc.
• Support countries to map project implementation readiness (using above templates), identify gaps and develop activities to ensure timely implementation readiness.

In-country (implementation) stakeholders sourcing: Working with relevant country offices (and considering country engagement proposal) and leveraging existing global, regional, and country LTAs or contracts

• Identify required implementation stakeholders (such as local private sector organizations, 3PLs, young people, small and medium scale enterprises etc.)
• Lead initiation and execution of different operating models for contracting/engaging these stakeholders and provide oversight on managing them.

DRIVE Initiative implementation: Working with relevant country offices (and considering country engagement proposal)

• Manage day to day implementation of innovative multi-sectoral last mile direct delivery initiatives in identified contexts and populations in prioritized countries
• Maintain appropriate stakeholder engagement and management (including country, implementation, and UNICEF stakeholders) throughout project implementation.

DRIVE Initiative monitoring, evaluation, and evidence generation:

• Manage (as agreed in the monitoring and evaluation framework) implementation monitoring and reporting using relevant indicators
• Manage conceptualization, collection, and analysis of baseline (pre-project), mid-project and end-of-project data for project evaluation using the existing theory of change.

Immunization Supply Chain Support

• Support UNICEF’s immunization and multi-sectoral supply chain initiatives including iSC systems strengthening, capacity building and forecasting.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree) in Engineering, Public Health, Supply Chain, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Business or Public Administration or related field is required.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in international public health programming including at least three (3) years in immunization and immunization supply chains, with experience in low- and middle-income countries is required.
• Knowledge of country’s national and sub-national distribution processes and practices including bottlenecks and diverse methodology to address is highly desirable.
• Experience with health systems strengthening including supply chain strengthening is desired.
• Experience with implementing last mile supply chain delivery interventions is desirable.
• Knowledge of programmatic approaches to identify, design, target, measure, and document evidence from supply chain/immunization interventions that seek to reach unreached and underserved populations including remote rural, urban slums, conflict settings etc. is an asset.
• Familiarity with in-country supply chain processes and strengthening such as stock and logistics management, inventory policies, allocation, ordering and distribution strategies, and other supply chain operations are added value.
• Experience in planning, coordination, management and working with teams and multiple stakeholders, in different time zones is a must.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Proficiency in French and another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is a strong asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA), and sustainability

Please click Here to view UNICEF's core values and Here to view our competency framework.

UNICEF competencies required for this post are.

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

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 including 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, 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 promoting 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.

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.

“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”

For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF’s Entitlements’ page. If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator

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