Health Specialist - M & E in HiE (P4), Programme Group - Health, NYHQ (Temporary Appointment 364days)

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 171,387 USD and 220,969 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, a hope….

The overall objective of the position is to provide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) support to UNICEF/Health in Emergency unit to sharpen planning/monitoring functions across countries with populations of concerns living in humanitarian settings, while identifying, stewarding and disseminating implementation research/evidence for improved service delivery/performance.

How can you make a difference?

Programme Results Monitoring

• Promote wider nexus programming in development and humanitarian programming cycles, including within health teams as well as wider cross-cutting themes (migration, gender, social and behvavioural change, etc.)
• Contribute to global efforts to review, as required, Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC)/ humanitarian implementation plan on a periodic basis
• Coordinate unit efforts to review and compile inputs on annual reporting from country and regional offices for analytical and reporting purposes (e.g., RAM, Annual Results Report, ED Annual report, HARR, etc.)

Monitoring, Learning and Research

• Develop and maintain database of gaps as well as available evidence, implementation research to ensure better access, quality of health services in humanitarian settings.
• Coordinate and provide technical assistance for planning and establishing monitoring, evaluation and research objectives, priorities, and activities in line with identified gaps in knowledge for service delivery in humanitarian settings.
• Design and promote multi-level dissemination strategies to ensure that available research is easily available to users both within UNICEF and globally.

Coordination and Networking

• Collaborate with UNICEF Data and Analytics Department on collection and analysis of humanitarian situation analysis of impact (mortality) and outcomes (coverage) indicators.
• Collaborate with other UNICEF sections to leverage strategic insights
• Engage M&E knowledge networks among humanitarian health (HEPR) partners to identify emerging standards, best practices, and innovations relevant for UNICEF and wider child health partnership.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in health/public health, social sciences, with specific training data analysis or other relevant degree is required.
• A minimum of 8 (eight) years of progressively responsible professional experience in health service design and delivery including specific elements of M&E methods with a strong quantitative component is required.
• Demonstrated expertise in research, evaluating evidence for decision making is desirable.
• Knowledge of primary healthcare, and public health systems is highly desired, emphasis on humanitarian settings preferred
• Experience on program implementation is desired
• Experience working with multi-lateral organizations and in multi-cultural environments is an asset.
• Experience working with diverse countries using both remote and in-country facilitation is an asset.
• Experience working with the UN is an asset
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an 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.