Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Specialist

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Health and Nutrition, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Work with the Health Specialist to do the following

• Support the National and subnational teams to plan, implement and monitor the National Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Quality of Care (MNCH QoC) operational guidelines in selected regions

• Support the Ministry of Health to develop a national essential health services package for all levels of care

• Assist the Ghana Health Service/Ministry of Health, to implement and monitor the Scaling Pneumonia Response Innovations programme

• Strengthen emergency preparedness and response in the health sector including disease outbreaks such as Polio and COVID-19
• Review and process direct cash transfer (DCT) requests including drafting activity reports
• Draft quality donor proposals and reports
• Support proposal development Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Master degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

Public Health, Medicine, Paediatrics, Child Development or a closely related technical field.

Required experience:

36 Months

Experience remark:

• Demonstrated interest and experience in planning, implementation and monitoring of maternal, newborn and child health programmes, or a closely related field
• Very good report writing, documentation and communication skills

• Ability to analyse data and information from multiple sources and draft quality reports

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)

• Have affinity with or interest in volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.
• Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise:

Healthcare administration

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Judgement and Decision-making, Knowledge Sharing, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Self-Management, Technological Awareness, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

Prerequisites

This assignment is funded by JICA, therefore only former Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JICA-JOCV) who could get recommendation by JICA-JOCV Secretariat are eligible to apply. Please check your application eligibility here: JICA website.

This is a UN Volunteer assignment and eligible candidates must be 25 years of age or older.

Selection process

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The selection will be done by the UN Host Entity at the level of the country of assignment, via competency-based interviews held via skype or telephone.

How to apply

Please apply via the link below. You can then either log in if you already have an account or register via ‘Candidate Signup’.

You may apply to a maximum of three assignments per advertisement and indicate your order of preference in the ‘Additional Remarks’ section of your profile.

Application deadline: 20 June 2021