Re-advertisement: Maternal Child Health Consultant, Pretoria, South Africa (Home based, 11.5 months, South African nationals)

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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.

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We believe that ensuring a child is happy and healthy begins before birth: from ensuring their mother has access to good health care to reaching adulthood as a healthy, empowered and informed young person of the next generation. This journey relies on every child having access to quality health care, good nutrition, education, and growing up in a safe environment free from violence.

How can you make a difference?

Support the National Department of Health on strengthening the immunization program including preparation for the measles campaign, new vaccine introduction and capacity building

• Technically support the Nationwide Measles supplementary immunization activity (SIA)
• Technically support new vaccine introduction
• Support the roll-out of the cold chain equipment procurement project
• Participation in National and provincial monthly meetings to discuss poor performance and interventions
• Support Manual revision and training

Support the National Department of Health on strengthening maternal and new-born care and child health

• Facilitate the compilation of the maternal and new-born care guidelines
• Support the NDOH maternal and new-born health initiatives
• Support the NDOH on IMCI training, side-by side camping and other child health initiatives
• Attendance to EPI/MNCH related ministerial committee meetings
• Participation in National and provincial monthly meetings to discuss poor performance and interventions

Support the Health and Nutrition team initiatives

• Compile maternal newborn child health and nutrition data in South Africa
• Support Health emergency response
• Assist with relevant donor and program reports, programmatic visits and other assigned responsibilities as needed

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

• Master of Public Health
• Bachelors: Nursing, Advanced Midwifery, Medicine
• At least 10 years’ experience providing technical support and leadership in maternal, new-born, child health and immunization at National or Provincial level

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.