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Job Title:        Reproductive
Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Intern

Organization: United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for
the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand
their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners,
we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into
practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and
excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Job Summary:  Supply chain monitoring/end user monitoring
and providing data from community initiatives to document lessons learned and
good practices remain a key area of concern that requires support with
additional human resources. The internship option provides an opportunity to
the new graduates to learn key skills and competencies in practical
manner.  The internship is a learning
opportunity for the potential incumbent in RMNCAH.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The intern will receive orientation from the
MNH Specialists and assist them in the following tasks:

Support
supply/equipment management system for MNH at district level 

• Support MNH specialist to coordinate with PCA partners for
  identifying the supply needs in the districts.
• Develop a tracking system for the MNH supplies/equipment which
  enables the health specialists in UNICEF and MoH counterparts to carry out
  end user monitoring and identify key gaps in the distribution and use of
  the supplies/equipment.

Support to scale up
and documentation of the Key Family Care Practices

• Support to the MNH specialists and zone office colleagues to
  document the results from the implementation of the key family practices.
• As learning opportunity, participate in the KFCP review meetings,
  trainings and community based activities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF Reproductive
  Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Intern job
  opportunity should be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or Ph.D.
  degree programme or have graduated within the past two years.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Be proficient in at least one of UNICEF’s working languages:
  English, French or Spanish. Fluency in the working language of the office you
  are applying to is required.
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent
  university or institution records.
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister)
  working in any UNICEF office; and
• Have no other relatives in the line of authority which the intern
  will report to.
• UNICEF’s Core
  Values: Commitment,
  Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working
  with People and Drive for Results.

NB:
The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment
process (Application, interview meeting, processing, or training). The United
Nations does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates desiring to serve the United Nations in the
aforementioned capacity should express their interest by visiting the UN
recruitment website and clicking Apply Now.

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Deadline: 27^th September 2019

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