UN Careers – Health Specialist – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Job Title: Health Specialist

Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Grade:  P3

 

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: The purpose of this role is to manage, lead and provide technical support to UNICEF Uganda’s support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and partners in development, implementation and resource mobilization for Primary Health Care and Community Health Information Systems CHIS, a priority intervention outlined in the Government of Uganda (GoU) UNICEF Rolling Work Plan (RWP) 2021 – 2022. The CHIS role will assist UNICEF Child Survival and Development (CSD) programme teams in the identification, assessment and integration of CHIS into routine PHC and emergency health programming; strengthen internal capacity to implement CHIS initiatives; identify and engage with government, key partners and donors in Uganda, the region and globally; and maximize potential for the scale-up and sustainability of CHIS through for example resource mobilization and integration with other systems. The Health Specialist is expected to work closely with UNICEF Uganda sections such as CSD, T4D and Communication, MoH, UN agencies and partners as well as UNICEF’s Southern East Africa Regional Office (ESARO) and headquarters (HQ) in New York.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Lead and provide technical and programmatic support for integrated implementation of CHIS.
  • Technical support in the design and implementation of Community Health Information Systems
  • Solution procurement and evaluation
  • Design thinking
  • Successful project management, team coordination and reporting of the UNICEF-RF iCOHS initiative
  • Lead and provide technical and programmatic support for the implementation of the Primary Health Care approach using Child Friendly Communities framework in Uganda
  • Policy and strategic development for CHIS
  • MoH Health Information Systems Strategy
  • MoH CHIS Integration Model
  • MoH ICT Policy
  • Participation in programme and management processes
  • Engage and maintain partnerships and networks
  • Engage and maintain partnerships and networks
  • Advocacy and communications
  • Resource mobilization, proposal and partnership development
  • Transfer and skill-sharing for government and programme partners
  • Knowledge Management
  • Document and disseminate lessons learned
  • Monitoring, evaluation and learning
  • Contribute to Peer Support Networks
  • Capacity Building
  • Co-create appropriate solutions
  • Provide training to stakeholders and end-users
  • Build awareness around CHIS




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) is required in Public/ Global/ International Health, International Development, or related field.
  • Required: – A minimum of five years of professional experience progressively responsible for the development and implementation of Primary Health Care, Community Health Information Systems and digital (mobile phone and other technologies) at national or international level.
  • Experience with results-based management, including development of log-frames and theories of change.
  • Desirable – Experience with implementing RapidPro and other global public good technologies such as iHRIS.
  • Prior experience working with a multilateral or UN organization.
  • Experience implementing CHIS and digital health interventions in the Africa region.
  • Knowledge of the Uganda context.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
  • For every Child, you demonstrate…

 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are;

  • Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
  • 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)
  • Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

 

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 16th March 2022

 

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