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• Support/contribute to the preparation/design
  and conduct/update of situation analysis for the sector/s to establish a
  strategic plan for development, design and management of health related
  programs, including maternal and newborn health and emergencies. Keep
  abreast of development trends to enhance program management, efficiency
  and delivery.
• Actively participate in strategic program
  discussion on the planning of maternal and newborn health program.
  Formulate, design and prepare a sector of the health program proposal,
  ensuring alignment with the overall UNICEF’s Strategic Plans and Country
  Program and coherence/integration with UN Development Assistance Framework
  (UNDF), regional strategies and national priorities, plans and
  competencies.
• Establish specific program goals, objectives
  and strategies and implementation plans based on results-based planning
  terminology and methodology (RBM). Prepare required documentations for
  program review and approval.
• Work closely and collaboratively with
  internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss strategies and
  methodologies and to determine national priorities/competencies to ensure
  the achievement of concrete and sustainable results.
• Provide technical and operational support
  throughout all stages of programming processes and to ensure integration,
  coherence and harmonization of programs/projects with other UNICEF sectors
  and achievement of results as planned and allocated.

• Plan and/or collaborate with internal and
  external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance
  indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurement to
  assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of
  concrete and sustainable results for the assigned sector in maternal and
  newborn health programs.
• Actively participate in monitoring and
  evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual sectoral reviews with
  government and other counterparts to assess progress and to determine
  required action/interventions to achieve results.
• Prepare/assess monitoring and evaluation
  reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in program and management,
  identify lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning
  and timely intervention to achieve goals.
• Actively monitor programs/projects through
  field visits, surveys and/or exchange of information with
  partners/stakeholders to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and
  potential problems and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or
  refer to relevant officials for timely resolution.
• Regularly monitor and verify the
  optimum/appropriate use of sectoral program resources (financial,
  administrative and other assets) confirming compliance with organizational
  rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of
  accountability and integrity and ensuring timely reporting and liquidation
  of resources.
• Prepare regular/mandated program/project
  reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of
  program progress.

• Offer technical expertise and operational
  support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and
  other country office partners/donors on interpretation, application and
  understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices
  and approaches on health and related issues to support program development
  planning, management, implementation and delivery of results.
• Participate in discussions with national
  partners/clients/stakeholders to promote health and development issues
  especially in the areas of gender, emergency preparedness and maternal,
  neonatal and child survival and development.
• Participate in emergency preparedness
  initiatives program development and contingency planning and/or to respond
  to emergencies in country or where designated.
• Draft policy papers, briefs and other
  strategic program materials for management use, information and/or
  consideration.

• Build and maintain effective close working
  partnerships with health sector government counterparts, national
  stakeholders and global partners/allies/donors/academia through active
  networking, advocacy and effective communication to build capacity and
  exchange knowledge/expertise to facilitate the achievement of program
  goals on children rights and social justice/equity.
• Prepare communication and information
  materials for CO program advocacy to promote awareness, establish
  partnership/alliances and support fund raising for health programs
  (maternal, neonatal and child survival and development).
• Take part in and/or represent UNICEF in
  appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on health and
  related issues to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on
  UNDAF planning and preparation of health programs/projects ensuring
  organizational position, interests and priorities are fully considered and
  integrated in the UNDAF process in development planning and agenda
  setting.

• Apply/introduce innovative maternal and
  newborn health approaches and good practice to build the capacity of
  partners and stakeholders and to support the implementation and delivery
  of concrete and sustainable program results.
• Stay abreast and conduct research to provide
  evidence for implementation of best and cutting edge practices in health.
• Assess, institutionalize and share best
  practices and knowledge learned.
• Significantly contribute to the development
  and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure optimum efficiency
  and efficacy of sustainable programs and projects.
• Organize and implement capacity building
  initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders to promote
  sustainable results on health related programs/projects. 

• Timely, regular data-driven analysis for
  effective prioritization, planning, development and results-based
  management for scaling-up specific Health interventions.
• Technical expertise on specific Health
  interventions.
• Technical and operational guidance provided
  to key government and non-government partners on scaling-up interventions,
  including the elaboration and implementation of detailed sectoral
  work-plans and budgets (downstream activities).
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on
  specific Health interventions carried out through various field visits, in
  a timely manner, efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance
  with the established guidelines and procedures.
• Government and non-government recipients
  accountable for UNICEF specific supply, non-supply and financial
  assistance.
• Effective knowledge management through
  documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and implementation of
  appropriate capacity building activities.

• The applicant for the United Nations UNICEF
  Health Specialist (Maternal, Newborn Health) career vacancy should hold an
  Advanced University Degree in public health/nutrition, pediatric health,
  family health, health research, global/international health, health policy
  and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics,
  socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or other health related
  science is required.
• At least five years of professional
  experience in public health/nutrition planning and management and/or in
  relevant areas of maternal and neonatal health care, health
  emergency/humanitarian preparedness, is required.
• Relevant experience in health/nutrition
  program/project development and management in any UN system agency or
  organization is an asset.  

• Core Values: Commitment, Diversity and
  Inclusion, Integrity
• Core Competencies: Communication, Drive for Results,
  Working with People
• Functional Competencies: Leading and Supervising (I), Formulating
  Strategies and Concepts (II), Analyzing (III), Relating and Networking
  (II), Deciding and Initiating Action (II), Applying Technical Expertise
  (III)

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