Job Recruitment at the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), 18th July, 2019

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (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 fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Health Specialist (Survive and Thrive - Implementation Science and Partnerships) Job Number: 524032 Location: Abuja Work Type: Temporary Appointment Job Responsibilities How can you make a difference: The Specialist will carry out the following activities related to the child survival and well being program within the overarching health systems strengthening component of the health and HIV portfolio in Nigeria:

• Work closely with the FMOH, NPHCDA, NACA and partners at federal and State levels towards building a portfolio of implementation and delivery science learnings towards fast tracking results for women and children and informing policy and programming.
• Provide technical support towards improving health systems for quality delivery of PHC programs with a focus on leveraging learnings through delivery science and data
• Participate and provide technical expertise in related health systems strengthening forums and committees at federal level particularly health financing forums
• Build a body of evidence documenting and linking investments to results outlining innovative financing modalities for improving child survival and well being
• Participate and provide technical expertise for assessing progress in MNCAH results at federal and sub national levels understanding partnerships and investments
• Support conceptualization, development and implementation of implementation and delivery science leveraging networks of academia, professional bodies, civil society and other institutions
• Participate and actively support the think tank for MNCAH and explore possibilities of sub national think tanks for accelerating results for women and children including ‘practitioner’ think tanks
• Participate as a member of the health systems strengthening groups and committees with a focus on health financing, implementation science and partnerships
• Ensure linkages within the health and HIV portfolio though the implementation and delivery science lens and focusing on the primary health care delivery platform using data effectively
• Working closely with the health and HIV team provide high quality technical expertise bringing in upto date global evidence and work on implementation science towards informing policy and programming for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.
• Provide information to the health and HIV program through learnings from implementation and delivery science for informed decision making
• Support development of policy and program briefs, documentation of the work done including linking with academia and professional organizations and partners
• Support resource mobilization and working together with the team in bridging the learnings from delivery science to scale and sustainability
• Other activities and support towards health systems strengthening activities as needed

• Education: A University Degree in Public Health, Medicine, Epidemiology or Public Health related areas
• Experience: A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in public health programs, planning and management and/or in relevant areas of maternal and child health. Relevant experience in health development and management in any UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

• UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

• View our competency framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

• Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primarily, shared, or contributory accountability for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results:

• Work closely with the FMOH, NPHCDA, NACA and partners at federal and State levels towards improving systems for quality delivery of PHC programs with a focus on strengthening data and monitoring systems
• Participate and provide technical expertise in related health systems strengthening forums and committees at federal level including health financing forums
• Participate and provide technical expertise for assessing progress in MNCAH in ongoing and upcoming surveys and studies representing the health and HIV program
• Support conceptualization and development of a data architecture framework for the health and HIV portfolio towards streamlining link to results for women and children, synergizing different ongoing components like the score cards, dashboards, real time monitoring, project data and citizen engagement and feedback and any others
• Member of the data groups at FMOH, NPHCDA, NACA and providing oversight support to data groups at subnational levels for tracking results for MNCAH
• Support the setting up of data systems to feed into the data architecture framework incorporating quantitative and qualitative data and surveys and routine data
• Working closely with the health and HIV team provide high quality technical expertise bringing in upto date global evidence towards informing policy and programming for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.
• Provide conceptual inputs and support finalization of systems towards synergizing data for MNCAH linking qualitative data (like death audits, supervisory data) with quantitative data (coverage, quality)
• Provide information to the health and HIV program for informed decision making including supporting tracking results across the program for key indicators at federal and sub national levels
• Actively monitor results and support capacity building of the health team and key stakeholders towards using data for action and results.
• Support development of policy and program briefs, documentation of the work done including linking with academia and professional organizations and partners
• Other activities and support towards health systems strengthening activities as needed

• Education: PhD or advanced University Degree in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Medicine, Data Sciences. Equivalent educational qualification in relevant areas (health systems, epidemiology)
• Experience: at least eight years of relevant professional work experience providing technical support towards data analytics, experience with using and analysing multiple data sets, using data in public health programming, supporting analysis of national surveys with experience in child survival and well being areas and experience in publications.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

• UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

• View our competency framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

• 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 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.