As part of these efforts, ESARO received a regional grant to enhance One Health emergency preparedness and response in the Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape (GVTC), in collaboration with WHO and FAO. The incumbent will oversee the project from its inception, ensuring effective communication with stakeholders and monitoring its implementation.
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of the Health Emergency Specialist (FT), and overall guidance of the Regional Health Advisor, the PHE Specialist will lead the technical aspects of planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of UNICEF’s preparedness and response to public health emergencies, in alignment with the ESARO framework for response to such emergencies.
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Terms of Reference: [Job Description Health Specialist PHE.pdf]
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education:
- Advanced university degree in Public Health (master’s or higher)
Work Experience:
- At least eight years of professional experience in public health and humanitarian emergency preparedness and response at national and/or international level.
Skills
- Experience in coordinating public health emergency programs, including strategic partnerships, risk assessments, planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
- Expertise in epidemiology and control of epidemic-prone diarrheal diseases (diarrheal diseases, viral haemorrhagic diseases, vaccine preventable diseases etc.).
- Knowledge of the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 and its implementation in member states.
- Experience in developing countries, especially in Africa and familiarity with emergency situations is essential.
- Prior work with UN agencies or organizations is an asset.
- Ability to manage large data sets and present information using tools like GIS, Power Bi, and other visualization software, particularly in outbreak response.
- Experience in technical writing for official public health documents, government policies, guidelines and academic publications.
- Familiarity with UNICEF processes and approaches is highly desirable.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of a second UN and/or local working language of the duty station an asset.
Desirables:
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
[add the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for a supervisory role].
Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
Advertised: 07 Feb 2025 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 14 Feb 2025 E. Africa Standard Time
