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In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a posh humanitarian and improvement setting to satisfy and defend kids’s rights in partnership with the federal government, civil society, kids, and households. UNICEF Nigeria is likely one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally – click on the hyperlink to be taught extra about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/
Background:
The elementary mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, in all places, in all the pieces the group does — in packages, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all kids have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any child has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is rising proof that investing within the well being, schooling, and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all kids the chance to fulfil their potential but in addition will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. This is why the give attention to fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whereas additionally supporting the equitable improvement of nation
How can You Make a difference?
Purpose For the Job:
The authorities of Nigeria has renewed its dedication to reaching Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and has adopted Primary Health Care as a key pillar in its technique to fulfill UHC targets. The Health Specialist (System Strengthening) will assist UNICEF Nigeria’s Health Section in implementing Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) insurance policies and associated well being reforms, with a give attention to enhancing entry, fairness, and the standard of healthcare providers for kids and weak populations in Nigeria. This position will even contribute to making a coordinated and sustainable healthcare system, making certain that child and maternal well being initiatives are built-in into broader nationwide well being reforms. Key tasks embrace offering technical assist to authorities businesses on major healthcare reforms at each the federal and sub-national ranges.
Key perform, accountabilities, and associated duties/duties:
- Plan and supply technical assist and steerage for the preparation, design and updating of the state of affairs evaluation to ascertain a complete and up to date strategic plan for improvement, design, and administration of health-related programmes. Keep abreast of improvement developments to reinforce programme administration, effectivity, and supply.
- Prepare, coordinate and/or supervise the formulation of well being programme suggestions and associated documentations as a element of the Country Programme, establishing clear programme targets, goals, methods, and results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM).
- Under the general steerage of the Manager, Health System Strengthening (HSS/PHC) and Chief Health, present technical, coverage and programming assist to Field Offices, Ministry of Health and different collaborating companions for ongoing reforms SWAp.
- Lead and handle country-level Global Fund grants, specializing in well being system strengthening and digital well being, collaborating with companions, authorities businesses, and different stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment of the sectoral programme with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, Country Programme, UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDF), regional methods in addition to nationwide priorities, plans and competencies.
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes:
- Plan and/or collaborate with inside and exterior companions to ascertain monitoring benchmarks, efficiency indicators, and different UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurements to evaluate and strengthen efficiency accountability, coherence and supply of concrete and sustainable outcomes for the assigned sector in well being programmes.
- Participate in monitoring and analysis workouts, programme opinions and annual sectoral opinions with the federal government and different counterparts to evaluate progress and to find out required motion/interventions to attain outcomes.
- Prepare and assess monitoring and analysis studies to establish gaps, strengths and/or weaknesses in programme administration, establish classes discovered and use data gained for improvement planning and well timed intervention to attain targets.
- Actively monitor programmes/initiatives by subject visits, surveys and/or alternate of knowledge with companions/stakeholders to evaluate progress, establish bottlenecks, potential issues and take well timed selections to resolve points and/or seek advice from related officers for well timed decision.
- Prepare well timed well being system, financial and financing evaluation for PHC (together with fairness, price effectiveness, and public well being expenditure evaluation) to empower UNICEF Nigeria with proof for nationwide dialogue in bettering effectivity in well being spending
- Support and information UNICEF Nigeria on the evaluation of well being financing features at subnational stage with a give attention to Immunization and Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) providers with out monetary hardship
- Prepare data-driven situational analyses of well being care financing in assist of monitoring well being sector efficiency, together with basic financing indicators, Sustainable Development Goals and UHC/PHC/Immunization/RMNCAH indicators.
- Lead the event of the SDG-3 funding case on PHC interventions together with group stage to cut back maternal mortality and enhance child well being outcomes, together with increasing routine immunization and lowering zero-dose kids.
- Undertake well being sector funds evaluation to tell UNICEF’s advocacy and technical help to federal and state Ministries of Finance, Budget and National Planning, and Ministry of Health and federal businesses.
- Work with Social Policy within the evaluation and understanding of the underlying financial determinants of well being to develop and implement insurance policies and programmes that improve well being fairness and combine pro-poor, gender-responsive, and human rights-based approaches, together with assessing the design and implementation of medical insurance schemes.
- Facilitate the evaluation of social and financial developments and well being financing info with a give attention to implications on fiscal area for PHC providers, together with immunization, and assist engagement for coverage dialogue and formulation.
- Build and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with well being sector authorities counterparts, nationwide stakeholders, in addition to world companions, allies, donors, and academia for lively networking, advocacy and efficient communication to enhance well being planning, budgeting and monetary flows at federal and sub-national stage.
- Prepare communication and data supplies to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances, and assist nationwide efforts on fundraising for well being programmes (PHC and UHC together with immunization)).
- Participate and/or signify UNICEF in acceptable inter-agency discussions and planning on health-related points to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on PFM associated discussions; and on UNSDCF planning and preparation of well being financing programmes/initiatives.
- Support compelling use of finance information and proof in advocacy supplies and campaigns, together with designing visually enticing infographics and information evaluation on well being planning, budgeting, and expenditures.
- Collaborate with WHO, World Bank, different UN businesses and implementing companions to assist country-level technical help on public financing: costing, monetary and financial area evaluation, budgeting and design of financing mechanisms to learn kids and girls
- Advocate, throughout strategic discussions with Ministries of Finance, Budget and National Planning, and Health and different key choice makers and stakeholders to affect agenda setting in favor of well being and wellbeing of kids, girls and younger individuals.
Impact of Results:
The effectivity and efficacy of assist offered by the Health Specialist to programme preparation, planning and implementation facilitates the supply of concrete and sustainable outcomes that instantly affect the advance of the well being and wellbeing of essentially the most marginalized and weak kids and girls within the nation. This in flip contributes to sustaining and enhancing the credibility and skill of UNICEF to proceed to offer programme providers to guard the rights of kids, and to advertise better social equality to allow them to outlive, develop and attain their full potential in society.
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To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
An superior college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public well being, world/worldwide well being, well being coverage and/or administration, well being economics & financing, well being analysis, environmental well being sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, well being schooling, epidemiology, or one other related technical subject.
For each Child, you display…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2)
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (2)
(3) Drive to attain outcomes for affect (2)
(4) Innovates and embraces change (2)
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)
(6) Thinks and acts strategically (2)
(7) Works collaboratively with others (2)
(8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids, and our world workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We supply a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, resembling paid parental go away, day without work for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments can also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will likely be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF won’t ask for candidates’ checking account info.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the stage of the put up within the related useful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Health Specialist, (Health Systems Strengthening) P-4, Temporary Appointment, Abuja, Nigeria #131511
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