UNICEF works in over 190 nations and territories to avoid wasting kids’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood via adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and happy with what we do. Promoting the rights of each child is not only a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our employees numerous alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that may assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We satisfaction ourselves on a tradition that helps employees thrive, coupled with a beautiful compensation and advantages bundle.
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For each child, … well being and alternatives!
There is rising proof that investing in the well being, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all kids the chance to meet their potential but in addition will result in sustained development and stability of nations. This is why the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whereas additionally supporting the equitable improvement of countries.
UNICEF’s 2020-2024 strategic plan revolves round making certain that kids survive, thrive and rework. This entails an built-in and holistic strategy for each child (0-19 years), selling continuum of care alongside the life cycle. For well being and nicely-being, this additionally requires a multi-sectoral strategy with actions at group stage, tackling the “causes of the causes” of ailments and unwell-well being, and selling the well being and nicely-being of youngsters. Community well being programs are a cornerstone for bettering entry to main well being care; when excessive influence, top quality interventions are delivered to the final mile in an equitable, price-efficient method by authorities remunerated and institutionalized group well being staff and well being programs are strengthened, the complete advantages of the well being-associated SDGs could be realized..
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the supervision of the Associate Director, MNCAH, Health Programme Group, you may be accountable for offering technical experience to the UNICEF group well being and vitamin programme implementation. Specifically, you’ll help the technical facets of operations of group well being and vitamin, together with the inclusion of UNICEF groups, world, regional, nation and associate engagement, and strengthening linkages with different initiatives. The function includes enhancing entry to nation-particular knowledge for strategic determination-making and contributing to the technical oversight of group well being and vitamin. The focus of this function is to make sure that UNICEF’s group well being and vitamin operations and initiatives are technically sound and aligned with greatest practices in group well being and vitamin as part of Primary Health Care. This consists of offering technical steerage, growing and implementing technical methods, and monitoring and evaluating the technical outcomes of the CHDP’s initiatives.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have to…
This function supplies technical management in designing, implementing, and evaluating group well being and vitamin packages throughout the Primary Health Care framework. This consists of supporting the event of complete packages at nation and subnational ranges, constructing the capability of group well being staff and well being professionals, and establishing partnerships with authorities companies, NGOs, and group teams. Additionally, mobilize sources for these packages by figuring out funding alternatives, writing grant proposals, and managing budgets.
This function can even lead UNICEF’s efforts to develop sturdy nation engagement processes that increase group well being and vitamin packages as part of PHC. Advocate for insurance policies selling group well being, construct and keep networks with stakeholders, and strengthen partnerships with key entities. Support the capability constructing of companions and stakeholders via technical recommendation, sharing greatest practices, and facilitating coaching periods. Enhance visibility and alignment with nation priorities by participating with policymakers, well being professionals, and group leaders. Further particulars could be discovered in JD.
The following minimal necessities:
Advanced University Degree in public well being, pediatric well being, household well being, well being analysis, world/worldwide well being, well being coverage and/or administration, environmental well being sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, well being schooling, epidemiology or different well being associated sciences is required.
Work Experience:
A minimal of ten years {of professional} expertise in public well being planning and administration and/or in related areas of child and group well being, well being emergency/humanitarian preparedness, on the worldwide stage a few of which ideally in a growing nation is required.
Desirables/Assets:
Relevant expertise in well being program/mission improvement and administration in any UN system company or group is an asset.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset..
For each Child, you exhibit…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every little thing 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…
- Builds and maintains partnerships
- Demonstrates self-consciousness and moral consciousness
- Drive to attain outcomes for influence
- Innovates and embraces change
- Manages ambiguity and complexity
- Thinks and acts strategically
- Works collaboratively with others
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the variety 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-financial background, or another private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims 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 endure rigorous reference and background checks and shall 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 supply extra data 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 shall be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards 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 shall be canceled.
Remarks:
Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in 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 project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or needed inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an inexpensive interval for any cause.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing price 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 data.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the stage of the put up in the related practical space, or an inside/exterior candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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