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For each child, Health
By reaching probably the most underserved communities with the polio vaccine, UNICEF is realizing the rights of probably the most excluded kids and stopping women and boys from being paralyzed. Within the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), UNICEF maintains a number one position within the areas of technique improvement, strategic oversight, vaccine procurement, technical help in vaccine administration, communication and social mobilization, social knowledge, monitoring, and analysis. The GPEI seeks to make sure that future generations of kids will likely be free from the specter of polio paralysis. Achieving this objective is dependent upon guaranteeing speedy and efficient responses to poliovirus outbreaks in polio-free nations. Polio eradication continues to be an organizational precedence and is a public well being emergency of worldwide concern (PHEIC). The variety of polio outbreaks has far exceeded international expectations lately. UNICEF is scaling up help to make sure nations have the assets to be ready and reply in our areas of accountability.
The polio Outbreak Workstream of the UNICEF Global Polio Team supplies oversight, high quality assurance, technical help, and information administration to nation places of work. It locations explicit emphasis on communication for social and habits change and vaccine administration inside the outbreak response and preparedness context.
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the steering of the Emergency Specialist, Outbreak Response, Nairobi, and SBC Specialist (M&E), Polio Eradication Programme, New York, and in lively partnership with the Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBC) and Vaccine Management (VM) groups and RO/CO/HQ colleagues, the incumbent will contribute to reinforce UNICEF’s capability for data-driven decision-making in polio outbreak response areas, guaranteeing well timed and correct knowledge evaluation to help Outbreak Response and Preparedness Group, SBC, and VM methods.
This place will deal with offering technical steering and help to the Outbreak workforce in creating knowledge assortment instruments, addressing knowledge high quality challenges, and establishing standardized knowledge programs. Additionally, the place will make the most of superior knowledge evaluation strategies to extract significant insights from polio outbreak knowledge, develop interactive dashboards, and translate data-driven insights into actionable suggestions. Furthermore, they’ll facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration with companions, help reporting programs, and contribute to information administration efforts.
Reporting Structure and Matrix Management
The M & E Specialist will report to 2 supervisors in a matrix administration construction. The Emergency Specialist, Outbreak Response, Nairobi will present practical steering and the SBC (M&E) Specialist, Polio Eradication Programme, New York will present technical steering to the place. The incumbent will work in lively partnership with the SBC and VM CO/RO/HQ colleagues, guaranteeing alignment and coordination throughout totally different ranges of the group. The incumbent will likely be anticipated to stability the calls for and necessities of each supervisors, demonstrating flexibility, adaptability, and powerful communication expertise.
Key accountabilities and duties embrace the next:
Technical Guidance and Support on Data Management
- Provide technical steering and help to the Outbreak workforce at HQ, ROs, and COs within the improvement of efficient knowledge assortment instruments, guaranteeing alignment with international requirements and finest practices.
- Collaborate with the Outbreak workforce to establish and deal with knowledge high quality and administration challenges, guaranteeing the reliability and integrity of information used for polio outbreak response.
- Provide technical steering on the event of a standardized system for knowledge assortment, collation, and compilation from varied sources, supporting the SBC and VM workstreams of their data-driven decision-making.
Data evaluation and visualization
- Utilize superior knowledge evaluation strategies to extract significant insights from polio outbreak knowledge on varied platforms, together with development evaluation, threat evaluation, and identification of high-risk areas.
- Develop and keep interactive dashboards to visualise key indicators, observe progress, and inform decision-making in real-time.
- Collaborate with workstreams to translate data-driven insights into actionable suggestions for bettering outbreak response methods for SBC, VM and coordination.
Information and Knowledge Management
- Facilitate efficient knowledge sharing and collaboration with companions to reinforce information trade and promote evidence-based decision-making.
- Support RRT/IMST in improvement and implement complete reporting programs to make sure well timed and correct knowledge submission, evaluation, and dissemination of findings to inside and externally to GPEI companions.
- Document and disseminate key finest practices and classes discovered from polio outbreak response efforts, contributing to the event of a complete information base.
Coordination and Capacity Strengthening
- Serve as the first liaison between UNICEF and GPEI companions, coordinating outbreak-related M&E actions and guaranteeing alignment with shared aims.
- Collaborate intently inside the outbreak teamwork stream, SBC, VM, and different related groups to facilitate efficient monitoring and analysis of polio outbreak response actions, guaranteeing seamless integration and alignment inside UNICEF.
- Represent UNICEF in GPEI boards associated to M&E and outbreaks, offering technical experience and advocating for evidence-based decision-making.
- Provide help to construct the technical capability of outbreak nations within the utilization of varied knowledge instruments, knowledge evaluation, and presentation for efficient decision-making in polio outbreak response.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
- Education: An superior college diploma (grasp’s or greater) in social sciences, statistics, planning improvement, planning, international well being, worldwide improvement, knowledge science, social science, or a associated subject is required
- Work Experience:
- A minimal of 5 (5) years of related progressively accountable skilled expertise in programme improvement and implementation, monitoring and analysis, knowledge administration, knowledge evaluation and knowledge visualization, and creating nation work expertise
- Proven expertise in analyzing, compiling, and presenting knowledge, utilizing mixture of various knowledge sources.
- Proven means to construct sturdy collaborative relationships with inside and exterior stakeholders.
- Ability to work autonomously and effectively in opposition to tight deadlines, sturdy drive for outcomes.
- Ability to work autonomously and effectively in opposition to tight deadlines, sturdy drive for outcomes.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables:
- At least one occasion of publicity to emergency programming, together with preparedness planning.
- Active involvement in a humanitarian disaster response programme most well-liked.
- Proven means to work in STATA, R, Python or related is an asset.
- Practical expertise in improvement context significantly in well being, polio, and / or SBC is a powerful asset.
- Knowledge of French is an asset. Knowledge of one other official UN 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…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to realize outcomes for affect
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) 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 international workforce should replicate 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 another private attribute.
We supply a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, akin to paid parental depart, break day 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 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 will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may 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 workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to variety and inclusion is vital to ship the perfect outcomes for kids.
Government workers who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the suitable to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account data.
Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
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 degree of the put up within the related practical 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.
Eligible workers members on fixed-term, persevering with or everlasting contracts making use of to IP TA positions in an obligation station designated as L2/L3, might be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, topic to approval by their Head of Office. The situations of the momentary task will range relying on the standing of their put up and relocation entitlements could also be restricted as per the related insurance policies.
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Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, P-3, Polio Eradication Programme, Nairobi, Kenya [temporary appointment: 364 days] # 131537
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