UNICEF recruits 01 Health & Nutrition Officer
Health & Nutrition Officer, NOB, TA, Kaya,Burkina Faso
Job Number: 522703 | Vacancy Link
Locations: Africa: Burkina Faso
Work Type : Fixed Term Appointment, Temporary Appointment
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 fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a fair chance
UNICEF promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the Organization does in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life’s in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens addressing inequity not only will give more children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
How can you make a difference?
The Health & Nutrition Officer will focus mainly on health and nutrition in emergency. He/she will provide technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the Health & Nutrition Component within the Sub-Office Program from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate program development, implementation, program progress monitoring, evaluation and reporting of results.
Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Field Office and the technical supervision of Chief of Health and Nutrition Units the
post shall undertake the following:
1. Support to programme development and planning
Support conduct/update situation analysis for the program sector/s for development, design and management of health/nutrition-related programs. Report on development trends (e.g. political social, economic, health) to enhance program management, efficiency and delivery of results.
Contribute to the development/establishment of sectoral program goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning through analysis of health & nutrition needs and areas for intervention and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing/administering a variety of technical program transactions, preparing materials/documentations and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support program planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating results.
Oversee the development of quality improvement systems
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
Work closely and collaboratively with sectoral and cross-sectoral UNICEF colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programs and to report on required action/interventions at the higher level of program management.
Monitor and report on the use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation/goals, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
Prepare regular/mandated sectoral program/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of program progress.
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
Provide technical and programmatic oversight and ensure appropriate support for the implementation of program activities in the areas of health and nutrition and quality improvement
Conduct regular program field visits and surveys and/or exchange information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support, take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices on health systems strengthening to support program implementation, operations and delivery of results.
4. Networking and partnership building
Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with local health and nutrition sector government counterparts and other partners through active sharing of information and knowledge to enhance program implementation and build capacity of partners to deliver concrete and sustainable results.
Participate in appropriate inter-agency partnerships on health and nutrition when needed
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Support identification, capture, synthesis and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.
Apply innovative approaches and promote good practice to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable program results.
Assist with oversight of research/studies when needed and ensure results are available for use in knowledge products
Participate as resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of partners, clients and stakeholders.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
A Master’s degree in Public Health or a related field or a University Degree in public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or other health related sciences is required. A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care.
*A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in public health/nutrition program management is required.
Experience in strengthening service delivery programs, training, performance and quality improvement and monitoring and evaluation
Experience in health/nutrition program/project development in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
For every child, you demonstrate :
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
The competencies required for this post are :
Formulating strategies and concepts (I)
Analyzing (II)
Applying technical expertise ((II)
Learning and researching (II)
Planning and organizing (II)
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.
Closing Date Fri Jun 07 2019 00:55:00 GMT+0100 (Afr. centrale Ouest)