UNICEF recruits 01 Maternal & Child Health Manager, P-4
Maternal & Child Health Manager, P-4, Antananarivo, Madagascar #52149
Job Number: 521875 | Vacancy Link
Locations: Africa: Madagascar
Work Type : Fixed Term 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, Opportunity
The Maternal and Child Health Specialist is responsible for leading the management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of maternal, new born, child and adolescent health including community health interventions. She / He plays key role in the development of health strategy and policy for new born, children, women and adolescents health and will manage links with GFF, the CCM/Global Fund and Health System Strengthening. SM will coordinate with other UN agencies and stakeholders on MNCAH sub-sector (H6+). She / He will provide adequate technical and operational guidance to MOH for the achievement of concrete and sustainable results of MNCAH interventions. Accountable for effective technical leadership, management guidance and programme support to facilitate the application and adaptation of UNICEF policies and strategies to achieve programme goals and expansion of UNICEF assisted Health interventions, including the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.
As head of the MNCAH leads, manages, develops and enables a competent team of professional and support staff to achieve the strategic goals and objectives of the Maternal, New born, Child and Adolescent Health programme.
How can you make a difference?
1. Timely and quality sectoral analysis, input, support and coordination contribute to the Situation Analysis, its periodic update, and all programme documents to formulate effective Health goals, strategy, and project planning and development.
2. Integrated Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health strategies, methodologies and new approaches are developed and implemented based on results-based approach within Human Rights framework by broad participation and collaboration with internal and external partnership.
3. Technical support is provided to government and non-government organizations at all stages of the programme cooperation, including capacity building of government personnel and beneficiaries.
4. Monitoring and evaluation of programme performance is properly undertaken for adjustment, acceleration and improvement of program delivery. Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the Health programme provided.
5. Work plan and objectives are effectively established, performance is managed, and planned results are timely delivered through exercise of strong programme management leadership.
6. The capacities of Country Office staff are strengthened through effective capacity building programme in the development, implementation and management of the Health & Nutrition programme.
7. UNICEF and Government accountability is ensured for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for the sector.
8. Effective partnership and collaboration are achieved and maintained for advocacy, technical cooperation, programme coordination, information sharing and knowledge networking.
9. The most relevant and strategic information is provided to support the Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Programme by the effective implementation of integrated programme monitoring system.
10. All required programme reports are timely prepared in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
11. Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses with
effective coordination are provided.
12. Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have
Advanced university degree in Public Health (preferably with specialized training in public health planning, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health, health and nutrition education, health care system management, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunization, or epidemiology), Child Development, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines.
Eight years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of health programmes relevant to child survival, maternal and newborn health, adolescent health, health & nutrition care. Professional work experience in a managerial position, or a technical expert position in health, and child survival & health care.
Developing country work experience.
Background/familiarity with Emergency.
Fluency in French and English.
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:
Communication [II]
Working with People [II]
Drive for Results [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.
Remarks:
Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Closing Date Thu May 23 2019 21:55:00 GMT+0100 (Afr. centrale Ouest)