Well being Supervisor

Job no: 571017
Contract kind: Momentary Appointment
Obligation Station: Addis Ababa
Stage: P-4
Location: Ethiopia
Classes: Well being

UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to avoid wasting kids’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by means of adolescence.

At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and pleased with what we do. Selling the rights of each baby isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed we provide our workers 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 workers thrive, coupled with a beautiful compensation and benefits bundle.

Go to our web site to be taught extra about what we do at UNICEF.

For each baby, health

Ethiopia is located within the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous nation on the continent with an estimated inhabitants of 115 million. It borders six African international locations: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 sq. kilometers. Roughly 85 % of the inhabitants lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of historic cultures with Center Japanese and African cultures evident within the spiritual, ethnic, and language composition of its folks.

Over the previous two years, kids and their households throughout Ethiopia confronted a number of and sophisticated emergencies, such because the battle within the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of individuals in want of pressing humanitarian help. UNICEF has programmes in Youngster Safety, WASH, Well being, Diet, Social Coverage, and Training and serves over 15 million kids in Ethiopia.

Be a part of UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to bettering the lives of youngsters and girls.

How will you make a distinction?

Roles and obligations

1. Programme improvement and planning

• Plan and supply technical support and steerage for the preparation, design and updating of the scenario evaluation to determine a complete and up to date strategic plan for improvement, design and management of health associated programmes. Preserve abreast of improvement tendencies to boost programme management, effectivity and supply.
• Put together, coordinate and/or supervise the formulation of health programme suggestions and associated documentations as a element of the Nation Programme, establishing clear programme targets, goals, methods, and outcomes primarily based on results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM).
• Guarantee alignment of the sectoral programme with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, Nation Programme, UN Improvement Help Framework (UNDF), regional methods in addition to nationwide priorities, plans and competencies.
• Seek the advice of and collaborate with colleagues and companions to supply technical and operational help on programme planning, management and implementation, and to make sure integration, coherence and harmonization of programmes/tasks with different UNICEF sectors all through all levels of programming processes.

1. Programme management, monitoring and supply of outcomes

• Plan and/or collaborate with inner and exterior companions to determine 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 health programmes.
• Take part in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme critiques and annual sectoral critiques with the federal government and different counterparts to evaluate progress and to find out required motion/interventions to realize outcomes.
• Put together and assess monitoring and analysis studies to determine gaps, strengths and/or weaknesses in programme management, determine classes discovered and use data gained for improvement planning and well timed intervention to realize targets.
• Actively monitor programmes/tasks by means of area visits, surveys and/or change of data with companions/stakeholders to evaluate progress, determine bottlenecks, potential issues and take well timed selections to resolve points and/or check with related officers for well timed decision.
• Plan, monitor and confirm the optimum and applicable use of sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different property) confirming compliance with organizational guidelines, rules/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity, making certain well timed reporting and liquidation of assets.
• Put together common and mandated programme/venture studies for management, donors and companions to maintain them knowledgeable of programme progress.

1. Advisory providers and technical support

• Collaborate and seek the advice of with key authorities officers, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on insurance policies, methods, greatest practices, and approaches on health-related points to help programme improvement planning, management, implementation, and supply of outcomes.
• Take part in strategic programme discussions and planning to supply technical recommendation and to contribute to coverage discussions and agenda setting to advertise health and improvement points particularly within the areas of gender, emergency preparedness, maternal and neonatal health, and baby survival and improvement.
• Put together coverage papers, briefs and different strategic programme supplies for management use, info and/or consideration.
• Take part in emergency preparedness initiatives for programme improvement and contingency planning and/or to reply to emergencies in nation or the place designated.

    4. Advocacy, networking and partnership building

• Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with health sector authorities counterparts, nationwide stakeholders, in addition to international companions, allies, donors, and academia. By energetic networking, advocacy and efficient communication, construct capability and change data and experience to facilitate the achievement of programme targets on baby rights, social justice and fairness.
• Put together communication and data supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances, and help fund elevating for health programmes (maternal, neonatal and baby survival and improvement).
• Take part and/or characterize UNICEF in applicable inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on health-related points to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF planning and preparation of health programmes/tasks, making certain organizational place, pursuits and priorities are absolutely thought-about and built-in within the UNDAF course of in improvement planning and agenda setting.

     5. Innovation, data management and capability building

• Promote essential pondering, revolutionary approaches, and good practices for sustainable health programmes/tasks initiatives.
• Preserve abreast, research, benchmark, and implement greatest and cutting-edge practices in health management and data methods. Institutionalize and share greatest practices and data discovered.
• Contribute to the event of insurance policies and procedures and introduce innovation and greatest practices to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy of sustainable programmes and tasks.
• Lead, plan and implement capability building initiatives to boost the competencies of stakeholders to advertise sustainable outcomes on health-related programmes/tasks.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have…

The next minimal necessities:

• Training:

A complicated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: public health/nutrition, pediatric health, household health, health research, international/worldwide health, health coverage and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or one other related technical area.

• Work Expertise:

A minimal of eight years {of professional} expertise in a number of of the next areas is required: public health/nutrition planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.

Expertise working in a growing nation is taken into account as an asset.

Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.

• Language Necessities: Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language.

For each Youngster, you show…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the pieces we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages Individuals (2)
• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to realize impactful outcomes (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF household is dedicated to incorporate everybody, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.

We provide a big selection of advantages to our workers, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of 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 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 can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra info to conduct a background examine.

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 can be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Do you have to 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. In any other case, the choice can be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Constitution 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 energetic dedication to diversity and inclusion is essential to ship the perfect outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates and individuals with incapacity are inspired to use.

Authorities 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 appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance just isn’t obtained, or vital inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any cause. 

UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., software stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account info.

All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the stage of the put up within the related purposeful space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Expertise Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.

Further details about working for UNICEF might be discovered right here.

Marketed: 10 Apr 2024 E. Africa Normal Time
Deadline: 17 Apr 2024 E. Africa Normal Time