Health Specialist (Emergency) at UNICEF, Lilongwe, Malawi

Deadline: 4 March 2022

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Health Specialist (Emergency) in Lilongwe, Malawi.

UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.

Key Jobs Responsibilities

The Health Specialist (Emergency) will perform the following functions:

Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery by actively engaging government, partners, and donor community for coordination, resource mobilization, and evidence based actions.
Programme development planning, management, monitoring and delivery of results by ensuring international standards for quality of care is met, resources are utilized timely and appropriately for intended purposes, and progress monitored, tracked, and reported by disaggregates.
Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
Networking and partnership building. Leveraging and building up on existing networks and extending further partnership endeavours for a better learning experiences.
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building that will contribute towards a better health outcome to children women and affected population.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

Advanced University Degree in one of the following fields is required public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, global/international health, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field.
Minimum 5 year’s professional experience in public health and nutrition as well as emergency preparedness and response which includes disease outbreaks like Ebola and Cholera.
Proven experience in health-related programme management cycle is essential.
Specific experience on maternal and child health is required.
Experience working in a developing country as well as in sub-Saharan Africa is considered as an asset.
Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
Experience working in a developing country is considered as a strong asset.
Background and/or familiarity with emergency is considered as an asset.
Background and/or familiarity with emergency is considered as an asset.
Familiarity with UN IASC cluster approach would be an asset.
Fluency in English, both verbal and written skills is required.