Sunday, December 20, 2015

Health Officer - UNICEF (Guwahati/ Bhubaneshwar/ Patna/ Mumbai) - Apply by: January 1, 2016



JOB DESCRIPTION
Health Officer, UNICEF, Guwahati/ Bhubaneshwar/ Patna/ Mumbai


HEALTH OFFICER, NOB, GUWAHATI/ BHUBANESHWAR/PATNA/MUMBAI
Level: NOB*
Closing date: 01/01/2016
*Pending post classification results for Patna & Bhubaneshwar
If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.
UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s rights organization working for the rights of children, seeks a fixed term appointment for the post of Health Officer (NOB)
PURPOSE OF THE POST
The Health Officer reports to the Health Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the Health Program within the Country 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, evaluating and reporting of results.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Support to program development and planning
• Conduct/update situation analysis for the program sector/s for development, design and management of health related programs. Research and report on development trends (e.g. political social, economic, health) for higher management use 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 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.
• Prepare required documentations/materials to facilitate the program review and approval process.
2. Program management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external 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 program implementation
• 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 and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices on health and related issues to support program implementation, operations and delivery of results.
4. Networking and partnership building
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with health sector government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to enhance program implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to deliver concrete and sustainable results.
• Draft communication and information materials for CO program advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for health programs.
• Participate in appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) on health programs to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of health programs/projects and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF position and strategies with the UNDAF development and planning process. 
• Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• Identify, capture, synthesize 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 and ensure results are available for use in knowledge products
• Participate as resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
a) Education 
A University Degree in medicine (M.B.B.S) is essential. Post graduate degree in pediatrics, community medicine, public health, health administration, nutrition, family health is preferred.
b) Work Experience 
A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in public health/nutrition planning and management and/or in relevant areas of maternal, neonatal, child health and immunization, health emergency/humanitarian preparedness, at the international level and/or in a developing country is required. Experience in health/nutrition program/project development in UN system agency/government is an asset.
c) Languages 
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of local language is an asset
d) Competency Profile
i) Core Values (Required)
• Commitment 
• Diversity and Inclusion 
• Integrity
ii) Core Competencies (Required)
• Communication [II] 
• Working with People [I] 
• Drive for Results [I]
iii) Functional Competencies (Required)
• Learning and Researching [II] 
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts [I] 
• Analyzing [II] 
• Planning & Organizing [II] 
• Applying Technical Expertise [III]
Applicants interested in more than one position are requested to indicate the duty stations in the preferred order in their respective cover letter.
If you meet the above mentioned requirements, please send the following documents to hogmbp-unicef@sams.co.in by 1st January 2016:
• A completed and signed Personal History form (P-11) - mandatory
• An updated CV
• A letter of motivation
The Personal History form (P-11) should be which can be downloaded from http://www.unicef.in/Careers. Completion of all fields is required.
In order to ensure that your application is sorted correctly, please clearly mention the title and location of the post in the subject line of your e-mail/application. Only applications of short listed candidates will be acknowledged. This vacancy is open to Indian Nationals only.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organizations.
UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process including application, interview, meeting, traveling, processing, training etc.

UNICEF is a non-smoking working environment.

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