Health Officer (Temporary Appointment), NOB; Cox's Bazar, (Only for Bangladeshi)
Cox's Bazaar
- Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
- Location: Cox's Bazaar
- Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Public Health and Health Service
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Closing Date: Closed
Purpose for the job: The Health Officer reports to the Chief of Health/Nutrition/CSD or 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.
Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks
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Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
1. Support to program development and planning 2. Program management, monitoring and delivery of results 3. Technical and operational support to program implementation 4. Networking and partnership building 5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
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1. Support to program development and planning
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2. Program management, monitoring and delivery of results
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3. Technical and operational support to program implementation
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4. Networking and partnership building
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5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
· Participate as resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.
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Impact of Results |
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The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Officer to program preparation, planning and implementation of health programs/projects facilitates the delivery of concrete and sustainable results for the Health Program that directly impacts the improvement of the health of the most marginalized and vulnerable women and children in the country, and this in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide program services to protect the rights of children, promote greater social equality to enable children to survive, develop and reach their full potential in society. |
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Competencies and level of proficiency required (based on UNICEF Professional Competency Profiles) |
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Core Values
Core competencies
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Functional Competencies:
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VI. Recruitment Qualifications
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Education: |
A University Degree in public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or other health related sciences is required. |
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Experience: |
A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in public health/nutrition planning and management and/or in relevant areas of maternal and neonatal health care, 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 or organization is an asset.
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Language Requirements: |
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset |
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