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Research Officer, P2, TA, Goma, DRC (6 months)

Goma

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Goma
  • Grade: Junior level - P-2, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Scientist and Researcher
    • Social and Economic Policy
    • Statistics and Monitoring
  • Closing Date: Closed

If you are a qualified female candidate and you want to make a durable impact on the life of women and children, join our team to champion their cause.

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, A future

The Research Officer in the DRC has the specific objective of overseeing the CASS operational analytics (integrated outbreak analytics methodology) for all public health emergencies (prevention and response), outbreaks and public health concerns in Eastern DRC. They will work with the DPS across the East, in support of the DGLM (Direction Generale de la lutte contre les Maladies) across different locations to either reinforce existing teams in ongoing studies and the use of evidence, or help to set up new ones in new locations to provide rapid integrated analytics in response to a particular health trend/event.

How can you make a difference?

1. Conduct Integrated Outbreak Analytics (IOA): together with DGLM, DPS, UNICEF and other actors; identify key IOA questions and studies (rapid/ long term) to support public health emergencies (prevention, response), outbreaks and public health concerns

2. Provide technical guidance to national and local field teams, as well as with local health actors

•  Provide technical trainings, capacity building sessions on data collection, analysis and evidence use

3. Ensure the use and follow up of evidence through the MONITO (CASS tool for monitoring implementation of co-developed recommendations)

•  At CASS field locations, support teams in contributing to the country-wide monitoring of evidence use tool (MONITO)

•  In new locations, or as requested, develop MONITO for an outbreak, health issue or location

4. Reinforce partnerships for data use: ensure CASS results are shared across multiple platforms in near-to real time to facilitate use of evidence, and implementation of recommendations

•  Build and reinforce partner network to create multiple opportunities for data sharing (civil society, government, INGO), and reinforce national ownership of data (contribute to a decolonization of research strategy)

5. Ensure knowledge management and data sharing

• Develop reports on the use of evidence for action

• Develop and write briefing notes which cumulate and present recurrent results and actions based on evidence

• Ensure all data tools, analysis, presentations and reports are provided online

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  • At least a first university degree in social science research in the field of public health, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field.
  • Additional relevant post-graduate courses that complement/supplement social sciences research in health is an asset.
  • At least 3 years social sciences research experience, working in humanitarian context (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
  • Experience working in public health emergencies is required. Specific experience is using evidence to inform outbreak and humanitarian response is required. Experience specifically working in cholera, plague and Ebola are essential.
  • Experience working in health research in humanitarian or development programmes is required.
  • Fluency in French and English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Core Competencies

  •  Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (2)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
  • Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

Functional Competencies

  • Analyzing (2)
  • Applying technical expertise (2)
  • Learning and researching (2)
  • Planning and organizing (2)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Qualified women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

This vacancy is now closed.
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