Chief Health

As the Chief Health, you will manage and lead all stages of health programmes/projects including gender, maternal, neonatal, child survival, and emergency preparedness from strategic planning to delivery of results. You will lead the health team to achieve sustainable results aligned with UNICEF's Strategic Plans and accountability framework.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead all stages of health programmes/projects including gender, maternal, neonatal, child survival, and emergency preparedness.
• Lead and manage the health team including establishing plans of action to achieve concrete and sustainable results.
• Ensure programme delivery according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
• Provide advisory services and technical support.
• Engage in advocacy, networking and partnership building.
• Promote innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• A medical or advanced university degree in public health, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of ten years of professional experience at the international level in public health planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.
• Strong analytical thinking skills.
• Confidence to take decisive action.
• Ability to persuasively influence others.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Public Health Planning
• Maternal Health Care
• Neonatal Health Care
• Health Emergency Preparedness
• Health Programme Management
• Health Policy
• Health Research
• Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Health Education Programs
• Global Health
• International Health
• Strategic Planning
• Program Delivery
• Gender Health Programs
• Child Survival Programs
• Health Team Leadership
• Decisive Action
• Analytical Thinking

Languages

English