Health Officer (Wellbeing)

The Health Officer (Wellbeing) will advance the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents through schools as a platform for integrated service delivery and health promotion. The role focuses on adolescent health outcomes including mental health, social and emotional learning, physical activity, nutrition, and school health services, supporting safe and inclusive learning environments and cross-sector collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support to programme development and planning.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
• Networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Public Health, nutrition, psychology, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field and any other related fields.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in Health, public health, nutrition planning, nutrition management, primary health care, mental health, adolescent health, or related field.
• Experience in Education Sector engagement, Adolescent wellbeing programming, School Health programming, Partnership building, Evidence-Based programme design, and Cross-sectoral coordination.
• Proficiency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is desirable.
• Experience working on mental health and psychosocial support, especially with adolescents or young people, is a strong asset.
• Experience working in the Education system is a strong asset.
• Experience working on school health and nutrition programmes is an asset.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Experience supporting social and emotional learning is desirable.
• Experience working in climate-resilience programming is added advantage.
• Experience supporting capacity building and facilitating is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or international organization is as an asset.
• Experience working across sectors.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Public Health
• Nutrition Planning
• Nutrition Management
• Primary Health Care
• Mental Health
• Adolescent Health
• Health Research
• Health Policy
• Health Education Programs
• Epidemiology
• Education Sector Engagement
• Adolescent Wellbeing Programming
• School Health Programming
• Partnership Building
• Evidence-based Program Development
• Inter-sectoral Coordination
• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
• Social-Emotional Learning
• Capacity Building
• Health Promotion

Languages

English