Health Specialist (Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery) at the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Health Specialist (Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery)

Job No: 552688
Location: Abuja
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Level: P4
Categories: Health

For Every Child, Good Health

• In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a complex humanitarian and development setting to fulfill and protect children's rights in partnership with the government, civil society, children, and families. 

How Can you Make a Difference? 

• The incumbent is accountable for professional leadership, technical support, and innovation in the development, planning, implementation, delivery, monitoring, evaluation, and oversight management of the covid-19 vaccine deployment efforts of the UNICEF Nigeria Country Office, with a health system strengthening approach, and ensuring its coherence with the overall Covid-19 preparedness and response efforts of the UNICEF Nigeria Country office.

You can make a difference through:

• National strategies to scale-up Covid-19 vaccination (SCALES 2.0 and successive) are updated, scientifically sound, and efficient to deliver results at scale.
• Quality contributions are made to the development and implementation of the immunization and Covid-19 vaccine deployment strategies and approaches through participation and collaboration and coordination with internal and external partnerships, ensuring the integration of services.
• Harmonized work plans to scale-up Covid-19 vaccination, and integrated micro plans are reviewed, and implemented as per the chronogram, with support from partners and stakeholders.  
• A clear strategy to integrate Covid-19 vaccination is outlined and investments are addressed to strengthen Primary Health Care and routine immunization services, including social behavior change approaches use of innovation, and youth engagement.
• Partners are engaged in Covid-19 vaccination, including CoVDP (COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership) partners, and in-country stakeholders, including Civil Society Organizations, NGOs, and the private sector.

To Qualify as an Advocate for Every Child you will Have

• Advanced Degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Medicine, Public Health, Global / International Health, Health Policy and Management, Family Health, Socio-Medical Sciences, Epidemiology or other fields relevant to Public Health
• Eight years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in the development, planning, programming, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and managing of public health programs (public health emergencies, disease control, health system strengthening, and/or immunization).
• Professional work experience in a managerial position, or a technical expert position in public health (case management, communicable and non-communicable diseases, health system strengthening, Primary Health Care, public health emergencies, or similar)
• Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO)
• Background/familiarity with Emergency.
• Experience of working in Covid-19 vaccine deployment at national levels will be desirable.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpins everything we do and how we do it.

UNICEF Competencies Required for this post are::

• Nurtures, Leads, and Manages People (2)
• 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).

Application Closing Date
16th September, 2022 (W. Central Africa Standard Time).