Health and Nutrition Officer, NO-A, TA, #127462, Qamishli, Syria, MENA Region

• Country: Qamishli, Syria
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNICEF
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-02-04

How can you make a difference?

Following the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in all governorates, and after the occurrence of outbreaks in the different governorates, UNICEF is scaling up operations to support the most vulnerable women and children there. IDPs are moving from one governorate to another according to the security situations. UNICEF is planning to scale-up its support to the different Syrian governorates as part of its emergency response assistance which includes health and nutrition, water and sanitation, education, child protection, and non-food items.

Purpose of the Job

You will provide professional technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of programme/project activities, including data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking and capacity building, in support of achievement of planned objectives of the work plan, aligned with Health & Nutrition programme goals and strategy.

Key End-Results

1. Accurate information, data analysis, and documentation are timely made available to support situation analysis, sectoral input and reporting.

2. Technical assistance are provided to the development and implementation of integrated Health & Nutrition strategies and approaches through participation and collaboration with internal and external partners.

3.  Work plan and objectives are effectively established, and planned results are timely delivered through technical support and coordination in consultation with all relevant partners.

4. Project efficiency and effectiveness are enhanced through effective implementation follow-up.

5. Project implementation progress is monitored for adjustment and improvement of program delivery and sustainability. Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs provided relevant to the Health & Nutrition programme.

6. Transparency is ensured for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for Health & Nutrition.

7. Effective partnership and working relationships are maintained for advocacy, technical coordination, information sharing and knowledge networking.

8. Up-to-date programme information is kept available, and reports prepared and shared with relevant stakeholders as required to support the Health & Nutrition programme by the effective implementation of integrated monitoring system.

9. Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses with effective coordination are provided and in line with the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action, partnerships with the Health and Nutrition humanitarian actors strengthened within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC).

10. Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished.

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

Education:

• University degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Child Development, Social Development, Community Development, Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, or other relevant disciplines.

Experience:

• One year of professional work experience in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of health and/or nutrition programmes.
• Professional work experience in a programme management function or a technical expert capacity in child survival & health care is required.
• Developing country field work experience is required.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency is an asset.
• Experience in administration, monitoring, planning, evaluating and/ or implementing health and/or nutrition interventions in NES (Northeast Syria) will be an asset.
• Experience in data analysis and/ or reporting women and children situation in NES (Northeast Syria) will also be an asset.
• Experience working with the UN or humanitarian organizations will be an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

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