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  • Primary Health Care Specialist (System Strengthening and Financing Systems), P-4, TA Regional Chief of Human Resources, P-5

    Primary Health Care Specialist (System Strengthening and Financing Systems), P-4, TA Regional Chief of Human Resources, P-5

    For every child, efficient Health systems

    Health systems strengthening is one of three overarching approaches of the UNICEF Health Strategy which link UNICEF’s actions to its dual goals of ending preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths and promoting the health and development of all children (the other two are addressing inequities in health outcomes and promoting integrated, multi‐ sectoral policies and programs). These approaches are necessary to increase focus and coherence across health programs and underpin all of UNICEF’s programming and engagement in the health sector. In this strategic context, stronger health systems are necessary to reach the most marginalized children and women, to sustain the progress achieved and to increase the resilience of both delivery systems and communities to absorb and recover from external shocks, including public health emergencies and outbreaks.
    UNICEF’s HSS strategy targets national, sub-national and community levels of the health system with inter- related systems strengthening interventions: 1) national-level: support MoH to develop equity-focused health policies, strategies and plans, 2) district-level: improve management capacity for evidence-based planning and monitoring, 3) community-level: strengthen community platforms and ensure they are well integrated into sub-national health systems. In response to identified bottlenecks to the effective performance of health systems and in line with UNICEF’s areas of expertise, UNICEF also supports MoH to strengthen information systems; procurement and supply chains; social protection and welfare; engagement of the private sector, human resources for health, and quality of care at community and facility-levels.
    Central to UNICEF’s HSS approach is contributing to the social protection system and plan for financing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through primary health case (PHC) costing, development of investment cases, financial and fiscal space analysis and leveraging of resources (e.g., promoting insurance schemes focusing on the most vulnerable and prioritizing primary health care), budgeting and design of financing mechanisms to benefit children and women. Given the focus on a comprehensive and coordinated approach, linkages with social welfare services, early child development and adolescent engagement are also promoted.
    Under the supervision of the UNICEF ESARO HSS Specialist, and in close collaboration with System Strengthening Specialists in Health, HIV, Nutrition and Supply, Social Policy and other relevant sections, and the Sr Immun. Specialist (Health Economics) outposted from HQ, the incumbent will support countries in ESA region of UNICEF in direct guidance and technical oversight on Health Financing (including Primary Health Care costing) and other areas of Primary Health Care System Strengthening Technical Assistance to UNICEF Country Offices in the ESA region. The incumbent will through regional level Health Harmonization for Africa (HHA) HSS partners, including WHO, align and coordinate on technical assistance to countries in follow up actions from the Regional HSS Health Finance Forum in 2023 and to document and disseminate lessons learned from health financing reforms and related advocacy efforts. The incumbent will also work closely with our colleagues in UNICEF WCARO and other regions working on similar PHC strengthening efforts, to align and produce regional level toolkits and public goods.

    How can you make a difference?

    Coordinate and provide technical support to COs for Health Financing

    Oversee regional office technical support to UNICEF Country Offices (COs) for the costing of their PHC packages and advocacy to increase domestic funding for PHC
    Support UNICEF COs to prepare, present and summarize PHC financing findings for advocacy and use at country, regional and global levels.
    Support technically UNICEF COs in the region to develop the relevant economic analyses aligning with their national context, including focus on equity and decentralized financial flows and absorption
    Provide technical guidance on Public Financial Management for Health
    Follow up and provide support to countries in operationalizing action plans that emerged from the Regional Health Finance Forum 2023 for improvement in policies or reforms for increased PHC Financing
    Develop materials and guidance documents for economic analyses for health
    Develop package of guidance, tools, terms of reference for defining and estimating the costs of PHC packages, measuring PHC progress and financing, ensuring alignment with UNICEF and WHO joint global guidance and comparability across countries/regions
    Contribute to cross-country analyses of findings in support of global-level comparisons and documentation of promising practices, including around sustainability of financing for digital health
    Develop generic materials and methodologies to support health financing-related requests from COs (including UHC, investment cases, community health, health insurance, costing, etc.)
    Maintain roster of Health Economists that can provide in country technical assistance, throughout the region
    Disseminate the latest scientific knowledge and country experiences in developing, implementing, and advancing health financing policy for PHC.
    Develop content and organize capacity building webinars and course material targeted to different audiences within UNICEF (senior management, chiefs, health specialists)

    Strengthen health financing partnerships at regional level

    Engage actively with existing mechanisms (such as HHA), regional level UN entities, public and private sector partners, to advance health financing best practices
    Advocate, during strategic discussions with Ministries of Finance and Health and other key decision makers and stakeholders, including UNICEF COs, to influence agenda setting in favor of health and wellbeing of children, women and young people
    Collaborate with WHO, BMGF, World Bank/GFF, USAID and other UN agencies and implementing partners to support country-level technical assistance on public financing: costing, financial and fiscal space analysis, budgeting and design of financing mechanisms to benefit children and women.
    Collaborate with systems strengthening experts in Health, HIV, Supply, Nutrition, ECD and other sections to ensure an optimal integration and alignment of the PHC Health Finance work with other ongoing initiatives.

    Contribute to health systems’ strengthening agenda within UNICEF Regional Office

    Provide technical assistance to countries in the region on PHC integration of services and delivery, including Kenya (BMFG Joint Investment Mechanism Grant). Oversee grant reporting, budgeting, and provide technical oversight from regional office.
    Participate in regular weekly HSS meetings, Health section quarterly reviews, and region wide activities (e.g. country office annual reviews and regional office planning).
    Represent UNICEF ESARO in Health Harmonization for Africa (HHA) HSS partnership meetings and technical working group disucssions.
    Collaborate with systems strengthening experts in Health, HIV, Supply, Nutrition, ECD and other sections to ensure an optimal integration and alignment of the PHC and PHC Health Finance work with other ongoing initiatives.
    Perform other relevant HSS interventions in coordination with the supervisor

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

    An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in health economics or public health with a focus on health economics or health financing, or an advanced degree in economics or financing with a focus on Health Systems Strengthening and/or another related field is required.
    A good knowledge of theoretical and practical modeling is required
    Prior experience developing costing /using costing tools (OneHealth Tool, CHPCT, EQUIST)
    A minimum of 8 (eight) years of experience at the national and international levels in a relevant discipline, such as international public health or global development is required.
    Prior experience working with UNICEF country offices in Africa is required particularly in areas of economic analysis
    Preference will be given to candidates who have:
    Knowledge and experience of health economic analysis, especially cost analysis
    Knowledge of and experience with Public Financial Management in Health
    Knowledge of analyses of global health financing issues and trends
    Strong communication and relationship building skills in both the national community (e.g. local universities, national research institutions) and the global health community, particularly among donors, multilateral partners, and implementers
    Experience with Health Systems Strengthening applications and programs
    Experience in strengthening public health financing and governance
    Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.
    Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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  • Health Officer

    Health Officer

    Key function, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks

    Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

    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

    Support to programme development and planning

    Conduct and update the situation analysis for the development, design and management of health-related programmes. Research and report on development trends (e.g. political social, economic, health) for higher management use to enhance programme management, efficiency and delivery of results.
    Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning through analysis of health needs and areas for intervention and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
    Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme transactions, preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results-based planning (RBM), and monitoring and evaluation of results.
    Prepare required documentations and materials to facilitate the programme review and approval process.

    Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

    Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations, and/or to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and decisions. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
    Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programmes and to report on required action/interventions at the higher level of programme management.
    Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), and verify compliance with approved allocation and goals, organizational rules, regulations, procedures, as well as donor commitments, standards of accountability, and integrity. Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management and stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
    Prepare regular and mandated sectoral programme/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress.

    Technical and operational support to programme implementation

    Conduct regular programme field visits and surveys, and share information with partners and stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
    Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners, and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, and best practices on health-related issues to support programme implementation, operations and delivery of results.

    Networking and partnership building

    Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with health sector government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to enhance programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to deliver concrete and sustainable results.
    Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships/alliances, and support fund raising for health programmes.
    Participate in appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) on health programmes to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of health programmes/projects, and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF’s position and strategies with the UNDAF development and planning process.
    Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.

    Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

    Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.
    Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
    Assist with oversight of research and ensure results are available for use in knowledge products.
    Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients and stakeholders.

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

    A university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, health education, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field.
    A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public health/nutrition planning and management, health policy, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness, Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
    Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
    Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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  • Innovation Specialist, P-3

    Innovation Specialist, P-3

    Digital Transformation and Innovation Strategies

    Provide leadership to development of DX and innovation strategies at RO and CO level; including governance and management, Innovation Portfolio approaches, partnerships and resource mobilization, assessment of gaps, opportunities and scale-up strategy in support of CO priorities.

    Participation in programme and management processes

    Integrate innovation into the programme planning lifecycle. Align with programme priorities (e.g. AWP) and attend planning meetings (PCM) to exercise functional accountabilities.

    Leadership and Quality Assurance

    Oversee development and quality assurance during planning and deployment of innovation initiatives; participate in establishing and maintaining standards, documentation and support mechanisms.

    Manage the Innovation function, and provide technical and programmatic support:

    Business Relationship Management
    Manage Business and Programme Relationship services to define high-level requirements; document and match requirements and guide the design, development and deployment of appropriate Innovative solutions.

    Portfolio Coordination

    Lead deployment of the Innovation portfolio approach to solutions prioritised for UNICEF programming

    Support and assist design of Innovation interventions

    Provide support and technical assistance to the Country Office in the identification, selection, concept design, deployment and sustainability of Innovation interventions to address bottlenecks towards the achievement of programme results.

     Identify and assess new Innovations

    Assist programme sections to identify and assess new initiatives, or new phases of on-going initiatives, with immediate potential to improve UNICEF programming.

    Solution procurement and evaluation

    Assist the review of technical solutions to ensure UNICEF standards are followed; contribute to project management processes, generation and review of terms of reference and vendor selection.

    Deployment advice and support

    Advisory and assistance with implementation strategy, including technical oversight, troubleshooting and the documentation of challenges and resolutions.

    Design thinking

    Support human/user-centred design methods to enable user-acceptance testing, evaluation, documentation and analysis.

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

    Minimum requirements:

    Education : Advanced university degree in International Affairs, International Relations, International Development, Business Management, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Management, or related practical experience
    Work Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in ICT management, business analysis or similar, in a large international organization and/or corporation.
    Experience with Programme, Digital, Product and / or Data Innovations in low bandwidth settings is required.
    Experience identifying, designing, and implementing solutions for large-scale projects with technical components – including supervising external vendors; responsibility for business analysis, budgets, contracts, project management and procurement is required.

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  • HIV/AIDS Specialist, P-3 Nutrition Specialist – Emergency Preparedness, Data Analytics and Advocacy (P-4), PG – Nurition and Child Development

    HIV/AIDS Specialist, P-3 Nutrition Specialist – Emergency Preparedness, Data Analytics and Advocacy (P-4), PG – Nurition and Child Development

    Major Duties and Responsibilities

    Support to programme development, planning, management, monitoring and delivery of results 

    Support the development and management of regional activities under the Global Fund AGYW partnership, particularly the south-to-south learning.  
    Provide guidance and support country offices (COs) to strengthen contributions and performance under the Global Fund AGYW partnership. 
    Coordinate, facilitate and monitor requests for technical assistance under the Global Fund AGYW partnership. 
    Monitor the overall programme and financial implementation of the Global Fund AGYW partnership at regional and country levels, including close out activities 
    Support the development and ensure that all Global Fund AGYW partnership workplans, budgets, reports and other donor and administrative agent requirements are completed and submitted in a timely and high-quality manner.  

    Technical support to programme implementation and quality assurance 

    Provide high quality technical assistance to COs as requested by the 13 Global Fund AGYW focus countries 
    Review and provide technical support to countries on resolving bottlenecks for implementation of Global Fund AGYW partnership through remote support and on-site missions. 
    Participate in programme strategic discussions/planning to provide technical advice/contribute to policy discussions and agenda setting to promote adolescent HIV interventions 
    Review and provide high-quality technical inputs on regional and country documentation, including but not limited to reports, concept notes, guidelines, technical proposals, briefs, human interest stories and other.  

    Knowledge management, advocacy, communication and partnerships 

    Keep abreast of new evidence and programming on HIV prevention for AGYW and effective programming for adolescents living with and at-risk of HIV.  
    Facilitate south to south capacity building initiatives for CO staff, regional and country level counterparts, particularly aiming to strengthen the implementation of the Global Fund AGYW investments. 
    Facilitate the development, exchange and sharing of experiences, lessons learned, promising practices using innovative methods for programme staff and relevant partners. 
    Support the communications of key outcomes from the Global Fund AGYW partnership  
    Participate and/ or represent UNICEF in relevant meetings, working groups and events as requested.  
    Contribute to internal coordination within the HIV section and with other relevant sections to ensure smooth implementation of the adolescent HIV programming in the region in particular on the Global Fund AGYW partnership  
    Organize, conduct and document regular coordination calls with COs and relevant partners on the implementation and close out of the Global Fund partnership 

    Strengthen monitoring and evaluation and enhanced data use  

    Support the HIV section monitoring and evaluation exercises, reviews, and mid-year and annual reviews with regional and national partners to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results. 
    Plan and/or collaborate with internal and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurement to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable results for the assigned sector/s in HIV programmes, especially with relation to the Global Fund AGYW partnership.  
    Support M&E interventions under the Global Fund AGYW partnership; conduct regular monitoring and periodic reviews of the technical assistance provided through to the Global Fund AGYW focus countries on collaboration with CO staff, and regional and country partners. Identify problems and propose remedial action/s and or/ propose alternative courses of action for strengthening the programme implementation.  
    Support the planning and implementation of the end term review of the Global Fund AGYW partnership 

    Key Expected Results

    COs supported in planning, managing, and reporting of adolescent activities, in particular those implemented under the Global Fund AGYW partnership  
    Capacity of CO staff and counterparts including Global Fund AGYW implementers strengthened to implement, manage, share experience, and report on enhanced HIV programming and results for adolescents. 
    High-quality inputs submitted in a timely manner for all required budgets, programmatic and financial reports, proposals and meetings, especially for the Global Fund AGYW partnership and adolescent activities under 2gether 4 SRHR. 
    Technically sound knowledge and experience sharing products developed and disseminated widely. 
    UNICEF’s inputs into regional and global discussions and meetings have been provided in a quality and timely manner. 
    Global Fund AGYW partnership implemented, reported on and closed out in a timely and high-quality manner 

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

    Education:  

    An Advanced University Degree in public health, adolescent health, family planning, health research, global/ international health, health policy and management, epidemiology or other related discipline is required. 

    Experience:

    At least 5 years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in all aspects of public health, adolescent HIV and /or sexual and reproductive health is required. Relevant experience in low-resource settings, knowledge management, programme/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset. Understanding of the Global Fund and associated programme processes will be an added advantage. Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts within ESAR is an added advantage. Developing country work experience is required.

    Language Requirements:

    Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of a second UN and/or local working language of the duty station an asset.

    Deadline: 06 Sep 2023 E. Africa Standard Time

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  • Education Specialist (Sector Coordinator), P3

    Education Specialist (Sector Coordinator), P3

    Scope of Work
    Under the supervision of the Chief Education, the Education Sector Coordinator will perform the following key tasks and responsibilities:

    Strengthen the coordination platforms and mechanism for humanitarian response at county and national level.
    Review, assess and update the education situation in areas affected by emergency (including, but not limited to – the number of girls and boys affected, children with disability and other vulnerable groups, the safety and security of learning environments, the availability of psychosocial and health services, availability of teachers, teaching and learning materials, other relevant information and circumstances affecting children’s access to education).
    Highlight and provide briefing on education issues requiring a response –immediate, medium term and long term and make recommendations on specific UNICEF actions required in its role as sector co-lead Agency and aligned to UNICEF core commitments to children (CCCs).
    Provide technical guidance and direction to education stakeholders including UNICEF for effective planning, implementation and monitoring of agreed education in emergency plans including the linkage with the regular programs in the same areas affected by the emergency and well-being of school age children as well as adolescents (i.e. Out of school children programmes).
    Undertake frequent field visits (as required) in the affected counties to assess the impact of the emergency in schools, join interagency assessment missions and provide technical support to the design and reporting of emergency related missions.
    Collaborate with other sector coordination platforms/ working (sub) groups including child protection, WASH, Nutrition (among others) to ensure generated data on vulnerability and recommended interventions is relevant and targeting the most vulnerable children with the purpose of enhancing an impactful intervention for the wellbeing and education of children and the education sector as a whole.
    Coordinate (to the extent possible) with other education development coordination groups to ensure education issues arising from the climate- induced crises are also captured by the development partners and the national development and county plans as relevant.
    Support field level coordination and reporting of UNICEF education activities in affected areas particularly through Government and NGO partners.
    Advance Climate Change Agenda for education sector in support to MoE and other stakeholders to lead on education climate change integration into regular education programming and possible interventions at national and subnational level.
    Manage utilization of education funds under drought recovery grants, including partnership development, monitoring of implementation and reporting to donors within set deadlines.
    Support UNICEF Chief of Education in resource mobilization on areas related to education resilience

    Reporting and work relationships

    Led by MoE at the national and county levels, work closely with Save the Children and UNICEF Zonal Office Colleagues on undertaking regular coordinating tasks of the education in emergency working group.
    Work closely with other UNICEF Education staff at the county and Zonal Offices, including the Information Management Specialist, to establish/strengthen continuous data generation, analysis and dashboards on the impact of the drought / flood on school age children and the education system and develop relevant strategies for an accurate and predictable response.
    Work in close collaboration with the UNICEF Education Section on preparedness and response to climate-induced emergencies and complete other tasks as assigned by the Chief of Education, and as necessitated by the emergency.

    AWP Areas covered

    Tasks and responsibilities fall under Output 2.3: “Children and adolescents affected by emergencies including refugees and asylum seekers have equitable access to safe and secure, inclusive and quality learning opportunities” under 2 key interventions:
    Strengthen existing coordination mechanisms for Education in Emergencies (EiE) and refugee education at the national and county levels.
    Provision of safe and secure quality education learning environment and access to formal/non-formal education, psychosocial support for children and adolescents affected by humanitarian situations.

    Expected Deliverables
    Financial and partnership management of Drought Emergency Grants

    Develop donor proposals for Education in Emergency programmes jointly with relevant staff members in the zonal offices.
    Manage utilization of education funds under drought emergency grants, including partnership development for implementation.
    Prepare donor reports as per office guidelines and deadlines
    Manage education supplies under climate crises emergency grants, including requesting, and releasing to respective partners and beneficiaries.

    Programme development, planning and reporting

    Develop education inputs of the Humanitarian Appeal for children HAC.
    Contribute to the development, review, and reporting of the EiE programme.
    Provide technical support for the implementation and monitoring of the Education activities in humanitarian situations

    Coordination, Advocacy and Resource Mobilization

    Influence and support both upstream and downstream work for resource mobilization and advocacy for policies that ensure access to education opportunities with enabling environment for achieving quality education and access for disadvantaged and vulnerable children in Kenya.
    Advance Climate Change Agenda for education sector with support to NACONEK and MoE to lead on education climate change interventions at national and subnational level.
    Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results, including increasing access to girls and children with disabilities.
    Increase the support to establish EiE working groups at county level in target counties as first line of preparedness and response.
    Build capacity of county EiE focal contact persons on DRR, EiE coordination, crisis data management and reporting, contextualized drought Emergency Preparedness Response Plans.
    Co-Lead the EiE Working Group and Strategic Advisory Group to ensure access to safe equitable and quality education with enhanced resilience of the education system and communities to deliver timely and effective education response.

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

    Masters or advanced degree in education, social sciences, international development, humanitarian response or any related field.
    Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible relevant experience in the field of education.
    Strong experience in Cluster or education working group coordination in developing countries is required.
    Technical experience and knowledge in the area of education in emergency response specially in climate chock contexts is required, including monitoring and evaluation and partnership coordination.
    Proven experience of high- quality report writing and documentation.
    Resourcefulness, flexibility, and the ability to prioritize large amounts of work while under pressure.
    Good analytical, facilitation, communication and presentation skills.
    Politically and culturally sensitive, awareness of gender issues, with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
    Experience with the UN is a plus.

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  • Operations Officer (Quality Assurance)

    Operations Officer (Quality Assurance)

    How can you make a difference?

    Provide technical input for the effective and efficient management of VISION transactions processing for the office. Accurate and consistent interpretation and application of VISION/business procedures implemented to support the operational work of the office.
    Manage and lead the VISION Hub to ensure that the Hub carries out quality assurance of transactions at an adequate level and in a proactive, client-focused manner. Ensure all transactions are completed within an appropriate timeline, with relevant feedback provided to requesting sections/units. Review work distribution within the Hub to ensure effective functioning and continuously monitor SLAs of the Hub to remain efficient.
    Monitor functional Role Mapping/Table of Authority/Release strategy of KCO and manage APPROVA functions in coordination with sections. Review transaction flow and recommend improvements to SOPs for improved efficiency.
    Facilitate the conduct of HACT, VISION and other corporate tools training for Nairobi and Zonal Offices, Implementing Partners (IP) and Staff. 
    Promote VISION Hub to be a Knowledge Lab for the KCO offices. Identify issues concerning transactions and develop and support training/orientation sessions/clinics to enhance knowledge and use of VISION and its tools.
    Review programme document budgets as part of the technical review team before submission to the Partnership Review Committee.
    Accountable for the preparation of weekly and ad hoc KPI reports as requested by management.

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

    A university degree in one of the following fields is required: finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or financial management.
    Membership – or enrollment for membership – in a recognized professional accountancy body would be an advantage.
    A minimum of one year of work experience focused on transaction processing and office management is required.
    Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage.
    Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
    Fluency in English and knowledge of the local language.

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  • Internship – Nutrition Information and Knowledge Management

    Internship – Nutrition Information and Knowledge Management

    How can you make a difference? 

    Nutrition knowledge and information management is a key priority in the 2022-2026 Kenya country program geared towards ensuring timely, quality evidence to inform the situation of children, women, and adolescents, program performance, and adjustment based on lessons learned. To achieve this, the UNICEF Kenya country office is seeking the support of an intern to assist the nutrition section team in making the best use of available data and knowledge. The intern will support the nutrition section to identify, organize, and disseminate quality and effective products for varied target audiences including donors, government, and other stakeholders.  

    Under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Specialist, the Intern shall perform the following duties:

    Arrange and consolidate information and data from the project staff and relevant national stakeholders for use in communications materials with a particular focus on Nutrition Emergency data.
    Use graphic design skills to design project publications, fact sheets, and leaflets and prepare layouts for documents, reports, and communication materials developed through projects
    Deliver creative non-technical nutrition-related communication materials.
    Contribute to updating reporting schedules, preparing reporting templates, proofreading, and formatting reports.
    Provide logistical support on activities such as the organization and reporting of conferences, events, etc.
    Apply innovative approaches, and digital solutions and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable communications approaches.
    Support the ECD task force secretariat with notetaking, literature, and desk reviews
    Conduct other tasks as assigned

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

    Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years in Social Sciences; Planning, Information Communication Technology, computer science, Monitoring & Evaluation, Biostatistics, Communication, or a related technical field.
    Experience in Public health or Nutrition Sector Data analysis and Research and In-country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.
    Prior experience in the area of reporting and communication is considered an asset.
    Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
    Fluency in English is required. 
    Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
    Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
    Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office; and have no other relatives in the line of authority that the intern will report to.
    Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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  • Nutrition Specialist, National policies for Child Wasting (P-4) PG Nutrition and Child Development Outposted in Nairobi

    Nutrition Specialist, National policies for Child Wasting (P-4) PG Nutrition and Child Development Outposted in Nairobi

    How can you make a difference?

    Support National Guidelines’ revision

    Review existing guidance and lessons learnt on national policies’ revision, including the GNC-TA latest mapping of national policies and summary of lessons learnt on national policies’ updates;
    Develop a mapping of priority countries to support for developing/updating national guidelines on child wasting based on readiness, requests and available funding to support in 12 months period;
    Strengthen and/or create a process to streamline guidelines’ revision based on new evidence and previous lessons learnt, bottlenecks and boosters using experience from UN agencies, partners and national level stakeholders to further increase efficiency and ensure sustainability of good national level recommendations.
    In close collaboration with WHO, provide remote and in-person support to countries ready to develop/update their national guidelines and protocols based on WHO latest evidence-based recommendations;
    Provide remote and/ in country support/lead national level coordination groups for guidelines’ development, ensuring a wide representation of key agencies, experts, researchers and policy-makers and agree on a common workplan and framework for guidelines’ development;
    Travel to key sites and programming as needed to better understand national level implementation and priorities
    Work with nutrition specialists at UNICEF HQ level to ensure latest evidence based recommendations are incorporated and translated into practical considerations. Close collaboration with the UNICEF-WHO Technical Advisory Group co-chairs will be required.
    Provide support/lead processes as per agreed workplan until completion of the task

    Coordinate a pool of experts for the update of national policies

    In close collaboration with WHO, support the coordination of a group of  expert consultants’ for the revision of future national guidelines based on lessons learnt from country supported in the coming  12 months
    Develop key guidance and tools for guidelines ‘revision process in collaboration with the expert consultants’ group
    Ensure key feedback and comments from guidelines’ review process are taken into account by the expert consultants’ group key guidance and tools

    Document and share lessons on guidelines’ revision process:

    Enhance cross-country learning and document key lessons learnt from national policies’ revision process
    Contribute to the generation and documentation of best practices and processes resulting from the national-level process of guidelines’ revision, e.g. development of toolkit of resources (slide deck for training, training material, sample versions of national guidelines etc.)
    Present key learnings and process for updating national policies to relevant working groups (Wasting GTWG, TAG, etc.). 

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

    An advanced university degree (Master’s degree) in public health, international development or social sciences or related field is required.
    A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional experience progressively responsible professional work related to public health nutrition, public health, humanitarian assistance and development, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, or other health related social science field is required.
    Prior experience in the development of guidelines on child wasting at national level
    Direct, practical experience in the design and implementation of nutrition interventions at national, regional and/or global level with specific expertise in child wasting.
    Prior experience in nutrition program/project development and management in any UN system agency or civil society organization is highly desirable.
    Demonstrated analytical and persuasive writing skills experience as well as editing skills, including ability to convey complex information in a clear manner to a diverse audience.
    Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Proficiency in French and another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is a strong asset.

    Deadline: 03 Sep 2023 E. Africa Standard Time

    Apply via :

    jobs.unicef.org

  • Partnerships Specialist (Public Sector), P-3

    Partnerships Specialist (Public Sector), P-3

    How can you make a difference?

    The successful candidate will report to and work closely with the Senior Advisor – Public & Private Partnerships. The purpose of the job is to deepen regional collaboration with key public sector stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence. S/He may also serve as a focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic areas of strategic relevance for partnership development. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.

    The successful individual will be responsible for the following key accountabilities:

    Seeks and promotes new partnerships and resource mobilization, working with UNICEF colleagues to identify partnerships and resource mobilization needs and broker resource mobilization agreements to meet those needs.  Receives and screens inquiries from potential collaborators and facilitates communication with appropriate UNICEF staff. Provides strategic logistical and programmatic support to senior management and other UNICEF staff in corporate engagement and interaction with assigned partners.
    Develops and maintains deep knowledge and familiarity with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, including  IFIs and other relevant regional bodies, contributing to a database of key contacts and to UNICEF’s base on knowledge on partnership and resource mobilization.  Expands UNICEF’s network of key interlocutors to build stronger relationships between UNICEF and governments, other key-decision makers, regional development institutions, foundations, the private sector, international financial institutions and/or relevant constituencies.
    Develops and implements annual partnership engagement and resource mobilization plans.
    Act as a focal point for identification and pursuit of opportunities for outreach, engagement, policy influence and collaboration, including on how to anticipate and respond to partners’ concerns and priorities, ensure that UNICEF’s interests, perspectives, and knowledge are taken into account in relevant policy and institutional processes, and  ensure that they are fully aware of UNICEF’s perspective, policies, priorities and capabilities.  Contribute to the development and management of initiatives for  high level outreach, including for UNICEF’s Senior Management.
    Contributes to the development of new partnership and resource mobilization practices, including with IFIs and other regional bodies, and approaches by formulation recommendations for action based on on-going monitoring, analyzing current trends within designated partners and formulation recommendations for strategy approached and message development.
    Contributes to strategies for engagement and the development of communications products to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and influence with existing and prospective partners and key stakeholders by providing analysis of the current environment and trends and formulating recommendations for strategy approaches and message development.  Works closely with UNICEF’s colleagues to ensure that policy advocacy and outreach is strongly grounded in the experience and insights of the programmes that UNICEF’s supports.  Contributes written in puts for communications instruments that best inform and influence decision makers.
    Performs other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure the success of the team including guiding, training, and coaching short- term staff, including interns and consultants , as needed.

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

    An advanced university degree in international development, public affairs, international relations, political Science or other related field.
    At lease five years of progressively responsible professional experience in external relations, liaison and/or any resource mobilization related activities, preferable in an international organization is required. Experience in Africa a plus.
    Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
    Fluency in English is required with knowledge of another UN language considered as an asset.

    Apply via :

    jobs.unicef.org

  • Chief , WASH (P-5)

    Chief , WASH (P-5)

    How can you make a difference?

    The Chief WASH reports to the Deputy Representative Programme for general guidance and direction. The Chief is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the WASH programme from strategic planning and formulation to the delivery of the WASH and climate resilience outcome and output results.  The Chief is also responsible for leading and managing the CO WASH team.  The Chief WASH is accountable for ensuring that the WASH outcome and output results are achieved according to plans, allocations, results based-management approaches and methodology, UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, standards of performance and accountability framework.
    Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

    Managerial leadership
    Programme development and planning
    Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
    Advisory services and technical support
    Advocacy, networking and partnership building
    Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
    Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
    Managerial leadership

    Establish the annual work plan, determining priorities and performance measurements. Monitor workplan implementation, to ensure that WASH output results are achieved to schedule and performance standards.  Report critical issues to the Deputy and Representative for timely action.
    Establish the annual workplan outputs, activities and developmental priorities of the WASH section staff.  Provide timely guidance to enable the WASH section staff to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently.
    Manage WASH team building and motivation.  Signal potential conflicts and take preventive action, in coordination with Human Resources staff. 

    Programme development and planning

    Oversee the preparation of the WASH inputs for the situation analysis.  Ensure that comprehensive and current data is used to inform WASH and climate-related policy and programme development, planning, management and implementation. Keep abreast of global, regional and national WASH and climate change developments, for maximum efficiency and effectiveness in WASH programme design, management and implementation.
    Collaborate with colleagues and partners to discuss national WASH and climate change priorities, resources, strategies and methodologies to ensure the most strategic use of the collective resources of external support agencies.
    Lead the development of the WASH and Climate resilience outcome and output results of the country programme (or CCPD) along with related background, strategic analysis and delivery strategies, ensuring alignment with the UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, UNICEF’s global WASH strategy and the country programme as well as government plans and priorities, and the role of other WASH external support agencies.  Lead the development of output-related indicators, baselines, targets and means of verification.  Lead the development of the WASH content of the CPAP. 
    Develop and manage a fund-raising strategy for WASH, aligned with the WASH and climate-related output results in the country programme, and lead interactions with senior staff of donor agencies.

    Programme management, monitoring and quality control of results

    Prepare documentation for programme reviews and analytical statements on progress and constraints of WASH outcome and output results.
    Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes for the achievement of the WASH output results.  Ensure effective collaboration with other UNICEF sectors, where needed.
    With other external support agencies, analyze national government WASH sector programmes and projects, with a focus on WASH outcomes (behaviors), using bottleneck analysis tools available in the sector (WASH-BAT, CSOs, SDAs). 
    Manage monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme and its components, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other partners and prepare reports for CO management and WASH sector coordination bodies.
    Monitor, report and certify the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity.
    Ensure timely donor reporting, negotiate any changes required to agreements with donor in a timely manner.  Ensure systems are in place for HACT compliance. 

    Advisory services and technical support

    Participate in strategic discussions to influence national WASH and climate-related policies and strategies, including the reduction of inequalities, contributing to global sector learning.
    Advise senior officials in government, NGOs, UN agencies and WASH sector donors on WASH and climate-related policies, strategies and best practices.
    Lead the preparation of policy papers, reports, briefing notes and other strategic materials for use by management, donors, UNICEF regional offices and headquarters.
    Coordinate the use of technical experts from the Regional Office and HQ, as and where appropriate in the WASH programme, through remote support and on-site visits. 

    Advocacy, networking and partnership building

    Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with government counterparts, UN agencies, donor agencies, WASH institutions, NGOs, research institutes and the private sector to stimulate coordination and collaboration.
    Oversee the analysis of national budgets for WASH, cost analysis and value-for-money studies, to advocate for improvements in sector efficiency. 
    Produce materials for WASH programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and support fund-raising.
    Represent UNICEF in inter-agency discussions, ensuring that UNICEF’s position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in planning and agenda setting.
    Interact with global and regional initiatives and partnerships for WASH. 

    Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response

    Ensure the annual preparation/revision of UNICEF’s preparedness for WASH in emergencies. 
    Ensure the coordination arrangements for humanitarian WASH are in place, for instant robust coordination in case of an emergency. 
    Ensure that all UNICEF WASH staff are familiar with UNICEF’s procedures for responding in an emergency.
    In case of an emergency, ensure that UNICEF meets its commitments for WASH in the response and early recovery. 
    Support government to strengthen WASH emergency preparedness and response. 

    Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

    Organize and lead the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH action research and innovation (technical or systems), ensuring rigorous monitoring and wide sharing of results.
    Determine priorities for learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall WASH sector development.
    Systematically plan, support and monitor the professional development of UNICEF WASH staff, to ensure our sector capacity remains up-to-date with latest developments.
    Organize the systematic assessment of WASH sector capacity gap analysis, in collaboration with government and other stakeholders, and support the design of initiatives to strengthen capacities systematically.

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

    An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering or another relevant technical field.
    A minimum of ten years of relevant professional experience in WASH and climate-related programmes for developing countries is required. At least one year of work in humanitarian situations, including one three-month mission deployment is required (with UN-Govt-INGO).
    Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset
    Proven ability to effectively lead a team to deliver results is required.
    Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

    Apply via :

    jobs.unicef.org