Health Specialist

UNICEF is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Health Specialist to support the Maternal Newborn and Child Health programme in the Middle East and North Africa region.

• Provide technical guidance and management support to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results.
• Support the development, design, and management of the Middle East and North Africa maternal, newborn, and child health programme.
• Participate in strategic programme discussions on the planning of the regional maternal, newborn, and child health programme.
• Contribute to the development/establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and implementation plans.
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss strategies and methodologies.
• Ensure the maternal, newborn, and child health regional programme priorities, implementation modality are aligned with UNICEF's internal procedures and policies.
• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes.
• Support regional emergency preparedness initiatives for programme development, contingency planning, and/or to respond to emergencies.
• Prepare communication and information materials for regional office programme advocacy.
• Participate and/or represent UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency discussions and planning.
• Contribute to identifying, capturing, synthesizing, and sharing lessons learned, experiences, and case studies.
• Support country offices on innovative approaches and good practices.

• Advanced university degree in public health/nutrition, 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.
• Minimum of five years of professional experience in maternal, neonatal, and child health care, including expertise in health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is considered an asset.

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability and Sustainability

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others