Health & Nutrition Officer, NO2, Temporary Appointment, Sittwe, Myanmar, # 137259 (364 days, extendable, open to Myanmar nationals only)

Organizational Context

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential. We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. We offer diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.

Job Purpose

The Health & Nutrition Officer provides professional technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of activities. This includes data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking, and capacity building, all aligned with Health & Nutrition programme goals and strategy. The role is crucial for ensuring the timely availability of accurate information and data analysis to contribute to situation analysis, sectoral input, and reporting. The officer will provide technical assistance in implementing integrated Health & Nutrition approaches through collaboration with internal and external partners, ensuring work plans and objectives are effectively implemented and planned results are delivered. The position aims to enhance project efficiency and effectiveness through follow-up and monitoring for program delivery and sustainability, while ensuring gender/sex disaggregated data is provided and transparency is maintained for supply and non-supply assistance.

Responsibilities

The Health & Nutrition Officer is responsible for ensuring accurate information, data analysis, and documentation are timely made available to contribute to situation analysis, sectoral input, and reporting. They will provide technical assistance in the implementation of integrated Health & Nutrition approaches through participation and collaboration with internal and external partners. The officer will ensure work plans and objectives are effectively implemented and planned results are timely delivered through technical support and coordination. Enhancing project efficiency and effectiveness through effective implementation follow-up is a key responsibility. Monitoring project implementation progress for adjustment and improvement of program delivery and sustainability is also required. The role involves providing gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the Health & Nutrition programme. Ensuring transparency for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for Health & Nutrition is critical. Maintaining effective partnership and working relationships for advocacy, technical coordination, information sharing, and knowledge networking is essential. Keeping up-to-date programme information available and preparing reports to support the Health & Nutrition programme through the effective implementation of an integrated monitoring system is a core duty. Maintaining emergency preparedness and effectively providing emergency responses in emergencies are also part of the responsibilities, along with accomplishing other assigned duties.

Work Experience

Minimum of 2 years of professional work experience in planning, programme, monitoring and evaluation, health care, or programme management. Professional work experience in a programme management function or a technical expert capacity in child survival & health care is required.

Skills

Good communicator, Writes quality reports, Result oriented, Advocates for children, Transparent, Ethical, Inclusive, Gender responsive, Able to work in a multi-sectoral team, Data analysis, Programme planning, Monitoring and evaluation

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