Health Officer (Polio), NO-2, #138144, TA (364 days), Kano- Nigeria, WCAR

Organizational Context

UNICEF works in over 190 countries to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential from early childhood through adolescence. We are committed, passionate, and proud of our work, promoting the rights of every child as a calling. UNICEF offers diverse opportunities for professional and personal development, serving children and communities globally.

Job Purpose

You report to the Health Manager for supervision. You provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the Health Programme within the Country Programme, from development planning to delivery of results, by preparing, executing, managing, and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, and evaluating and reporting of results.

Responsibilities

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.

Work Experience

A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public health/nutrition planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness.

Skills

Health and immunization programme management, Result based planning of immunization strengthening, Zero dose reduction and other maternal and child health programmes, Planning and operationalization of polio eradication programme, Monitoring disease outbreak and planning and operationalizing response, Partnership management

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