Health Officer (Wellbeing)
Organizational Context
UNICEF works in over 190 countries to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential. Promoting the rights of every child is a calling. The Maldives and Sri Lanka Country Offices are transitioning into a Multi-Country Office (MCO) structure by January 2027, aiming for strengthened technical capacity and sustained national presence to enhance strategic engagement and systems for children.
Job Purpose
The Health Officer will play a crucial role in advancing the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents in Maldives, specifically by leveraging schools as a vital platform for integrated service delivery and comprehensive health promotion. This position is dedicated to improving adolescent health outcomes across multiple dimensions, including mental health and overall wellbeing, fostering social and emotional learning, promoting physical activity and sport, ensuring proper nutrition, and enhancing school health services. The officer will actively support efforts to establish and maintain safe, inclusive, climate-resilient, and health-promoting learning environments. A key aspect involves strengthening collaborative efforts between the education and health sectors to achieve better, more integrated results for children and young people. Furthermore, the role provides essential technical, operational, and administrative support throughout the entire programme cycle, encompassing planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, all contributing to the effective execution of UNICEF Maldives’ Health and Wellbeing of Learners agenda, with a particular focus on adolescent health.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision and guidance of the Education Specialist, the Health Officer will contribute significantly to the effective implementation of UNICEF Maldives’ Health and Wellbeing of Learners agenda. Key responsibilities include providing comprehensive support to programme development and planning, ensuring strategic alignment and effective resource allocation for health initiatives. The officer will be deeply involved in programme management, monitoring, and the delivery of tangible results, with a specific focus on improving adolescent health outcomes. This encompasses developing and supporting initiatives related to mental health and overall wellbeing, fostering social and emotional learning (SEL), promoting physical education and sport for development (S4D), and enhancing school health services. Furthermore, the role involves advocating for and implementing programmes that promote sound nutrition and healthy lifestyles among children and adolescents, and fostering the development of safe, inclusive, and climate-resilient learning environments. The officer will also provide crucial technical, operational, and administrative support across all phases of programme implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, ensuring that interventions are impactful, data-driven, and aligned with UNICEF’s overarching goals for children and young people in Maldives.
Work Experience
Information not available.
Skills
Programme Management, Programme Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, Reporting, Technical Support, Adolescent Health, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Nutrition Promotion, School Health Services, Inter-sectoral Collaboration, Climate Resilience (in learning environments)