(International, P4)
Support
UNICEF’s response in Health as part of the overall health cluster/sector
coordination mechanism. Represent UNICEF in the Health and other cluster/sector
coordination meetings.
Contribute
to UNICEF’s and the health cluster/sector response strategy, work planning and
contingency planning proc
esses with other sectors to ensure cross sectoral
response programming. Coordinate more broadly in the health sector and
emergency response among the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders at both
the national and district levels.
Participate
in rapid needs assessments for the Health sector.
Assess
the capacity and knowledge needs of health workers on “health in emergencies”
and develop a training plan to address the gaps.
Provide
technical support to UNICEF and partners including contributing to the
development of or sharing relevant standards, protocols, guidelines and
training materials for Health in emergencies.
Conduct
joint field visits and evaluations with relevant health sector/cluster
partners.
Participate
in the development of behaviour change communication materials for C4D and
other relevant sectors.
Identify
interventions and actions for UNICEF in response to specific emergencies,
develop work plans and coordinate implementation.
Manage
UNICEF’s relations with its partners, facilitating administrative actions such
as renewing partner contracts, PCAs, and managing program finances.
Oversee
project supply chain in coordination with UNICEF operations staff to provide
essential drugs and materials to government and NGO partners.
Support
the collection, availability and use of up-to-date high quality health and
nutrition information to support evidence-based advocacy, planning, reporting
and budgeting efforts in both the humanitarian and development programs.
Monitor
the coverage of key health interventions among the beneficiary population and
share information for internal communication and external coordination.
Support
UNICEF information products related to the response including situation
reports.
In
close consultation with the M&E team, contribute to the office M&E
mechanism, including performing results tracking.
Assess
disease surveillance progress and gaps
Build
the capacity of the Ministry of Health in ensuring that critical existing and
emerging diseases, such as Zika, Ebola, cholera, yellow fever, etc., can be
identified, tracked and addressed.
Help
draft funding appeals, donor reports and project proposals related to the
response.
Qualified candidates
are requested to submit:-
A cover letter,
performance evaluation report (if applicable), CV and Personal History Form
(P-11 form) to be downloaded from the website http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_53129.html),
a financial proposal (including all eligible fees, transportations and DSA for
desktop research, data collection, and fieldwork, communication, presentation
costs) on or before 23
October 2016 via e-mail address: hrmalawi@unicef.org
The detailed Terms of Reference is available from the UNICEF Malawi website: http://www.unicef.org/malawi/
