UN Programme Specialist – CSD Coordination Job Careers – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Job Title: Programme Specialist – CSD Coordination
Organization: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Health Specialist, Health Systems Strengthening
About US:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
Job Summary: The Programme Specialist – CSD Coordination will support the Child Survival and Development section with the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Reproductive, Maternal Newborn, Child and Adolescence Health (RMNCH), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), HIV/AIDS, and Nutrition activities in the central zone districts. the purpose of the job is to ensure that Uganda Country Office (UCO) investments in the region are in line with the district-led systems strengthening approach developed by UCO; that activities are well coordinated and coherent, based on use of evidence and support cross-sectoral programming in the focus districts.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
District Planning and Budgeting with focus on concerned CSD sectors
- Work in close consultation with the RMNCAH, WASH, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Output managers, identify intervention priorities in the focus districts of Central Zone through the implementation of a Bottleneck and Causality Analysis to determine both medium term and annual operational priorities. Based on these priorities, develop resource envelopes based on UCO available resources and integrate these resources within the district budgets, while supporting the districts and UCO to identify resource gaps for resource mobilization.
- Support the development of results based district plans (linked to the national budget cycle) that include results, indicators, targets, baselines and means of verification through a consultative process with all key stakeholders active in the health sector at the district level.
- Support the coordination and organization of regular and inclusive reviews (Quarterly) of progress against planned results to address key bottlenecks, challenges and opportunities at the district level with the ultimate aim of accelerating achievement of results.
Risk-Informed Programming and Humanitarian-Development Nexus:
- In line with the multi-hazard risk analysis conducted by the Office of the Prime Minister, support districts conduct a risk analysis for likely health emergencies, and as relevant develop contingency plans with response scenarios and projected resources for response.
- Promote and adopt standardized methods, tools and formats for common use in health needs assessments in emergencies to ensure predictable action with a common strategy.
District Coordination
- Support the district in ensuring that an up to date mapping of actors (with contacts details) active in the health, water and nutrition sector in the district is available
- Support the district in conducting regular inclusive health sector coordination meetings that address joint planning, monitoring, performance tracking and identifying challenges, opportunities and bottlenecks with the aim of avoiding duplication and ensuring synergies between and among different actors in the health and nutrition sector.
Evidence Based Decision Making
- Strengthen districts’ use of existing health and nutrition information data for decision making while strengthening the generation and quality of such data.
- Promote the use of available administrative data, population data (UBOS), as well as relevant studies, surveys, analysis conducted by the Government, by UNICEF and other development partners.
- Support districts in generating new evidence where necessary (where gaps exist).
Programme Implementation
- Be the focal point for all health and nutrition Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) requests from the districts; following up on the quality of submissions as well as monitoring the use of resources and financial management processes.
- Conduct field monitoring of programmes implemented in the health and nutrition sector and compile and file as appropriate a programmame monitoring report(s) based on the different HACT threshholds.
Cross-sectoral programming
- Ensure frequent communication and close coordination of district level activities with the Field Coordination office and cross-sectoral focal points (ECD, Adolescents, gender) in the office.
- Support the health, water, nutrition-concerned sectors at the district level to promote and support the cross-sectoral aspects of adolescent, gender and early childhoold development, as well as Communication for Development.
- In liaison with the Field Operations Office, build the capacity of the focus districts to adequately plan and implement UNICEF funded activities by ensuring that all focus district personnel implementing UNICEF projects are oriented on the Harmonized Cash Transfer modalities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF Programme Specialist – CSD Coordination job opportunity should hold an advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields: Public Health, Medicine, Social Sciences, Public Administration and Health Service Management.
- Seven years of progressively responsible professional work experience in programme management.
- At least five years of relevant professional work experience within the Uganda health and nutrition context in applying the District Health Systems Strengthening.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
- UNICEF’s Core Values: Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
- Competencies: Leading and Supervising, Formulating Strategies and Concepts, Analyzing, Relating and Networking, Persuading and Influencing and Creating and Innovating
NB: The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (Application, interview meeting, processing, or training). The United Nations does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates desiring to serve the United Nations in the aforementioned capacity should express their interest by visiting the UN recruitment website and clicking Apply Now.
Deadline: 22nd April 2019
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