Vacancy Announcement

**Job no**: 567478

**Contract type**: Temporary Appointment

**Level**: NO-2

**Location**: India

**Categories**: Health

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The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens addressing inequity not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. Therefore, the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

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**Purpose for the job**:
The Health Officer reports to the Health Specialist for supervision. The Health Officer provides 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.

**Key functions, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks**:
**Support to programme development and planning**
- Conduct and update the situation analysis for the development, design, and management of health-related programs in the States of Meghalaya and Manipur. Research and report on development trends (e.g., political social, economic, health) for higher management use to enhance program management, efficiency, and delivery of results.
- Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral program goals, objectives, strategies and results-based planning through analysis of health needs and areas for intervention and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
- Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical program transactions, preparing materials/documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support program planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating results.
- Prepare required documentations and materials to facilitate the program review and approval process.

**Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results**
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues (SBC, WASH, SPSP, Education, DRR) and partners (FBOs, CBOs, Educational Institutions Government)
- to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and decisions. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programs and to report on require action/interventions at the higher level of program management.
- Monitor and report on the use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative, and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation and goals, organizational rules, regulations, procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management and stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
- Prepare regular and mandated sectoral programme/ project reports for management, do