Health Specialist - Adolescent Health

Key areas of responsibility

• Equitable Access
• Programme Management & Results Monitoring
• Strategic Partnerships, Resource Mobilization and Grant Management
• Global Advocacy, Knowledge Leadership and Cross-Sectoral Collaboration
• Capacity Development & Institutional Strengthening
• Quality Improvement at Scale
• Policy Reform & Systems Transformation
• Evidence, Data & Knowledge for Action

Minimum requirements:

• An advanced university degree in public health, global health, adolescent health, health systems and services, epidemiology, health policy and management, medicine
• A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional experience in adolescent health, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH), health systems strengthening, primary health care, public health, or related fields is required.

Skills

• Knowledge of English language at a Proficient level is required.
• Communication skills for advocacy, technical writing, and presentation
• Strong partnership-building and coordination skills across sectors and institutions
• Strategic thinking
• Ability to develop and operationalize frameworks and guidance

Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language.

Demonstrated experience in the design, implementation, management and monitoring of adolescent health programmes, including one or more of the following areas:

• Sexual and reproductive health
• Mental health and psychosocial support
• School health
• Communicable/non-communicable diseases
• Substance use prevention
• Proven experience providing technical and strategic support to governments, UN agencies, development partners and country programmes, including policy development, programme planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and knowledge generation.
• Demonstrated experience supporting health systems strengthening and service delivery across primary health care, school, community and digital platforms.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-country grants, programme budgets and donor-funded initiatives, including strategic planning, resource allocation, financial oversight, performance monitoring, donor reporting and partnership management.
• Experience supervising professional staff, consultants and/or multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience supporting programmes in low- and middle-income countries, including humanitarian and fragile settings.

UNICEF competencies required for this post:

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others
• Nurtures, leads and manages people