Job Opportunities at UNICEF

• As the Immunization Specialist, you will hold a key coordination role, overseeing UNICEF’s vaccine-related programmatic activities. You will work across various UNICEF immunization teams to activate and coordinate expertise and resources during outbreak responses, while also liaising with XVAX-Network partners to ensure a cohesive and effective approach..

In addition, your responsibilities include: 

• At UNICEF, we are seeking dynamic candidates to coordinate and engage on XVAX-Network related work with external immunization stakeholders and other UNICEF HQ teams. This role involves the development of specific components of the pandemic response Playbook, focusing on identifying critical interventions required from day zero. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping our pandemic preparedness and response strategies.
• Additionally, this position emphasizes knowledge management, capacity building, and innovation. You will have the opportunity to advocate, network, and build partnerships with key partners in the XVAX-Network. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about making a difference in global health and immunization, and who thrive in collaborative, fast-paced environments. Join us in our mission to safeguard children's health worldwide.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education:

• A medical or advanced university degree in public health, health research, global / international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or another relevant technical field or another relevant technical field is required. 

Work Experience:

• A minimum of eight years of professional experience in public health planning and management, immunization, or health emergency and humanitarian preparedness and response, at either the national or international level is required.

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Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical support to UNICEF ESARO and COs to scale up efforts to address GBViE
• Work with the UNICEF sectors, clusters and inter-agency partners to ensure GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response is adequately integrated across sectors and actions to reduce risks of GBV
• Strengthen knowledge management and policy development on GBViE for ESARO and COs.
• Improve coordination of UNICEF GBViE interventions internally and at the inter-agency level.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced (Master's level) degree in psychology, social work, human rights and public health or other related degree, or equivalent programming experience.
• Work Experience: At least eight (8) years of relevant work experience in GBViE prevention and response in humanitarian settings (with UN agencies and/or NGOs).
• Strong understanding of GBV case management system, GBV programming approaches, practices and applications i.e. on Adolescent Girl Programming, GBViE Minimum Standards, GBVIMS, IASC GBV guidelines.
• Demonstrated skills in planning and facilitating workshops and other capacity-building modalities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to liaise with people successfully and effectively in a wide range of functions in a multi-cultural environment.
• Experience of coordinating regional multi-year donor projects across countries.
• Strong planning, project management and budget skills required.
• Ability to work independently and productively, with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible work attitude: the ability to work productively in a team environment and independently, and to handle requests or issues as they arise.
• Ability to collect, collate and analyse data in a scientific and effective manner and strong writing skills.
• Availability to travel frequently in the region.