Child Health Specialist

UNICEF South Africa seeks a Child Health Specialist to manage and strengthen the Child Health Programme in Pretoria. The specialist will guide planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting; provide technical leadership on immunisation, epidemic response and HIV prevention; and help build integrated, resilient health systems that improve outcomes for mothers, newborns and children.

• Support development and preparation of the Child Health Programme
• Manage implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of programme progress
• Provide technical guidance and management support throughout programming processes
• Lead work on immunisation, health emergency preparedness, epidemic control and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
• Strengthen integrated and resilient health systems to reduce child mortality and morbidity

• Advanced university degree in public health, nutrition and dietetics, environmental health, epidemiology, pediatrics, global health, health policy, health management, biostatistics, health education or a related field
• At least five years of relevant experience in health, child health, immunization, HIV prevention, health systems strengthening, emergency preparedness or programme management
• Fluency in English
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of immunisation programmes, health-systems strengthening and programme management

• Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language
• Experience supporting EPI, MNCH, PMTCT and outbreak response
• Country-level experience in development, fragile settings or humanitarian contexts

• Public health programming
• Immunization
• Health systems strengthening
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Emergency preparedness
• Stakeholder engagement

• Elevated child-safeguarding risk role with additional vetting and assessment