Health Specialist (Emergency)

Leads emergency-health programming for UNICEF Afghanistan, supporting programme design, management, monitoring and reporting. The specialist provides technical guidance, builds partnerships and strengthens knowledge and capacity so maternal, neonatal and child-health interventions deliver sustainable results in crises.

Department: Health Section

• Support the Chief of Health in managing the country health section and emergency-health portfolio
• Develop and plan maternal, neonatal, child-survival and emergency-health programming
• Manage programme implementation, monitoring, evaluation and results reporting
• Provide technical guidance and operational support throughout the programming cycle
• Build advocacy networks and partnerships for health-in-emergencies delivery
• Develop knowledge, innovation and institutional capacity across the health programme

• Advanced university degree in public health, health emergencies, epidemiology or another relevant technical field
• At least eight years of professional experience in public-health planning or management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency and humanitarian preparedness
• Experience working in a humanitarian situation
• Fluency in English

• Fixed-term international professional appointment subject to medical clearance and host-country visa requirements
• International professional mobility is a condition of employment