Health Specialist

Manage UNICEF Nigeria's routine immunization and new-vaccine-introduction work in Abuja. The specialist will develop, implement, monitor and report health programmes; provide technical and operational guidance for routine and supplementary immunization; strengthen partnerships; and support sustainable results through results-based management, organisational standards and accountability processes.

• Support routine immunization programme development and planning
• Manage, implement, monitor, evaluate and report routine immunization and vaccine-introduction programme progress
• Provide technical and operational support for routine and supplementary immunization implementation
• Build networks and partnerships for immunization work
• Lead innovation, knowledge management and capacity-building activities

• Advanced university degree in public health, nutrition, paediatric health, family health, health research, global or international health, health policy or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology or another health-related science
• At least five years of professional experience in public health or nutrition planning and management or routine immunization and new vaccine introduction
• Fluency in English

• Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language
• Experience in immunization project development, implementation and monitoring
• UN system agency experience
• Country-level experience in development, fragile settings or humanitarian contexts

• Routine Immunization
• Vaccine Introduction
• Outbreak Response
• Programme Monitoring
• Partnership Building