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Health Specialist - PHE, P-3, Temporary Position, 364 days, #00137254, Global Programme Division, Health - HEPR, Outposted in Geneva
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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, the right to Health
How can you make a difference?
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy emphasizes the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families and ensures that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential.
The Global Programme Division (GPD) provides global strategic leadership and policy direction, develops and monitors frameworks and standards, and ensures coherence and alignment across sectors, regions and partners. GPD generates high-impact, evidence-based solutions and serves as a hub of specialized expertise, offering technical guidance on policy reform and scalable programming.
The frequency, scale, and complexity of public health emergencies have surged in recent years, with UNICEF responding to approximately 100 public health emergencies and disease outbreaks annually. UNICEF’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (HEPR) programme strengthens systems at global, regional, national, and community levels to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies.
Provide technical leadership and coordination on Public Health Events monitoring, alert and support to early response as part of UNICEF’s Public Health Emergency (PHE) Preparedness and Response Team.
It will maintain close, ongoing internal coordination with focal points in the Global Health Practice, EMOPS, Immunization team, and UNICEF Supply Division, with an emphasis on emerging and re-emerging pathogens, contributing to Epidemic/Pandemic preparedness and response as part of the GAVI 6.0 collaborative work.
The position will also support the integration of the vaccine response into UNICEF’s PHE Operational Response Framework, organizational commitments, priorities, and actions, and support the coordination of vaccination efforts within UNICEF’s broader PHE response activities.
Key accountabilities include:
• Surveillance and Monitoring
• Public Health Communication
• Coordination and Collaboration
• Country support and technical assistance
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Health Specialist _ Epidemiologist_PHE_P3_HF.pdf
To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements
• Education: Advanced university degree (MPH, MSc. Dr PH, PhD) in Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology, or Social Sciences is required.
• Work Experience: A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional work experience and strong expertise in public health emergency response, and infectious disease management, with demonstrated leadership in coordinating outbreak preparedness initiatives is required, alongside expertise in producing reports and newsletters to inform public health responses. Experience working as an epidemiologist during health emergency preparedness and response.
• Skills: Excellent communication skills, experience with infectious diseases outbreak management, epidemiological surveillance, data analysis, risk assessment, and stakeholder coordination.
• Language Requirements: Proficiency in English and French is required.
Desirables
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience in emergency responses field deployment, vaccine knowledge are desired.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
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