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United Nations at UNICEF Tanzania Jobs 2024
Job no: 574814
Contract type: Temporary Appointment, Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Dodoma
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Health
Health Specialist (Advocacy) United Nations at UNICEF August 2024
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. 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 personal and professional development that will help them develop a
fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride
ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an
attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF
For every child, health
The
United Republic of Tanzania (URT) has renewed its commitment to
achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and adopted Primary Health
Care (PHC) as a main pillar for its action to achieve its UHC goals. URT
has recently become a middle-income country resulting in declining
donor resources and a pressing need for mobilizing domestic resources
including gaining efficiencies in health services delivery.
The
Health Specialist is expected to nurture close collaboration with key
partners at the national level, including the Ministry of Health, the
Ministry of Finance, the President’s Office Finance and Planning, the
President’s Office for Regional Administration and Local Government,
selected regional authorities, other UN agencies, development partners
and International Financial Institutions in both Mainland and Zanzibar.
Internally, a close relationship will also be needed with the
Communication, Advocacy and Partnership section to drive the identified
health advocacy agenda.
How can you make a difference?
Under
the direct supervision and guidance of the Chief of Health, the
incumbent will lead UNICEF’s work in developing and implementing TCO
advocacy agenda on health policy reforms.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
- Based on a collaboratively developed advocacy agenda, the Health Specialist will engage in: Networking
- negotiation
- Contributing to evidence generation for advocacy
- Embedding
policy review into government annual planning processes Networking and
coalition building Develop, maintain and nurture a relationship with key
policy makers across relevant ministries and parliamentary committees - Actively
prepare for and participate in forums demonstrating UNICEF’s strengths
and ensuring children are at the forefront of key discussions - Build a coalition of partners to complement UNICEF’s advocacy priorities
- Plan
and engage in evidence based advocacy with Ministries and parliamentary
committee with the aim of influencing decisions and policies - Convene
discussions for purposes of advocacy around improving primary health
care systems for children Contribute to evidence generation for advocacy
Identify advocacy opportunities in the evidence generated by UNICEF and
other partners - Contribute to the generation of evidence to inform advocacy
- Develop policy briefs from generated evidence as a tool to further advocacy efforts
- Identify
and agree on achievable and measurable advocacy activities and products
Embed Policy Review into government planning processes Collaborate with
MoH to rationalize and consolidate the numerous health sector policies - Advocate for a routine, methodical policy review process as part of the annual planning and budget cycle process.
- Advocate for a rigorous review process to assess the need for new policy development
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education:
- An
advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in public
administration, law, relevant health field or a closely related field is
required.
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Work Experience:
- At least five years of relevant professional experience in health sector advocacy within the Tanzania health sector.
- Preference
will be given to candidates having demonstrated knowledge of and
professional experience in at least two of these areas: advocacy, policy
and planning, governance with a strong network within the Tanzania
health sector. - Relevant experience in a UN system agency or
organization, or a global health initiative (TGF, GAVI, GFF) or
development bank is considered an asset.
Skills:
- Networking
- Oral and written communication
- Influencing and negotiation
- Translate evidence into policy action.
- Strong computer literacy
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English and Swahili is required.
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF
is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global
workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone,
irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity,
sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background,
or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation
for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may
include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for
missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your
disability during your application in case you need reasonable
accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your
assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that
is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and
UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment,
abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict
child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected
to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo
rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include
the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history.
Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to
conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals
engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be
considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the
United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be
entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and
medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be
governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for
the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and
individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax
liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in
accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected
candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and
health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are
valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are
subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine,
which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply
to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or
visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly
interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform
functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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Advertised: 21 Aug 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 03 Sep 2024 E. Africa Standard Time