Duties and Responsibilities
Timely and quality sectoral analysis, substantive inputs, support and coordination, contribute to the Situation Analysis, its periodic update, and all programme documents to formulate effective Healthand HIV goals, strategy, responses through project planning, design and development, in partnership with key stakeholders and with contribution of knowledge institutions.
Integrated Health strategies, methodologies and new approaches are developed and implemented based on results-based approach within a Human Rights framework by broad participation and collaboration with internal and external partnership. Advocacy and technical leadership for System Strengthening with focus on Primary Health care to ensure Universal Health coverage.
Effective partnerships are achieved, with the Health Resilience Fund (HRF) stakeholders and follow-up pooled funding mechanisms, the Global Funds, SDG Global funding, multilateral and bilateral agencies, development financial institutions/banks, UN agencies especially WHO and UNFPA and the private sector to formulate a common advocacy position and influence allocation of resources, as well as investment decisions on behalf and in support of Health sector. Coordination with Government, donors, and relevant stakeholders to monitor and leverage domestic resources for health ensuring sustainability. Effective partnerships and collaboration are achieved and maintained to advance technical cooperation, programme coordination, information sharing, and knowledge networking.
Technical support is provided to government and non-government organizations at all stages of the programme cooperation implementation cycle, including capacity building of government personnel and beneficiaries, including through back-up partnerships with specialists Health organizations as appropriate
Innovative approaches are adopted and integrated in Health programming to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and enable transformations.
Monitoring and evaluation of programme performance is properly undertaken for adjustment, acceleration and improvement of program delivery and results attainment, capitalizing on joint global monitoring and evaluation frameworks such as the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group for child health.
Work plan and objectives are effectively established, performance is managed, and planned results are timely delivered through the exercise of strong programme management leadership; partnership frameworks that pool competencies and resources developed.
The capacities of Country Office staff are strengthened through an effective capacity building programme, which also builds on technical partnerships with collaborating agencies to provide state-of-the-art technical information to staff - in the development, implementation and management of the Health programme.
UNICEF and Government and implementing partners accountability is ensured for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for the sector, and Government counterparts and implementing partners are orientated and trained in UNICEF supply and non- supply assistance policies and procedures. eelX6Q3 CtUhdO
The most relevant and strategic information is provided, including in cooperation with knowledge institutions to support the Health Programme through the effective implementation of integrated programme monitoring system.
All required programme reports are timely prepared and shared with concerned partners in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
Emergency preparedness is maintained focusing on health emergencies (e.g. outbreaks such as COVID-19, Mpox, Cholera etc.) and health in emergencies (e.g. drought, cyclone etc.) emergency responses with effective coordination and incident management is provided, in line with the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action, partnerships with the health humanitarian actors strengthened within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC).
Ensure smooth collaboration of the health programme with other sections in UNICEF to ensure full integration, alignment and efficiency.
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