United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
Vacancy Announcement
Duty Station: Nairobi
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
Vacancy Announcement
Duty Station: Nairobi
Post: WASH Specialist – NO-C
Type of Contract: Temporary Appointment
Date of Issue: 15 August, 2012
Date of Issue: 15 August, 2012
Closing Date: 28 August, 2012
Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the above Temporary Appointment in the WASH Section of UNICEF Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya.
Purpose of the Post: The Temporary Appointment is expected to support hygiene and sanitation activities related to the promotion, monitoring and operationalization of sanitation and hygiene promotion efforts in the Region.
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Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Poor hygienic conditions and practices have a major contribution in the disease burden in developing countries.
Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the above Temporary Appointment in the WASH Section of UNICEF Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya.
Purpose of the Post: The Temporary Appointment is expected to support hygiene and sanitation activities related to the promotion, monitoring and operationalization of sanitation and hygiene promotion efforts in the Region.
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Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Poor hygienic conditions and practices have a major contribution in the disease burden in developing countries.
At the same time, hand-washing with soap (HWWS) is the most
effective way of reducing the incidence of acute watery diseases such as diarrhoea
and under-5 child mortality. Hygiene promotion can create awareness and aims to
change behaviour of those most vulnerable to WASH-related diseases.
Additionally, six countries in ESAR have targets for
eliminating Open Defecation and together with hygiene promotion, eliminating OD
is a priority action for reducing under-5 child mortality.
Globally, 83 UNICEF country offices are engaged in HWWS programming. While the importance of HWWS is widely acknowledged and documented, the results and impact on behaviour of large-scale hygiene promotion campaigns are less known.
Globally, 83 UNICEF country offices are engaged in HWWS programming. While the importance of HWWS is widely acknowledged and documented, the results and impact on behaviour of large-scale hygiene promotion campaigns are less known.
Understanding effective ways of changing behaviours as well
as effective ways of measuring those changes are critical to strengthening
ongoing hygiene promotion efforts and optimizing the life-saving benefits of
key WASH behaviours such as HWWS.
In the context of an emergency, the need for support in Hygiene Promotion is even greater., HWWS and effective excreta disposal are critical to eliminating the main transmission routes of cholera. Cholera is endemic in Somalia and Ethiopia while it occurs in Kenya as well, and a large scale outbreak could devastate an already vulnerable population.
In the context of an emergency, the need for support in Hygiene Promotion is even greater., HWWS and effective excreta disposal are critical to eliminating the main transmission routes of cholera. Cholera is endemic in Somalia and Ethiopia while it occurs in Kenya as well, and a large scale outbreak could devastate an already vulnerable population.
Improving the implementation of hygiene promotion activities
in the affected countries can reduce the scale of the outbreak, as well as
support effective monitoring of impact and is therefore a critical element in
WASH disaster risk reduction efforts.
The Sopo campaign aims to reach especially children, and promote HWWS across countries in the ESAR region. Reaching children is critical, as they are the segment of the population most affected by diarrhea and other pathogenic diseases caused by poor hygienic practices. The countries currently rolling out the Sopo campaign are: Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania.
The Sopo campaign aims to reach especially children, and promote HWWS across countries in the ESAR region. Reaching children is critical, as they are the segment of the population most affected by diarrhea and other pathogenic diseases caused by poor hygienic practices. The countries currently rolling out the Sopo campaign are: Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania.
As Sopo is regionally accepted as a useful vehicle for
hygiene promotion efforts, Sopo campaigns allow insight into what messages are
working, what communication channels are useful and how can these lessons be
applied in various country/emergency contexts.
The insights of the Sopo evaluation study have relevance
beyond Kenya and for this reason, ESARO will undertake a consultant to support
the study and distill lessons and insights for use in other regions.
The UNICEF WASH Programme on Sanitation and Hygiene has a strong emphasis on elimination of open defecation, handwashing with soap practice at critical times and providing a comprehensive WASH package in schools.
Scope of work
Under close supervision of the OIC Regional WASH Advisor, carry out the following tasks:
The UNICEF WASH Programme on Sanitation and Hygiene has a strong emphasis on elimination of open defecation, handwashing with soap practice at critical times and providing a comprehensive WASH package in schools.
Scope of work
Under close supervision of the OIC Regional WASH Advisor, carry out the following tasks:
Provide support to the implementation and review process for
a study monitoring impact of the Sopo campaign in Kenya. This work is on-going
and is expected to be finalized in May 2012
Support the adaptation of the evaluation’s findings that
supports emergency hygiene monitoring, development of messaging, and impact, as
feasible.
Provide support to ESAR countries on WinS analysis and Level
3 monitoring as required.
Support Emory University and Care International to finalize
actions and report of the WinS regional meeting held in June 2012.
Support the Regional WASH Specialist in strengthening
Community Approaches to Sanitation capacity and rollout in the Region.
Support the Regional WASH team in strengthening sanitation
monitoring systems in the Region, particularly for ensuring sustainability of
ODF declarations by communities.
Carry out any other task related to the technical area of
the assignment, as required
Expected Deliverables
Finalization of the impact evaluation survey on Sopo in
Kenya in collaboration with the selected research agency and in collaboration
with C4D and WASH Kenya Country Office.
Final synthesis of the evaluation survey on Sopo for
regional use and dissemination.
Provision of support to other countries, namely Zambia,
involved in large-scale HWWS programs.
Compilation of a database of regional emergency materials on
hygiene promotion and cholera preparedness compiled electronically.
Finalization of the WinS report from the regional
meeting - following up on action points, analysis in the Region.
Compilation and production of GHD regional Newsletter for
2011 activities, support to preparatory activities.
Development of a community of practice on hygiene promotion
within the HoA to support ongoing promotion and preparedness activities,
capacity and monitoring efforts.
Support the review of ODF evaluation and monitoring
strategies in six countries.
Support WinS analysis in at least two countries and
dissemination of the regional snapshot on WinS.
Qualifications/Competencies:
Advanced University Degree in Public Health or WASH, with
orientation to WASH issues in problems in developing countries.
Ability to work in a stressful working environment
Good communication and writing skills
Good leadership and negotiation skills
Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in
multi-cultural environment
Knowledge of computer applications like Word, Excel,
PowerPoint
At least 5 years professional work experience in nutrition
of which at least 3 in developing countries
Fluency in English.
Experience in consultations with UNICEF is an advantage
Working with people
Drive for Results
Planning and Organizing
Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that they forward
their applications along with their curricula vitae, (internal candidates
should attach copies of their last two Performance Evaluation Reports), to;
The Human Resources Manager
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “ESARO/WASH/2012-036” in the email subject.
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “ESARO/WASH/2012-036” in the email subject.
Interested candidates should also complete the Personal
History (P11) form, which can be downloaded from the UNICEF Kenya website (http://www.unicef.org/kenya).
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
Zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse
UNICEF is a smoke-free environment
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Kenya Country Office
Health Systems Specialist - NOC
Kenya Country Office
Health Systems Specialist - NOC
Fixed Term Appointment
Date of Issue: 15 August 2012
Closing Date: 28 August 2012
Applications are hereby invited from suitably-qualified candidates who are Kenyan Nationals to fill the above position on a Fixed Term Appointment in the Health Section of UNICEF Kenya Country Office.
Purpose of Post:
Date of Issue: 15 August 2012
Closing Date: 28 August 2012
Applications are hereby invited from suitably-qualified candidates who are Kenyan Nationals to fill the above position on a Fixed Term Appointment in the Health Section of UNICEF Kenya Country Office.
Purpose of Post:
The overall assignment of the Health Systems Specialist is
to manage the UNICEF support to the government and its partners to strengthen
the Health System’s service provision capacity.
The key areas of responsibility for the post includes:
strengthening emergency preparedness and response capacity; strengthen health
information system to provide reliable information for planning and resource
allocation purposes; support establishment of Community Health Strategy to
address the inequity in access to basic health services; and building the
capacity of the newly formed Counties Health Systems to effectively manage the
delivery of health services within their respective geographic areas.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Manages the health emergency preparedness and response
activities including: 1) strengthening the health sector coordination mechanism
to effectively predict emergencies and provide overall leadership to build
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) mechanisms; 2) procurement and
prepositioning emergency drugs and medical supplies; 3) strengthen disease
surveillance capacity to enable early detection of diseases with outbreak
potential; and 4) Provide routine reports to UNICEF and donors;
Facilitates the development of well-functioning health
information system including: generating key health program information
from national level surveys, research document, service delivery reports, and
other reliable sources; managing organizing, analyzing, and presentation of
data for effective planning, resource allocation and fundraising
purposes; promoting the culture of evidence based planning including the use of
MBB tools to undertake bottleneck analysis; and providing leadership and
routine technical support for the design, implementation, and use of
operational research and program evaluation results.
Oversees and support implementation of Community Health
Strategy including: finalizing the policy, strategy, and guidelines
documents at the national level; Modelling actual implementation of
Community Health Strategy within diverse set-up; and facilitate coordination
of partners for allocation of resources
Supervises two professional positions (Community Health
Strategy Specialist and Health Information Officer)
Participate in inter-sectoral collaboration with other
programme colleagues for the systematic delivery of an integrated package of
MNCH services.
Required Qualifications: Master’s degree in
Health Systems Development, Public Health, Monitoring and Evaluation, and
Health Economics
Competencies:
Competencies:
Communication
Drive for Results
Formulating Strategies and Concepts
Relating and Networking
Applying Technical Expertise
Working with People
Leading and Supervising
Experience:
At least Five (5) years progressive experience in public
health or related field with focus on child survival and development
programs.
Knowledge of the current issues in Health Systems
Development and Maternal Newborn and Child Health activities in Kenya and
the region with experience in planning, implementing and monitoring and
evaluation.
Experience in developing policy and strategy documents and
dissemination of the same to a wider government, donor and key NGOs and the
community.
Ability and experience in undertaking qualitative and
quantitative data collection, review and analysis
Language(s): Fluency in English and another UN
working language required. Knowledge of Kiswahili would be an asset.
Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that they forward their applications along with their curricula vitae (internal candidates should attach copies of their last two Performance Evaluation Reports), to:
The Human Resources Manager
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO/HLTH/2012-035”in the email subject.
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that they forward their applications along with their curricula vitae (internal candidates should attach copies of their last two Performance Evaluation Reports), to:
The Human Resources Manager
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO/HLTH/2012-035”in the email subject.
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
Zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse
UNICEF is a smoke-free environment
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Kenya Country Office
Nutrition Specialist (Coordination) - NOC
Kenya Country Office
Nutrition Specialist (Coordination) - NOC
Fixed Term Appointment
Date of Issue: 17 August 2012
Closing Date: 30 August 2012
Applications are hereby invited from suitably-qualified candidates who are Kenyan Nationals to fill the above position on a Fixed Term Appointment in the Nutrition Section of UNICEF Kenya Country Office.
Purpose of Post:
Date of Issue: 17 August 2012
Closing Date: 30 August 2012
Applications are hereby invited from suitably-qualified candidates who are Kenyan Nationals to fill the above position on a Fixed Term Appointment in the Nutrition Section of UNICEF Kenya Country Office.
Purpose of Post:
Under the general supervision of the Nutrition Manager, and
with technical support of the Global Nutrition Cluster, the Country Nutrition
Coordinator will be responsible for leading the Nutrition Coordination at the
Country level in Kenya.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Establishment and maintenance of appropriate coordination mechanisms:
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Establishment and maintenance of appropriate coordination mechanisms:
Ensure appropriate coordination between all Nutrition
partners (including national and international NGOs, the Red Cross/Red Crescent
Movement, IOM and other international organizations active in the sector) as
well as national authorities and local structures
Ensure the establishment/maintenance of appropriate sector
coordination mechanisms including, steering committees, working groups at the
national, and if necessary, local level;
Ensure full integration of cross-cutting issues, namely
human rights, HIV/AIDS, age, gender and environment, utilization participatory
and community-based approaches. In line with this, promote gender
equality by ensuring that the needs, contributions and capacities of women and
girls as well as men and boys are addressed;
Secure commitments from participants in responding to needs
and filling gaps, ensuring an appropriate distribution of responsibilities
within the cluster, with clearly defined focal points for specific issues where
necessary;
Ensure that participants work collectively, ensuring the
complementarities of the various stake holder’s actions;
Promote emergency response actions while at the same time
considering the need for early recovery planning as well as prevention and risk
reduction concerns;
Ensure effective links with other sectors (with OCHA
support), especially Health & Nutrition, Agriculture and Livelihoods and
Education;
Represent the interests of the sector in discussions at various
forum
Act as focal point for inquiries on the nutrition cluster’s
response plans and operations and related activities.
2. Planning and strategy development:
Ensure predictable action within the sector for the
following:
Needs assessment and analysis; development of standard
assessment formats for use within the sector;
Identification of gaps;
Developing/updating agreed response strategies and action
plans for the sector and ensuring that these are adequately reflected in the
overall country strategies (e.g. Nutrition Action Plan, Emergency Humanitarian
Response Plan)
Drawing lessons learned from past activities and revising
strategies and action plans accordingly;
3. Application of standards:
Ensure that nutrition actors are aware of relevant policy
guidelines, technical standards and relevant commitments that the
Government/concerned authorities have undertaken under international human
rights law;
Ensure that responses are in line with existing policy
guidance, technical standards, and relevant Government human rights legal
obligations.
4. Monitoring and reporting:
Specifically needs to include an analytical interpretation
of best available information in order to benchmark progress of the emergency
response over time. That is - monitoring indicators (quantity, quality,
coverage, continuity and cost) of service delivery which are derived from
working towards meeting standards (mentioned in point 4).
Ensure regular reporting against cluster indicators of
service delivery (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost) supports
analysis of cluster in closing gaps and measuring impact of interventions.
5. Advocacy and resource mobilization:
Identify core advocacy concerns, including resource
requirements, and contribute key messages to broader advocacy initiatives of
the Humanitarian Coordinators and other actors;
Advocate for donors to fund partners to carry out priority
activities in the sector concerned, while at the same time
encouraging/supporting nutrition actors to mobilize resources for their
activities in collaboration with Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation.
6. Identification of key partners:
Identify key humanitarian and development partners,
respecting their respective mandates and program priorities
Identify other key partners including local and national
authorities, peacekeeping forces, etc.
Carryout capacity mapping of all current and potential
actors – government, national and international humanitarian organizations as
well as national institutions, the private sector and market assess to
materials and services
7. Training and capacity building of national/local
authorities and civil society:
Promote and support training of humanitarian personnel and
capacity building of humanitarian partners, based on the mapping and
understanding of available capacity;
Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of the
national/local authorities and civil society.
8. Acting as “Provider of last resort”:
As agreed by the IASC Principals, sector leads are
responsible for acting as the provider of last resort to meet agreed priority
needs and will be supported by the HC in their resource mobilization efforts in
this regard;
Required Qualifications: Advanced university
degree in Social Sciences, or related technical field.
Competencies:
Competencies:
Communication
Drive for Results
Formulating Strategies and Concepts
Relating and Networking
Applying Technical Expertise
Working with People
Planning and Organizing Commitment
Strategic and Global thinking
Planning, Setting Standards, and Monitoring Work
Managing Resources
Team Leadership
Experience: Five to Eight years with significant
experience working in emergency contexts preferably UN or NGO experience at a
programme management level.
Language(s):
Language(s):
Fluency in English and another UN working language
required.
Knowledge of Kiswahili would be an asset.
Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that they
forward their applications along with their curricula vitae (internal
candidates should attach copies of their last two Performance Evaluation
Reports), to:
The Human Resources Manager
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO/NUTR/2012-039”in the email subject.
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
The Human Resources Manager
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO/NUTR/2012-039”in the email subject.
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
Zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse
UNICEF is a smoke-free environment
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