Health Officer (Public Health Emergency)

Job no: 577570
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Port Sudan
Level: NO-2
Location: Sudan
Categories: Health

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.

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. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

Purpose for the job:

The Health Officer reports to the Health Manager (PHE) for supervision. The Health Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the Health Programme, with focus on public health emergencies within the Country Programme, from development planning to delivery of results, by preparing, executing, managing, and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, and evaluating and reporting of results.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education: A university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics, socio-medical, health education, epidemiology, or another relevant technical field.

Experience: A minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public health/nutrition planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness. Experience in public health emergency programming with focus on outbreaks preparedness and response.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language mainly Arabic or a local language is an asset.

Method Of Application 

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