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Job title: Health Officer, NO-B, Fixed Term, #90377, Dhaka, Bangladesh #554950 (for Bangladeshi nationals only)
Company: Unicef
Job description: UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
With UNICEF Bangladesh you are at the center of the change you want to see.
In one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices in the world, you will be working with dynamic colleagues who have helped deliver remarkable results for children: Net enrolment in primary education rose from 61 per cent in 1987 to 98 per cent in 2019. Stunting fell from 42 per cent in 2013 to 28 per cent in 2019. Fully vaccinated children increased from 52 per cent in 2001 to 84 per cent in 2019.
Join us as we go the next mile for the nearly 60 million children in Bangladesh, including half a million Rohingya refugee children.
In a country undergoing rapid economic and demographic transition, be part of tackling malnutrition and stagnant wasting. Help protect children from child marriage, child labour and violence. Support the country to invest more in health and education, and to extend safe water to the children who are furthest left behind.
For every child, health.
How can you make a difference?
The Health Officer reports to the Health Manager for supervision. The Health Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the Health Programme 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.
Major duties and responsibilities:
The new proposed NO-B, Health Officer (HMIS and Health Planning) will facilitate the following essential areas:
- Development of LLP using bottom-up approach microplanning in Equity and tipping point districts
- Provide technical assistance to GoB for effective implementation of LLPs
- Monitoring of the progress of LLPs
- Strengthening community HMIS in Equity and tipping point districts
- Strengthening web based HMIS
- Provide technical assistance to GoB with timely feedback on HMIS and management of quality
- Support the organization on review and reporting process of health systems strengthening
- Improve the capacity of government and partners at national and sub-national levels to improve a responsive and resilient health system for universal health coverage and PHC
- Ensure the quality of the routine data and make sure the use of data at all levels and use the data for decision making
- HSS programs are supported through ‘Sectoral and Intersectoral Collaboration’ as per life-cycle approach of the country program.
- Communication and partnership for strengthening HMIS system
- Support the organization on review and reporting process of health systems strengthening.
- Undertake other assignments delegated by supervisor
Please see attached JD for details:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
– 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.
– A minimum of two 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 working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
– Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
– Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are:
- Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
- Works Collaboratively with others (1)
- Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
- Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
- Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
- Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
- Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
To view our competency framework, please visit .
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
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:
*UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
*Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term “Internal” refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.
*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
*The complete vacancy announcements can be reviewed via UNICEF Careers website at
Advertised: 08 Sep 2022 Bangladesh Standard Time
Deadline: 22 Sep 2022 Bangladesh Standard Time
Expected salary:
Location: Dhaka
Job date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 23:49:11 GMT
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