Health Officer (M&E), P2, #137550, TA (364 days), Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of the Congo, WCAR

You as the Health Monitoring and Evaluation Officer support the Health Section in the implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of health programmes to improve programme performance and country office results.

The role contributes to evidence-based decision-making and programmatic coherence by supporting integrated monitoring, evaluation, and data systems, particularly for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) and Community Health Systems interventions.

Under the supervision of the Health Manager, you support the generation of actionable performance insights through data analysis, monitoring tools, and evaluation reporting. You also contribute to identifying gaps, lessons learned, and corrective actions to inform planning and improve programme effectiveness.

You further support cross-sectoral collaboration (notably with Nutrition, WASH, and SBC) to strengthen the efficiency, impact, and alignment of UNICEF’s health interventions with national priorities.

Key functions, accountabilities:

• Support the Health Manager for timely data collection and quality control for Health Programme, mainly for MNCAH and Community Health System Interventions
• Result-Based Management Support of the Health Section, mainly for MNCAH and Community Health System Interventions
• Support the Health Manager for monitoring of Field Offices related to MNCAH and Community Health interventions
• Partnership, Reporting and Knowledge Management
• Impact of results

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Public Health, Political Science, Social Science, Statistics, Data Science, Project Management, International Relations, Community Development and/or International Development.
• Work Experience: Minimum two (2) years of relevant professional experience in monitoring and evaluation, data management, or public health programmes. Demonstrated expertise in the data collection, analysis, reporting and knowledge management..
• Skills: Full computer literacy including MS Office Software and the knowledge of SharePoint system with proven experience and/or certificate. Knowledge of procedures of UNICEF system.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in French is required.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian or Spanish) or a local language.
• Experience in result based management, performance tracking tools, community health, reproductive maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, experience working with partnership team and/or major donor stakeholders, experience working with government and/or non-government counterparts in the health sector, experience working in West and Central Africa is desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• (1) Builds and maintains partnerships
• (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• (3) Drive to achieve results for impact
• (4) Innovates and embraces change
• (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
• (6) Thinks and acts strategically
• (7) Works collaboratively with others

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF staff members holding fixed-term, continuing, or permanent appointments who are considered to be on abolished post status may apply for this temporary position and, if selected with a start date before 31 December 2025, may take it up as a temporary assignment, in line with UNICEF guidance on separation due to the abolition of posts or staff reduction. They will retain their fixed-term entitlements but will not hold a lien to their abolished post. For other scenarios where a Temporary Assignment may be possible, please refer to Additional guidance on IP to IP temporary assignments after completion of the full TOD.pdf(accessible to UNICEF personnel only).

The conditions of a temporary assignment, including relocation entitlements, will depend on the status of the staff member's original appointment and may be limited in accordance with applicable UNICEF policies, procedures, and practices in force.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

Eligible staff members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to IP TA positions in a duty station designated as L2/L3, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, subject to approval by their Head of Office. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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