Overview
Provides overall strategic, technical, and managerial leadership for the PHIT Project, a regional initiative to strengthen health systems in Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Responsible for end-to-end management of the programme, including planning, implementation oversight, stakeholder coordination, and delivery of regional outputs.
Tasks Summary
- Lead strategic planning, coordination and implementation of the PHIT Project.
- Oversee the development and implementation of annual and multi-year work plans, budgets, and results frameworks.
- Provide managerial and technical supervision to country-level UNICEF PHIT coordinators.
- Support government counterparts and Project Management Units (PMUs) in planning and implementation.
- Monitor programmes through field visits and exchange of information with partners/stakeholders.
- Provide technical guidance on health systems strengthening and digital health.
- Guide the design, implementation and quality assurance of UNICEF technical assistance.
- Participate in discussions to promote health, nutrition and development issues.
- Plan and/or collaborate to establish monitoring benchmarks and performance indicators.
- Provide guidance on implementation research and evidence generation.
- Draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic programme materials.
- Lead procurement planning and contracting strategies for the PHIT Project.
- Identify, source and engage technical assistance providers, academic institutions, consultancy firms and vendors.
- Manage contracts throughout their lifecycle.
- Promote coordination and integration across multiple vendors.
- Oversee financial planning, budget execution, and expenditure tracking.
- Serve as UNICEF’s primary focal point for PHIT with national governments and other partners.
- Provide support in representing the PHIT Project in coordination forums.
- Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and global partners.
- Prepare communication and information materials relevant to PHIT.
- Participate and/or represent UNICEF in inter-agency discussions and planning.
- Coordinate with UNICEF HQ Health to facilitate engagement with key global partners.
- Promote documentation of lessons learned, innovations, and good practices.
- Ensure timely and high-quality preparation of narrative and financial reports.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration and performance.
- Support capacity development of team members and national counterparts.
- Conduct research to provide evidence for implementation of best and cutting-edge practices.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of eight years of progressively responsible professional experience in programme or project management in health systems strengthening and/or digital health.
- Experience working in a developing country is required, some of which should be international experience.
- Programme and team management experience is required.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex regional or multi-country programmes is preferred.
- Proven experience in contract and vendor management, including oversight of multiple technical and digital health service providers is preferred.
- Prior knowledge and work experience in handling donor relations and partnerships, particularly with IFIs such as the World Bank is desirable.
- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
Qualification Requirements
An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in one of the following fields is required: public health/nutrition, health systems, health informatics, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, or another relevant technical field.
