Health Officer (NO-1), TA (364 days), #138023, Dakar - Senegal, WCAR

UN Children's Fund - UNICEF

Staff Closes 19 Jul 2026 6 days left

Overview

Provide technical and operational support for the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of Pandemic Fund-supported activities. Contribute to programme delivery in public health emergency preparedness, disease surveillance, coordination, risk management, and health systems strengthening.


Key Responsibilities
  • Support to programme development and planning
  • Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
  • Technical and operational support to programme implementation
  • Networking and partnership building
  • Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Required Experience

A minimum of 1 year of professional experience in one or more of the following areas: public health/nutrition planning and management, maternal and neonatal health care, or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness. Experience supporting coordination of partnerships at national level with government institutions, international organizations, and/or NGOs.

Qualifications

Bachelor or equivalent (First Level 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.

Other Details
Languages Required
Fluency in French is required.
Languages Preferred
Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian or Spanish) or a local language.
Contract Duration
364 days
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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