Health Specialist

The Health Specialist will provide strategic expertise and technical authority to lead UNICEF's WASH/IPC response to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The role involves coordination of public health interventions, surveillance, community intervention monitoring, operational management, and knowledge management to support the outbreak response.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and provide operational support for the Ebola response.
• Provide technical support for surveillance and data management.
• Monitor community interventions, RCCE and IPC/WASH.
• Manage operations, logistics and supply monitoring.
• Document, report and manage knowledge related to the outbreak response.

Requirements

• Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Public Health, Epidemiology, International Health, Medicine, Health Emergency Management and any other related fields.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in public health emergency management, epidemiological surveillance, outbreak management, health response coordination or any other related fields.
• Demonstrated experience in responding to epidemic-prone diseases such as Ebola, Cholera, Mpox, Measles, COVID-19, or other public health emergencies.
• Experience working in complex humanitarian settings, including contexts affected by insecurity or population displacement.
• Fluency in French and intermediate level English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is desirable.
• Experience supporting an active outbreak response or emergency situation, preferably in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or similar fragile, conflict-affected, and resource-constrained environments is desirable.
• Experience working with and/or through counterparts (government and decentralized authorities, UN agencies, cluster and coordination mechanisms, and implementing partners) to achieve measurable results in insecure or hard-to-reach areas is desirable.
• Previous experience with the United Nations, UNICEF, WHO, or international NGOs is desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Skills

• Public Health Emergency Management
• Epidemiological Surveillance
• Outbreak Risk Management
• Health Response Coordination
• Epidemic-Prone Disease Response
• WASH/IPC Response
• Community Intervention Monitoring
• Operational Management
• Knowledge Management
• Humanitarian Response
• Working in Complex Humanitarian Settings
• Coordination with Government Authorities
• Coordination with UN Agencies
• Coordination with Partners
• Experience in Resource-Constrained Environments
• Fluency in French
• Intermediate English
• Experience with UNICEF
• Experience with WHO
• Experience with NGOs

Languages

French, English