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Purpose for the job: The Health Specialist reports to the Chief Feld Office (Level 4/5) for guidance and general supervision.
The Health Specialist supports the development and preparation of the health programme and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of a sector of the health programme (e.g. gender, maternal, neonatal, child survival/development) within the country programme. The Health Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), organizational Strategic Plans and goals, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
Aligned with the 2026–29 Strategic Plan and ongoing programme shift, UNICEF’s health programme is transitioning from direct implementation support to upstream advocacy and systems strengthening. In this context, upstream work means influencing policies, strategies, financing decisions, institutional
📌 Batch Recruitment (India)
🏢 Agora
📍 India