The Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) has a newly established role of Supply Specialist (Procurement Services). Under the supervision of the Regional Chief of Supply & Procurement, the Supply Specialist (Procurement Services) will oversee the Regional Office Procurement services (PS) initiatives and provide guidance, oversight and direction to the Regional Office and all country offices within ESAR (with particular focus on BNLSE-A sub region) on Procurement Services, including work related to national budgeting for essential supplies for children and supply financing solutions. In addition to devising a regional Procurement Services strategy, the incumbent will support the development and implementation of country led Procurement Services strategies including with a focus on the objective of optimizing the timely, equitable and continuous access to services and products, promote financing, procurement and supply chain systems sustainability as well as engage with governments and regional partners to influence mobilization, allocation and utilization of financial resources to strengthen governments procurement capacity. This would include direct provision and mobilization of technical support and facilitation of south-to-south exchanges between countries, working with partners and counterparts to share experiences, lessons learned and good practices rolling out Procurement Services strategies. Additionally, directly related to this support, the position will identify opportunities on adjacent areas such as market shaping, market access, national supply chain strengthening and liaise with colleagues to maximize institutional leverage for local production. If you believe that you have the experience and skills for this role, we would like to hear from you.
Location: Kenya
Deadline: 30 Apr 2024 11:55 PM
The Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) needs to be well positioned to strengthen systems in a holistic manner from production to End User Monitoring with national governments at the forefront of leadership involving all actors at the highest levels. This will require engagements at high level to advocate and influence the necessary changes for resilience building in the region. This high-level engagement is also necessary to facilitate country and regional engagement /partnership with regional blocks such as AU, Africa CDC and SADC that are seeking for an effective collaboration and partnership including capacity building. It is necessary to elevate the supply function beyond the traditional transactional and operational approach to a more strategic support to governments such as institutionalizing of supply chain interventions and local production which is increasingly becoming a frequent request from national governments and a priority in ESARO. A new position of Supply Chain Manager (Systems Strengthening) has been established to support the supply systems strengthening activities in the region with a focus on Local production. If you believe that you have the experience and skills for this role, we would like to hear from you.
Location: Kenya
Deadline: 30 Apr 2024 11:55 PM
Under the guidance of the Senior Programme Manager (Outbreak Response), you will provide overall coordination support to regional (ROs) and country offices (COs) on Polio outbreak responses (encompassing planning, preparedness, response, and monitoring) in affected countries, working in close collaboration with Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners and RO/CO/HQ colleagues.
Location: Kenya
Deadline: 2 May 2024 11:55 PM
Responsibilities for this role include supporting the development of work plans, budgets and reports, and effectively and efficiently developing, monitoring and reporting on outbreak grant-specific budgets in line with program, UNICEF and donor requirements. The Programme Budget Specialist also provides key support to the RORG/IMST in outbreak budgetary monitoring, guidance to the ROs/COs on compliance with donor and internal UNICEF rules and regulations and other key functions as required. The incumbent will be deployed to polio outbreak countries as needed, to support monitoring polio resources, analyze reasons for under/over implementation and flag any issues encountered as per agreed workplan in line with Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) outbreak response Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The incumbent should also oversee the reporting of monitoring indicators to senior management groups, in particular ensuring that the SC have the necessary data to have informed discussions about the outbreak response strategy and budget.
Location: Kenya
Deadline: 2 May 2024 11:55 PM
Under the close supervision and guidance of the Senior Programme Manager (Outbreak Response), you will support the Polio Outbreak Response Work Stream in Nairobi, Kenya, by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and operational tasks, to help develop, implement, and monitor the team activities, ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. The Assistant works closely with other Programme Assistants within the Polio Eradication Programme.
Location: Kenya
Deadline: 2 May 2024 11:55 PM
The Chief Health reports to the Deputy Representative, Programmes for general guidance and direction. The Chief is responsible for managing and leading all stages of health programmes (e.g., gender, maternal, neonatal, adolescent, Child Immunization, child survival, HIV, and emergency preparedness) from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of results. S/he leads and manages the health team including establishing plans of action to achieve concrete and sustainable results according to plans, allocation, results-based management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework, and does so in consultation with the Regional Health Adviser.
Location: Kenya
Deadline: 30 Apr 2024 11:55 PM
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office is looking for a talented and motivated individual who is passionate about the prevention of maternal and child malnutrition, to join our dynamic regional Nutrition team in Nairobi. If you have the motivation and drive to provide technical assistance, quality assurance and oversight for maternal, infant and young child nutrition to the 21 country offices in our region and to lead regional initiatives in these areas, ESARO Nutrition team would like to hear from you!
Location: Kenya
Deadline: 29 Apr 2024 11:55 PM
