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5 Jan 2023

International Consultant Senior Technical Officer- Knowledge management, Data and Research at UNICEF

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Job Description


UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

How can you make a difference?

  • Conduct and coordinate After Action Reviews (AARs) activities post epidemics and Intra Action Reviews (IAR) during protracted public health emergencies.
  • Coordinate operational research across work streams for process improvement.
  • Develop operations research proposals and guidelines for implementation in collaboration with division work streams.
  • Provide technical guidance to member states on scientific writing, big data collection and documentation.
  • Facilitate dissemination of research results at regional and international conferences in collaboration with member states.
  • Work closely with NPHIs and Research Division to compile Africa CDC EPR research priorities.
  • Conduct regular event monitoring and risk assessment and emergency grading and provide technical recommendations.
  • Provide technical guidance on risk assessment, risk ranking and event grading processes and activities to member states.
  • Facilitate the establishment of early warning systems and indicators for event detection in collaboration with Preparedness and Response work streams.
  • Develop guidelines and SOPs on risk ranking and event grading in collaboration with Surveillance and Disease Intelligence.
  • Archive and maintain a database of public health events on the African continent.
  • Support MS in conducting operational studies during disease outbreaks and other PH Emergencies.
  • Develop policy, strategic and operational guidelines (Frameworks, policy briefs, SOPs/TORs) for conducting After Action Reviews/Intra-Action Reviews to assess and improve the emergency response in the African Continent

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  • Master’s Degree in public health, or communication (doctoral degree is desirable);
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in research, health education, or health communication, knowledge management, knowledge translation/implementation science, management.
  • Must be conversant with survey design and questionnaire development and able to work with the different databases; with data management programs such as Epi Info, SPSS

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit  here.

Core Competencies

  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (I)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (I)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (I)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (I)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (I)
  • Drive to achieve impactful results (I)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (I)




Method of Application

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Closing Date : 20 January. 2023





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