Role Purpose: The overall purpose of the health cluster is to provide health leadership in emergency and crisis preparedness, response and recovery; prevent and reduce emergency-related morbidity and mortality; ensure evidence-based actions, gap filling and sound coordination; and enhance accountability, predictability and effectiveness of humanitarian health actions.
The Health Cluster Co-Coordinator will contribute to the fulfillment of the Health Cluster’s purposes, which entails providing substantial assistance in the implementation of inclusive, field-level humanitarian coordination mechanisms, including liaison with relevant UN operational agencies, NGOs, and local authorities.
Contract Duration: 12 months
Location: Juba
Qualifications and Experience:
Essential:
- Degree in Medicine and /or Public Health.
- Health professional with extensive experiences of humanitarian response and coordination mechanism for 5-6 years, of which at least 3 in managing and coordinating health programme in chronic, acute and sudden-onset emergencies.
- Prior experience on coordination, representation, negotiation,
- Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors,
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports and a high level of written and spoken English
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- The capacity and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to the aims and principles of humanitarian coordination.
- Familiar with the South Sudan health system and context, as well as working and living experiences in South Sudan
Desirable:
- Language skills in English
- Women are encouraged to apply
The Organisation: We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
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