Mission and objectives

UNICEF is committed to realising the rights of all children to help them build a strong foundation and have the best chance of fulfilling their potential. We believe that ensuring a child is happy and healthy begins before birth: from ensuring their mother has access to good health care to reaching adulthood as a healthy, empowered and informed young person of the next generation. This journey relies on every child having access to quality health care, good nutrition, education, and growing up in a safe environment free from violence.

Context

Given the high level of interest in this ambitious and evolving agenda, UNICEF Namibia is recruiting a Health Specialist – Data Management to serve a cross-cutting data and analytics function within the Child Survival & Development (CSD) Section. The Health Specialist will be responsible for managing and visualizing data collected through various data streams (including RapidPro, Government information management systems, national household surveys, etc.) in addition to designing data flows and potentially contributing to the development of new mobile health applications. The key skills required include database management as well as full-stacked (front-end and back-end) web development. This assignment is reserved for UNICEF National staff (NO & GS) from East and Southern Africa (Regional Office and all Country Offices) and Middle East and North Africa (Regional Office and Yemen Country Office). Staff from contributing offices will be given priority.

Task Description

Daily, the Health Specialist would be expected to collect, collate, and store results and data from the field in a centralized database. The Health Specialist, under the supervision of the Chief CSD, will ensure regular data collection and analysis for the real-time monitoring of performance indicators in development and emergency contexts. – With the Chief, Field Operations and Emergency will take the lead on the development of annual/rolling Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal and the monitoring of performance indicators. – Maintain a database and dashboard to track core performance indicators for the CSD program, analyze trends and provide detailed feedback to the section team. – Provide quality assurance to situational and periodic performance reports Provide data analysis on survey data and other data received. Use this data to support the preparation of regular reports, including the Situation Report for the Chad Humanitarian response, donor proposals, periodic performance reports and programme analysis as needed. – Provide Information Management services to support population data management, including population estimation, information flows from established systems and movement tracking. – With IM colleagues in UNICEF, clusters, and partners support an IM network as part of emergency preparedness and risk-informed programming. Attend inter-cluster IM meetings. – Provide technical support to the strengthening of the Health and HIV routine information management systems. – Provide technical guidance on information and knowledge management systems to promote the use of evidence to inform policy and decision-making. Capacity building: The Information Management Specialist is expected to build the capacity of the section’s staff and partners to collect, clean, analyse and use data for evidence-informed programming. – Support the Health and HIV team in the analysis of data and information and perform data quality and consistency control, ensuring harmonization of humanitarian performance monitoring with the regular programme. – Develop and implement a capacity building plan around data and information management, monitoring, and innovative, creative, and effective ways of data gathering, analysis, and visualization for UNICEF staff and partners as required. Mapping: Prepare visuals and infographics as requested, including geospatial maps. – Develop snapshots for internal and external purposes, develop maps to support UNICEF’s programming and that of our partners, and build the capacity of staff to collect, record, collate and analyse data. – Leverage Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for map production and geographic data. Key End Results 1. Timely, regular data-driven analysis with consistent integration of sex-disaggregated data for planning and results-based management for scaling up specific health interventions, 2. Technical expertise in specific health interventions, 3. Manage the cross-cutting database that will house select government data from government information systems. 4. Build and refine an integrated web-based dashboard, and link it to the RapidPro database, to facilitate real-time data visualization (using interactive maps, graphs, tables) of the various information systems programs. 5. Link the dashboard platform to the relevant Health Management Information Systems, Education management information system and ECD Management information system of the Government of Namibia. 6. Provide technical support to government partners to facilitate a smooth handover of the platform to the government, as a means of promoting program sustainability 7. Effective knowledge management through documentation of lessons learned, 8. Effective communication and networking are achieved through partnership and collaboration with related government and non-government partners.

Competencies and values

Core Values – Care – Respect – Integrity – Trust – Accountability – Sustainability Core Competencies – Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1) – Works Collaboratively with others (1) – Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1) – Innovates and Embraces Change (1) – Thinks and Acts Strategically (1) – Drive to achieve impactful results (1) – Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

Living conditions and remarks

The Republic of Namibia is in the southwestern part of Africa with an estimated population of 2.6 million and a surface area of 825,418 km². The capital city of Namibia is Windhoek situated at around 1,700 m above sea level with a population of 431,000, which is growing continually due to a continued migration from other regions in Namibia. The United Nations Office, housing all UN Agencies, including UNICEF, is based in Windhoek. Namibia shares borders with Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe in the North, Botswana in the East and South Africa in the South. The currency in Namibia is the Namibian Dollar, which is fixed and equal in value to the South African Rand. The South African Rand is also a legal tender in Namibia. English is the official language in Namibia whilst other languages such as Afrikaans and German are widely spoken and enjoy a similar status as official languages in selected schools. (Details are availed to all new staff joining UNICEF as part of the standard welcoming package). The Security Level in Windhoek, Namibia is classified as Level 1 as per the UN security management system. There are limited security risks. However, all newly arriving staff members and international consultants get an appropriate briefing on security in the country from the UN Department of Security Services (UNDSS), based in Namibia. Different types of long-term accommodation are available in Windhoek: Apartments, standalone houses, and sectional titles (houses compounds). These could be furnished and/or fully serviced, or unfurnished. Some can be rented out including water and electricity, where the tenant is expected to pay for those on a monthly basis while some are rented out with water and electricity included in the rental fee. All UNICEF new staff arrivals MUST ensure that UNDSS has assessed his/her potential home before signing a lease with a landlord or a real estate company. UNICEF has a list of recommended estate agencies to use, and contacts are availed as part of a standard welcoming package available to all new staff. Several schools are available and provide good multicultural education (English or German language medium). In addition, most of the international staff’s children attend an international school with an academic system that is widely recognized abroad and there are a number of private schools providing high standards of education. Both private and international schools often include a kindergarten and pre-school classes for younger kids. It is advisable to ask your embassy in Windhoek which schools your compatriots prefer for their kids. You can check full entitlements at the duty station at https://app.unv.org/calculator The complete UN Volunteer Conditions of Service is available at https://explore.unv.org/cos

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree .o

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements