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Health Specialist - Adolescent Health, P-4

Category

Health Care

Employment Type

Full-time

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Vacancies

1 position

Closing Date

11/17/2026
23 days left

Employer / Company

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) logo
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Description (Public)

UNICEF's Global Programme Division is recruiting a Health Specialist (Adolescent Health), P-4, fixed-term, based in Nairobi, to provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and programmatic guidance to advance adolescent health and well-being as a core component of UNICEF's global health agenda.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership, technical expertise and programmatic guidance to advance adolescent health and well-being globally
  • Strengthen capacity development and institutional strengthening for adolescent health service delivery
  • Drive quality improvement at scale and support policy reform and systems transformation
  • Generate evidence, data and knowledge for action on adolescent health
  • Promote equitable access to adolescent health services
  • Manage programme results monitoring, strategic partnerships, resource mobilization and grant management
  • Lead global advocacy, knowledge leadership and cross-sectoral collaboration

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

Qualifications & Experience:

  • An advanced university degree in public health, global health, adolescent health, health systems and services, epidemiology, health policy and management, medicine or a related field
  • A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional experience in adolescent health or related public health areas
  • Fixed-term P-4 position with UNICEF's Global Programme Division (Health/MNCAH), based in Nairobi

Skills & Competencies:

  • Technical expertise in adolescent health policy and programme design
  • Programme management and results monitoring
  • Strategic partnership building and resource mobilization
  • Cross-sectoral collaboration and global advocacy

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