UNICEF Serbia is seeking a qualified candidate with relevant experience for the position of:

Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition Consultant

Requisition number: 519115

The individual contractor will support UNICEF in assisting the health system to secure the improvement of the access and quality of MNCH&N services and programmes, particularly for the most vulnerable families, and support the improvement of health-related practices among children and their parents/caregivers, with the focus on the most vulnerable populations. Duration of the assignment is 11.5 months. Brief task description:

• Support to MNCH&N component of the programme implementation;

• Support knowledge generation, knowledge exchange and evidence based policy advocacy to improve quality and access of the MNCH&N services and MNCH&N outcomes for the most vulnerable children and their families;

• Support MNCH&N behavior and social change and demand creating for access and quality of MNCH&N services;

• Contribute to donor reporting;

• Support implementation and monitoring of health and nutrition activities as part of emergency and/or emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction activities.

Please refer to the following webpage to view the more detailed job description: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=519115 Required qualifications:

• University degree in public health or medical fields related to maternal and child health;

• 5 years of professional work experience in planning, programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health-related programmes is required, preferably in the area of maternal and child health and nutrition;

• Experience in developing health regulations and policies;

• Technical expert capacity in maternal and child health and nutrition is preferred;

• Excellent knowledge of health system in Serbia;

• Knowledge of child rights;

• Experience in working with vulnerable population, e.g. Roma, is an asset;

• Computer skills and literacy;

• Excellent English and Serbian skills, spoken and written;

• Experience in working with UN is an asset. If you are interested in taking on this opportunity and believe that you match the stated requirements, please follow this link to apply: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=519115 Deadline for applications is 25 January 2019. You are required to enclose your Financial Proposal in RSD as a separate document, as specified in the detailed description in the above link. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.