Health Specialist – Adolescent Health (P‑4, Fixed‑Term)

About the role

The Health Specialist (Adolescent Health) provides strategic leadership, technical expertise and programmatic guidance to strengthen adolescent‑responsive health systems and services worldwide. The role works closely with governments, development partners, UNICEF Regional and Country Offices to design, implement and scale evidence‑based programmes.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of global frameworks, technical guidance, quality standards and programme tools for adolescent health.
• Support policy reform, institutional capacity strengthening and evidence generation across sexual and reproductive health, mental health, substance use prevention and disease prevention.
• Provide technical and strategic support to governments and partners for programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Manage multi‑country grants, budgets and donor reporting, ensuring effective resource allocation and performance monitoring.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree in public health, global health, adolescent health, health systems, epidemiology, health policy or related field.
• Minimum eight years of progressively responsible experience in adolescent health, MNCAH, health‑systems strengthening or primary health care.
• Proven experience delivering technical support to governments, UN agencies and development partners.
• Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams and working in low‑ and middle‑income, humanitarian or fragile settings.

Required skills

• Strategic thinking and ability to develop operational frameworks.
• Strong partnership‑building and coordination across sectors and institutions.
• Excellent communication for advocacy, technical writing and presentations.
• Proficiency in English at a proficient level.