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For every child, the right to health!

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Climate change and environmental degradation in Central Asia pose increasing risks to the resilience of supply chains for essential commodities critical for vital public services, including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH); nutrition; primary health care (PHC); and other areas. In Uzbekistan and across the region, extreme weather events, inefficient resource use, and financing gaps threaten the delivery of equitable, quality services to children and vulnerable communities.
UNICEF works to ensure that climate and environmental financing mechanisms prioritize the sustainability and resilience of social sectors.

This includes:

• Securing reliable supply chains for essential medicines, oxygen and neonatal equipment, vaccines, and WASH- and nutrition-related materials, with attention to cold chain and last-mile continuity
• Expanding access to safe water and sanitation in communities, schools, and health facilities.
• Strengthening MNCH and PHC services to withstand climate and environmental shocks.
• Scaling nutrition and Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), including Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counselling, lactation support, anemia prevention, and continuity of growth monitoring and nutrition supplies during heatwaves and power outages.

Backed by partners including Gavi, the Global Fund, the Green Climate Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the European Union, and the Governments of Japan and Korea, UNICEF is driving innovative green financing to build climate-resilient WASH, health, nutrition, and supply chain systems in Uzbekistan and Central Asia.

The Climate-Smart Supply Financing in Health will serve as a foundation for a financing strategy that aligns national and regional investments with green priorities, while explicitly integrating supply chain strengthening, WASH, MNCH, nutrition, and PHC as core elements of resilience and equity.

• Lead the development of Assessment on Climate-Smart Supply Financing in Health (CSSF) with profiling of potential donors for Uzbekistan, with regional insights for other Central Asian countries.
• Identify financing opportunities that strengthen supply chains, WASH infrastructure, and PHC in a climate-resilient and equitable manner.
• Identify climate-smart financing pathways for MNCH and Nutrition, aligned with WASH and PHC resilience and integrated supply chains (oxygen, commodities, cold chain, and quality-of-care investments).
• Produce donor-friendly materials that highlight investment pathways for sustainable and climate-adapted social services.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced degree in Economics, Public Policy, Finance, Health Systems, Climate Finance, or related field.

• Work Experience: 
  • Minimum 5-6 years of international experience in public financial management, climate/green finance, and health/WASH systems.
  • Proven expertise in supply chain strengthening, WASH infrastructure planning, and primary health care financing.
  • Experience in Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, preferred.
  • Familiarity with donor requirements (EU, AFD, and other bilateral/multilateral agencies).
• Skills: Strong analytical, facilitation, and report-writing skills. 
• Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken in English is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

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Remarks:  

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