The Operations Specialist, based in Beni & Butembo, provides strategic leadership, coordination and oversight of all operational functions including Supply Chain, Finance, Administration, Risk Management, and ICT for the Ebola response. The incumbent ensures that operational systems are agile, risk-informed, and responsive to emergency needs, enabling the timely delivery of supplies, rapid deployment and wellbeing of personnel, and uninterrupted program response across affected areas.
The Operations Manager acts as a senior member of the Ebola Coordination team based in Beni & Butembo advising on the most efficient operational approaches, operational risks, governance, resource optimization and systems strengthening, while ensuring alignment with the emergency response plan and applicable simplified emergency procedures.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations. This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.
UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.
This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
Consultant for Independent Review of the Service Bundle Pricing Tool for Refrigerators and Freezers Installations in Target Countries, Infrastructure and Energy Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 months remote
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Zimbabwe Chief, Social Policy, and in close technical collaboration with the UNICEF Zimbabwe Research and Evaluation Officer, ZIMSTAT, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Statistics Specialist, Data Collection Unit in the Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti, and other relevant partners, this assignment will contribute to the following outcomes: (1) Coordinate the implementation of the second school-based field test of the Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0b) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in October 2026 for reporting on SDG 4.1.1b (late primary); (2) Coordinate the implementation of the third household based field test of the Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0b) in Zimbabwe in Masvingo in January 2027; (3) Support the finalization of the guidance to roll out FLM2.0b in MICS 8 and dissemination of the module (4) Lead the secondary analysis of the Zimbabwe MICS 7 Foundational Learning Skills Module including cleaned analysis outputs, syntax/code files where applicable, documentation of indicators and analytical methods, and updated Country Office data repository entries in agreed formats and (5) provide related technical support to the Zimbabwe Country Office on MICS, learning assessment, data analysis, documentation, data repository management, and evidence-use activities that are directly linked to the above assignment and agreed in advance with the Chief of Social Policy.
The Operations Specialist, based in Beni & Butembo, provides strategic leadership, coordination and oversight of all operational functions including Supply Chain, Finance, Administration, Risk Management, and ICT for the Ebola response. The incumbent ensures that operational systems are agile, risk-informed, and responsive to emergency needs, enabling the timely delivery of supplies, rapid deployment and wellbeing of personnel, and uninterrupted program response across affected areas.
The Operations Manager acts as a senior member of the Ebola Coordination team based in Beni & Butembo advising on the most efficient operational approaches, operational risks, governance, resource optimization and systems strengthening, while ensuring alignment with the emergency response plan and applicable simplified emergency procedures.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations. This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.
UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.
This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.
Consultant for Independent Review of the Service Bundle Pricing Tool for Refrigerators and Freezers Installations in Target Countries, Infrastructure and Energy Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 months remote
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Zimbabwe Chief, Social Policy, and in close technical collaboration with the UNICEF Zimbabwe Research and Evaluation Officer, ZIMSTAT, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Statistics Specialist, Data Collection Unit in the Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti, and other relevant partners, this assignment will contribute to the following outcomes: (1) Coordinate the implementation of the second school-based field test of the Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0b) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in October 2026 for reporting on SDG 4.1.1b (late primary); (2) Coordinate the implementation of the third household based field test of the Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0b) in Zimbabwe in Masvingo in January 2027; (3) Support the finalization of the guidance to roll out FLM2.0b in MICS 8 and dissemination of the module (4) Lead the secondary analysis of the Zimbabwe MICS 7 Foundational Learning Skills Module including cleaned analysis outputs, syntax/code files where applicable, documentation of indicators and analytical methods, and updated Country Office data repository entries in agreed formats and (5) provide related technical support to the Zimbabwe Country Office on MICS, learning assessment, data analysis, documentation, data repository management, and evidence-use activities that are directly linked to the above assignment and agreed in advance with the Chief of Social Policy.
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