Minimum requirements:

Education:

• PhD - Doctoral degree in public health, global health, mental health, counseling, psychology, child and adolescent development, health systems, health policy or a related field.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in global health, mental health or health systems, including significant experience in child and adolescent mental health.
• Experience developing or applying global technical guidance, tools and implementation approaches across health and community-based systems.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic technical partnerships and program or investment development with academic, technical, philanthropic and/or funding partners.
• Strong experience in evidence translation, implementation learning and knowledge generation, including technical and/or peer-reviewed publications.
• Experience providing technical capacity strengthening and mentoring to specialist teams.

Skills:

• Demonstrated expertise in child and adolescent mental health programming, service planning and systems strengthening, particularly in LMIC settings.
• Excellent analytical, technical writing, facilitation and communication skills.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English required.

Desirables:

• Familiarity with UNICEF Country Office programming environments and Global Program.