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Integrated Maintenance Strategy and Implementation Consultant, Global Programme Division, Immunization, 7 months, CoE Nairobi, Kenya (Remote)
UNICEF
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Contractor
Remote
Posted 5 days ago
Job Description
Working arrangement
: Remote with travels as required
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
How can you make a difference? Many countries continue to face significant challenges in maintaining critical health technologies at PHC level, including cold chain equipment, medical devices, oxygen systems, ICT infrastructure, waste management systems, and solar energy solutions. These challenges are often driven by fragmented maintenance approaches, limited technical capacity, insufficient financing, and weak governance and coordination mechanisms.
As a result, equipment downtime remains high, preventive maintenance is limited, and health facilities frequently experience disruptions in essential services.
The lack of an integrated maintenance approach also leads to inefficient use of resources, duplication of efforts across program areas, and limited accountability for equipment performance. In many settings, maintenance responsibilities are distributed across different units without clear coordination, resulting in delayed repairs, inadequate preventive maintenance, and shortened equipment lifespan. These gaps ultimately affect the reliability of health services, including immunization, oxygen delivery, diagnostics, and broader primary health care services.
This assignment aims to develop, pilot, and operationalize an integrated maintenance approach that brings together multiple health technology domains under a coordinated and efficient framework. Through pilot country implementation, baseline assessments, operational model development, and capacity strengthening, the assignment will generate evidence-based approaches tailored to different country contexts, including fragile settings and high-impact countries.
The assignment will also document lessons learned and develop scalable and sustainable models for broader adoption. By strengthening government ownership, improving technical capacity, and establishing sustainable financing and governance mechanisms, the initiative aims to improve equipment functionality, enhance service continuity, and contribute to more resilient and efficient primary health care systems.
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete
Terms of Reference
here: ToR Integrated Mntnce Strat Impln Consultant.pdf To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum Requirements
Education
: An advanced University Degree (Master’s degree) in Engineering, Public Health, Supply Chain, Business or Public A Bachelor’s degree and 10 years’ qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.
Work Experience
At least eight (8) years of relevant professional experience in immunization supply chain management, health systems strengthening, health technology management, or biomedical engineering, with experience in low- and middle-income countries.
Language Requirements
Proficiency in spoken and written English is required. Knowledge of French is an asset.
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills
• Experience conducting health technology or maintenance system assessments, including equipment inventory, decommissioning, workforce capacity, governance structures, financing, and service delivery models.
• Experience supporting pilot implementation, capacity building, and technical assistance to national and sub-national stakeholders, preferably across multiple countries.
• Strong experience in stakeholder engagement and coordination with ministries of health, partners, private sector, and development agencies at national and sub-national levels.
• Demonstrated experience in developing high-quality technical documents, including concept notes, operational frameworks, guidance documents, and learning reports.
• Strong planning, coordination, and project management skills, with experience working across multiple teams, countries, and time zones.
Desirables
Experience at management level of health technology managemen
: Remote with travels as required
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
How can you make a difference? Many countries continue to face significant challenges in maintaining critical health technologies at PHC level, including cold chain equipment, medical devices, oxygen systems, ICT infrastructure, waste management systems, and solar energy solutions. These challenges are often driven by fragmented maintenance approaches, limited technical capacity, insufficient financing, and weak governance and coordination mechanisms.
As a result, equipment downtime remains high, preventive maintenance is limited, and health facilities frequently experience disruptions in essential services.
The lack of an integrated maintenance approach also leads to inefficient use of resources, duplication of efforts across program areas, and limited accountability for equipment performance. In many settings, maintenance responsibilities are distributed across different units without clear coordination, resulting in delayed repairs, inadequate preventive maintenance, and shortened equipment lifespan. These gaps ultimately affect the reliability of health services, including immunization, oxygen delivery, diagnostics, and broader primary health care services.
This assignment aims to develop, pilot, and operationalize an integrated maintenance approach that brings together multiple health technology domains under a coordinated and efficient framework. Through pilot country implementation, baseline assessments, operational model development, and capacity strengthening, the assignment will generate evidence-based approaches tailored to different country contexts, including fragile settings and high-impact countries.
The assignment will also document lessons learned and develop scalable and sustainable models for broader adoption. By strengthening government ownership, improving technical capacity, and establishing sustainable financing and governance mechanisms, the initiative aims to improve equipment functionality, enhance service continuity, and contribute to more resilient and efficient primary health care systems.
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete
Terms of Reference
here: ToR Integrated Mntnce Strat Impln Consultant.pdf To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum Requirements
Education
: An advanced University Degree (Master’s degree) in Engineering, Public Health, Supply Chain, Business or Public A Bachelor’s degree and 10 years’ qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.
Work Experience
At least eight (8) years of relevant professional experience in immunization supply chain management, health systems strengthening, health technology management, or biomedical engineering, with experience in low- and middle-income countries.
Language Requirements
Proficiency in spoken and written English is required. Knowledge of French is an asset.
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills
• Experience conducting health technology or maintenance system assessments, including equipment inventory, decommissioning, workforce capacity, governance structures, financing, and service delivery models.
• Experience supporting pilot implementation, capacity building, and technical assistance to national and sub-national stakeholders, preferably across multiple countries.
• Strong experience in stakeholder engagement and coordination with ministries of health, partners, private sector, and development agencies at national and sub-national levels.
• Demonstrated experience in developing high-quality technical documents, including concept notes, operational frameworks, guidance documents, and learning reports.
• Strong planning, coordination, and project management skills, with experience working across multiple teams, countries, and time zones.
Desirables
Experience at management level of health technology managemen
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