Health Cluster Coordinator

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 74,649 USD and 97,747 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries, and to coordinator international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Identify and make contact with health sector stakeholders and utilize existing coordination mechanism, including national and subnational health authorities, national and international organizations and civil society.

2. Hold regular coordination meetings with country/hub health cluster partners, building when possible on existing health sector coordination forum.

3. Support the collection of information from all partners on Who's Where, since and until When, doing What, and regularly feed the database managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) (4W). Provide consolidated feedback to all partners and the other clusters.

4. Ensure that humanitarian health needs are identified by planning and coordinating joint, inter-cluster, Initial Rapid Assessments (IRA) adapting to the local context the IRA tool, as well as follow-on more in-depth health sub-sector assessments, as needed.

5. Mobilize Health Cluster Partners to contribute to establishing and maintaining an appropriate Early Warning and Response System (EWARS), and regularly report on health services delivered to the affected population and the situation in the areas where they work

.6. Synthesize the health cluster analysis of health-sector information and data leading to joint identification of gaps in the health sector response and agreement on priorities to inform the development (or adaptation) of a health crisis response strategy.

7. Ensure partners' active contribution to and involvement in joint monitoring of individual and common plans of action for health interventions and provide input to communications and information products to reflect the status and progress of WHO and cluster's work.

8. Represent the Health Cluster in inter-cluster coordination mechanisms at country/field level, contribute to jointly identifying critical issues that require multisectoral responses, and plan the relevant synergistic interventions with the other clusters concerned.

9. Provide inputs to joint Health Cluster contingency planning for potential new events or set-backs, when required.

10. Work with emergency coordinator on developing Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and other proposals for mobilizing resources for emergency response.

11. Inform the CLA Representative of priority gaps that cannot be covered by any health cluster partner and require CLA action as provider of last resort.

12. In a protracted crisis or health sector recovery context, to ensure appropriate links among humanitarian actions and longer-term health sector plans, incorporating the concept of ‘building back better' and specific risk reduction measures.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: A first university degree in international relations, political affairs, management or social sciences or related field. Desirable: Training in public health or international health. Post graduate studies in public health, emergency management, international aid, and partner coordination training or experience

Experience

Essential: At least 5 years of relevant experience, in managing and coordinating health humanitarian programs in in chronic and acute, sudden-onset emergencies. Proven experience in writing advocacy documents and in the production of communication material Desirable: Prior working experience with WHO/UN or with an international nongovernmental organization.• Experience in working with partners• International experience.

Skills

In-depth knowledge of emergency relief policies and practices within the UN, other UN specialized agencies, donor agencies, national and international NGOs.Sound knowledge of national disaster prevention and preparedness programs.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Creating an empowering and motivating environment

WHO global Competencies model at http://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

Use of Language Skills

Essential: of English. Desirable: of Arabic.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 60,962 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 1585 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO's workforce adheres to the WHO Values Charter and is committed to put the WHO Values into practice.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.

• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.

• *For WHO General Service staff who do not meet the minimum educational qualifications, please see e-Manual III.4.1, para 220.

• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line. For assessment of your application, please ensure that your profile on Stellis is updated; all experience records are entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time. Kindly note that CV/PHFs inserted via LinkedIn are not accessible.