Health Cluster Support Officer

Contract

This is a NO-C contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 4,480 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

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

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Maintain information on allcurrent and potential health partners, their capacities and areas of work, andregular updating of all health partners (Government, UN agencies, National andInternational NGOs) contact details. Provide consolidated feedback to all partners and the other clusters.

2. Organize Strategic/TechnicalReview Committees, represent Health Cluster in the proposal review process and followup with the United Nations Office for the Coordination ofHumanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) on partners' proposal submission, and preparing and dissemination of proposal reviewcommittee minute.

3. Participate in thepreparation process for the annual Humanitarian Needs Overview and HumanitarianResponse Plan.

4. Organize and hold regular healthcluster coordination meetings with country/hub health cluster partnersand technical working groups to updateattendees on important issues and recommendations of the previous meeting and followup on the agreed actions.

5. Ensure priority healthproblems and risks are identified by conducting regular needs/gap assessmentmissions and support the field team, analyze the assessment report in closecoordination with the Health Information Management Unitand Regional Health Cluster Coordinators.

6. Ensure partners' active contribution to andinvolvement in joint monitoring of individual and common plans of action forhealth interventions and provide input to communications and informationproducts to reflect the status and progress of WHO and cluster's work.

7. Follow up on action pointswith both partners and MoPH and update the Health Cluster Coordinatoraccordingly.

8. Work closely with Health InformationManagement and Regional Health Cluster Coordinators to update the mapping ofthe health actors, available health services, and resources.

9. Undertake joint fieldvisits for monitoring, joint evaluation, and lessonlearning missions.

10. Participate in drafting thehealth cluster annual work plan, cluster contingency plan, and other reports.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: First university degreein medicine Desirable: Master in Public Health.

Experience

Essential: At least five years of relevant experience inmanaging and coordinating health humanitarian programs in chronic and acute, sudden-onsetemergencies. Proven experience in writing advocacy documents and in theproduction of communication material Desirable: Relevant work experience inWHO, other UN agencies, Health Cluster Partners, recognized HumanitarianOrganizations or relevant non-governmental organizations.

Skills

Proven ability to plan, implement and evaluate health sector-related activities at the national level Coordination, communication, and negotiation skills Excellent skills in report writing

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond Producing results

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Dari. Expert knowledge of Pashto. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 53,759 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.

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.

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• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.

• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

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

• This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this country will not be considered.