Health Sector Coordinator

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 134,636 USD and 173,585 USD.

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“WHO policy for Fast Track Procedures for Emergencies”

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

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

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1-Manage and coordinatethe health sector or at inter-sector level for health needs/health system assessments, as well as participatory assessments; be familiar with and readyto choose from existing tools to confirm that the health sector covers all identified health needs of the affected population.

2-Collect information from all health development partners on Who's Where, since and until When, doing What (4Ws), and regularly feed the database managed by WHO.Provide consolidated feedback to all partners, development forums and the other sectors.

Strategic planning

3-Liaise with the health sector members on the development of the multi-year development/transition plan as well as relevant planning for health system strengthening and other interagency planning, ensure proper linkages with the humanitarian health cluster system, emergency, relief and recovery plans.

4-Ensure full compliance with national and international health systems norms and standards,oversee that crosscutting issues are main streamed in the health sector responseand implementation plans, taking into account the need for local adaptation.

Coordination of the health sector

5-Facilitate and ensure health partner involvement in health and other related sector assessments, planning, information, interventions, monitoring and quality assurance, and regularly report on health services delivered to the affected population.

6-Identify urgent technical gaps and training needs in relation to technical standards and protocols for the delivery of key health services and activities to ensure their adoption and uniform application by all health sector partners; identify opportunities for capacity building in collaboration with partners.

7-Ensure appropriate links with humanitarian actions and plans and with longer-term muti-year development/transition health sector plans, incorporating the concept of “building backbetter” and specific risk reduction measures.

8-Convene and facilitate consultative and results-oriented meetings in line with theprinciples of partnership. Organize and conduct joint support missions to field operations.

9-Contribute to the development of a functional Information Management strategy and mechanism forthe health sector to facilitate information sharing as well as monitoring and reporting; ensure that the health sector produces and disseminates to development partners, donors, health authorities and other stakeholders regular updates, technicalreports, bulletins and briefings on the health status of the affected people,response activities, resources mobilization, achievements, challenges and the remedial actions when necessary.

Resources mobilization and funds allocation

10-Manage the development of resource mobilization efforts, in close collaboration with the Head of the WHO Country Office, and in consultation with the health sector partners and development stakeholders.

Monitoring and evaluation

11-Coordinate the development,adaptation and implementation of an indicators' monitoring framework to ensure adequate implementation of the health sector plans; empower partners' active involvement in joint monitoring of individual and common plans of action for health interventions. Promote peer exchange of experiences and lessons learned within the sector partnership.

Advocacy

12-Identify core advocacy concerns for the Health Sector through a consultative process: develop joint sector/inter-sector initiatives to ensure regular and consistent advocacy is conveyed.Advocate for collective action, collective results, and collective accountability.

13-Represent the health sectorin inter-sector coordination mechanisms at country/field level, contribute tojointly identifying critical issues that require multi sectoral responses, and plan the relevant synergistic interventions with the other sectors concerned.

14-Perform any other sector related incident-specific duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: An advanced university degree (Master's level in public health, international health, management or social sciences or related field. Desirable: Post graduate studies or specialized training in health system strengthening, emergency management, international aid, health system recovery, and health sector coordination.

Experience

Essential: At least seven years of relevant experience with proven international exposure in developing and promoting collaborative partnerships in low income settings,post disaster and humanitarian relief operations, including experience inmanaging and coordinating health programs in chronic emergencies. Desirable: Relevant work experience in WHO, other UN agencies, health sectorpartners, relevant nongovernmental organizations.

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of coordination of health partners and implementation of health interventions in emergencies/low income setting asrelated to public health, complemented by demonstrated ability to identify andmanage difficult situations, to lead and direct multidisciplinary and multinationalpartners and stakeholders.

• In-depth knowledge of health system, emergency relief policies and practices within the UN, other UN specialized agencies, donoragencies, national and international NGOs.

• Sound knowledge and experience about disaster prevention, preparedness,resilience and development programmes.

• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to convene stakeholders and facilitate a policy process among UN, NGOs, national health authorities and donors.

. Excellent presentation skills

WHO Competencies

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

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.

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 75,602 (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 2627 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 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.

• 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.