Health Systems Officer

Contract

This is a NO-B 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 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 3,476 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

The incumbent shall perform the following duties:1.Review monitoring and evaluation plans for newprogrammes and budget revisions to ensure that plans are risk-based and focuson measuring results.2.Identify tools, andindicators for monitoring the implementation of projects and operations; and evaluatethe health emergency preparedness response and recovery action plans andprogrammes at the regional level.3.Ensure the standardsand systems used to deliver quality and accountable services and monitoringreports include information on levels of compliance achieved against standardsand indicators.4.Conduct needsassessment; define training needs and brief local capacities on monitoring andevaluation of national health programmes as required.5.Review the impactand effectiveness of responding to health emergencies at the regional andprovincial levels and identify gaps.6.Recommend capacitiesrequired to improve effectiveness and predictability in the preparedness andresponse within WHO and the health cluster partners.7.Prepare background documents,concept papers, situation analysis, and monthly technical reports forassessment of the implementation of related programmes.8.Identify andformulate monitoring and evaluation findings, lessons learned andrecommendations to be integrated into management efforts, disseminated inlearning events and channeled into decision-making processes.9.Report related healthemergencies activities; verify results-oriented formulations and brieftechnical leads on proper submissions that culminate in approved operationalwork plans, and their subsequent programmatic monitoring, evaluation andreporting.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in Information Management, Public Health,Epidemiology, Health economics, international development, life sciences, publicor business administration. Desirable: Advanced university degree (Masterslevel or above) in information management, public health, epidemiology,economics, international development, public or business administration from anaccredited/recognized institute. Certified training in monitoring andevaluation.

Experience

Essential: At least two years of related experience in monitoring andevaluation projects, methodologies and tools, including experience in emergencyoperations or humanitarian context. Desirable: Prior emergency disaster and health outbreak responseor humanitarian working experience at field level, with WHO/UN, health clusterpartners, recognized humanitarian organizations or with an international nongovernmentalorganization.

Skills

Demonstrated knowledge of principles, disciplines and techniques to implement monitoring and evaluation strategies.Good research and documentation skills especially for ‘best practices' in organizational change. Proven ability to make recommendations related to work-processing approaches and procedures which would lead to more efficient systems design.Advanced ability to gather, analyse and disseminate information on best practice in accountability and results-based management systems.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Promoting innovation and organizational learning Moving forward in a changing environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Desirable:

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 41,710 (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.

• 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.

• 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.

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