Infection Prevention and Control Specialist

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of WHO IPC Team Lead or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Infection Prevention and Control Specialist will:

• Implement health worker’s protection strategy at country level
• Conduct IPC needs assessment at country level
• Conduct IPC needs assessment in high-risk facilities at all levels of the healthcare system, including public and private spaces, communities, traditional practices, and pharmacies.
• Increase standard and administrative precautions awareness at the health facility level.
• Strengthen capacity of health workers in charge on triage activities at the healthcare facility level.
• Support cascade training on COVID-19 Wash/IPC at sub-national levels.
• Monitor, report, and analyze data on healthcare-associated infections among health workers and patients.
• Contribute to the support for establishment and implementation of IPC measures in refugee camps, IDPs, and urban slums.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Master degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

* Essential

First-level university degree in nursing, medicine, pharmacy, microbiology or epidemiology. Certified training in the area of IPC from an accredited/recognized institute*.

Desirable

Master’s level degree in public health or related field.

Required experience:

60 Months

Experience remark:

* Essential

At least five years of experience in developing, implementing and evaluating infection and prevention control policies, procedures and tools in low resource settings, and outbreaks and or health emergency response.

Related experience in managing resources and working effectively in a multi-stakeholder international environment including developing and promoting collaborative actions with national authorities.

Desirable

Previous experience with WHO, in UN organizations/agencies, international institutions, health cluster partners, humanitarian organizations or nongovernmental organizations, particularly in developing countries.

Language skills:

• French(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• English(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise:

Public health, Other emergency management experience, Resource mobilization, partnership and donor coordination

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Client Orientation, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Creativity, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Judgement and Decision-making, Knowledge Sharing, Leadership, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Self-Management, Vision, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup.

Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.

* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile.

Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply.

This assignment is in the framework of the Africa Women Health Champions to improve health and gender equality initiative. African female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: 15 December 2020