Infection Prevention & Control Officer

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 116,154 USD and 152,094 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 coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

When deployed, the incumbent will perform the following duties which may be changed once the deployment has been completed:1. Support incident management with assessing needs regarding IPC for case management and liaise with technical units in contributing to the overall operational plan, in the area of IPC.2. Provide technical advice on all issues related to IPC for case management and other aspects (eg contact tracing and risk communications), critically reviewing, analysing and using evidence based data for setting up or adapting IPC, interventions and approaches. 3. With the clinical case management expert and case management trainer, develop training for emergency triage and IPC at healthcare facilities of all type (Health posts, clinics, general hospitals and treatment and isolation centres).4. Support training to national and international healthcare workers, hospital management and auxiliaries in the area of IPC. 5. Support the national and local health authorities to develop and communicate messages with the medical and health communities on IPC and effective behaviours to prevent infection and liaise with the risk communication and contact tracing teams on the IPC aspects of the response. 6. Liaise with the logistics team on the specification and quantity of any IPC materials required.7. Coordinate with HQ desks and technical unit (Epidemic Clinical Management, WHE/IHM/EXN and Emergency Medical Teams) on all aspects of scaling up IPC for case management and IPC training.8. When applicable, contribute to coordination and case management meetings with MoH and clinical partners/EMTs.9. Contribute to maintaining an overview of the IPC needs for the response and ensure that updates are provided on a regular and timely basis to all levels of the response through the IMS structure.10. Develop technical advice, in close collaboration with the case management team, the establishment/strengthening of isolation facilities based on standard guidelines and principles for infection prevention and control as deemed necessary.11. Perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in Nursing or environmental health or related field. Desirable: Qualification in specialised medicine or nursing, Advanced university degree in Public Health.

Experience

Essential: At least five years (P3) practical experience, at the national and/or international levels, in the development, advocacy, planning, implementation of infection prevention and control activities for infectious diseases in outbreak, CBRN, disaster or humanitarian emergency Desirable: Experience in epidemiology, research and analysis, and/or the development of training tools and databases for monitoring and evaluation purposes.Previous experience with WHO, other UN agencies, Emergency Medical Teams, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organizations or a non-governmental organization is desirable.

Skills

Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to write in a clear and concise manner and give technical advice and guidance taking into consideration the views of multiple stakeholders and partners in resource-limited contexts;Proven ability to promote consensus, communicate progress and results, and resolve issues in a proactive manner, while ensuring effective work practices and ethics.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Promoting innovation and organizational learning Creating an empowering and motivating environment### Use of Language Skills

Essential: Desirable: The above language requirements are interchangeable.

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 3251 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.