Monitoring & Evaluation 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 2,336 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The goal of WHO's presence in countries, territories and areas is to develop a two-way collaboration between the Secretariat and countries, territories and areas, by supporting them to reachnational health goals and contribute to global and regional public healthaction. WHO utilizes the Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), a key element ofthe Country Focus strategy, as a strategic management tool to create synergyand alignment between WHO leadership priorities and national health policies, strategies and plans. Creating this synergy and alignment will be essential toadvance WHO's organizational effectiveness and ensure WHO's relevance at country level.Pakistan Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is making efforts to reach more children equitably preventing mortality and morbidity due to vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) using existing and new vaccines with heightened political commitment, government ownership and improved management using innovation and technology to improve its performance. World Health Organization(WHO) is also providing technical assistance in the area of monitoring and supervision to support the efforts of the host Government to review and analyse the programme performance using specific tools in an inclusive and holistic manner and help the Government in midcourse correction and optimize the utilization of available financial, human and material resources.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform below tasks:Facilitate the developmentand implementation of comprehensive monitoring & evaluation guidelines bydesigning framework, tools, and dataflow mechanism for EPI programme.Providedata-driven programme insights and advice to EPI programme in planning, designing,and conducting monitoring & evaluation activities. Design and promote standardizedmethods, tools, and formats for common use in monitoring coverage trends,activities, and outcomes to support strategic decision-making. Build and strengthen national capacitiesfor monitoring and evaluation of national health programmes, through conductingneeds assessment, defining training needs, develop strategies to achievetargets and facilitate implementation of training activities.Monitor the implementationof EPI plans, activity and identify priority gaps.Plan and coordinate vaccinationcoverage surveys for routine immunization and Supplementary ImmunizationActivities.Collect immunizationsystems data such as vaccine coverage, planning, financing, human resources,logistics management, outreach activities and vaccine safety. Monitor and conduct situationanalysis of EPI indicators i.e coverage, drop-out rates, disease burdens,trends and completeness/timeliness and provide timely advice and report outcomeof analysis for generating evidence and insights EPI related decision making. Oversee the implementationof Electronic Immunization Registration (EIR) systems and ManagementInformation systems related to EPI.Conductcomprehensive EPI reviews and Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) by undertakingongoing field visits to WHO EPI sites to assesses local conditions andresources, monitor WHO inputs and provide on job training for effectiveimplementation of monitoring plans.Coordinatewith other health programmes and partners on EPI data generation surveys and fordeveloping and implementing joint field monitoring mechanism to ensure betterquality and precise indicators in these surveys.Prepare anddisseminate analysis, reports, and documents for joint reporting on EPI withPartners.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in public health/biostatistics. Desirable: Master's degree in public health with training in biostatisticsand data analytics.

Experience

Essential: At least 5 years of working experience in development, implementation and management of monitoring andevaluation of public health programme. Desirable: Experience of working with UN/INGO.

Skills

Ability to analyze and present data, synthesizing information and presenting clear and concise conclusions and recommendations for decision makingGood communication skills both written and oral, and ability to write in a clear, concise and effective manner for different audiences.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Local language(Urdu). Desirable:

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at PKR 6,380,226 (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.

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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.