National Professional Officer (Epidemiologist)

Contract

This is a NO-A 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 1 years of experience, depending on education. More about NO-A contracts.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The objectives of WHO'semergency programme are to design and implement programmes that prepare thehealth sector to deal with emergencies and that improve health during and aftercrises. Within the emergency programme, the objectives of WHO's emergencyresponse team are to support Member States by: 1) promptly assessing healthneeds of populations affected by crisis, identifying priority causes ofill-health and death; preparing damage estimates and emergency response and rehabilitation plans;providing prompt, credible health information and ensuring the continuity ofessential health services; 2) coordinating and monitoring emergency healthrelief efforts under the aegis of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee HealthCluster, of which WHO is the lead agency; 3) ensuring that critical gaps in thehealth response are rapidly identified and filled; 4) Revitalizing and buildingthe capacity of national health systems to deal with preparedness, detection,mitigation and response.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Support the Ministry ofHealth and Population and other partners on reinforcing the epidemic diseasesresponse operation including timely analysis of data relating to Covid andother disease with pandemic potential. Provide technical inputto the identification of vulnerable groups, hotspots for appropriateinterventions in order to accelerate Covid 19 immunization for prevention andcontrol of epidemic and other emerging infectious diseases of potential publichealth concern.Monitor and coordinatethe establishment of early warning systems for epidemic and pandemic-pronedisease for early detection and response to public health events of potentialconcern with a feedback weekly report.4.Conduct the fieldinvestigation, risk assessment and rapid public health response to theoutbreaks caused by emerging infectious diseases during outbreaks or requestfrom Emergency coordinator.5. Arrange for and compilematerials for the activities of building national capacities and support the necessarytrainings to the relevant personnel on the implementation of theepidemic/emergency preparedness and responses activities.6. Work with the Ministryof Health and Population as well as other involved health and WASH clusterpartners, in order to properly coordinate the epidemic preparedness andresponse activities and share necessary health-related data for information,analysis and to strengthen relationships among all stakeholders.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in epidemiology, medicine,public health, international health or related field. Desirable: Post graduate degree in related field isdesirable.

Experience

Essential: One year experience in applied epidemiology or public health surveillance with a track record in engaging with stakeholders. Desirable: Experience in the areas ofoutbreak investigation and response particularly in developing countries.Training on epidemiological surveillance and response or on outbreakinvestigation.

Skills

Very good knowledge, competency,and professional skills on the public health aspects of infectious diseasecontrol, epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response with particularattention to the use of applied epidemiology and principles of public health inthe control of epidemic diseases and outbreak prevention.Ability to process,analyze and interpret epidemiological surveillance data for epidemic andpandemic risk assessment.Effective presentationand writing skills.Excellent communicationskills for conducting training courses.Familiarity with workin emergency situations. Familiarity with thehealth problems in the country.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Ensuring the effective use of resources

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Arabic . Desirable:

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at EGP 500,214 (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.

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• 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.