National Professional Officer (Health Emergencies and AMR)

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 3,843 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The objectives of the Health Emergencies and AMR team are to support Thailand in the area of anti-microbial resistance (support research, surveillance, infection control, antibiotic stewardship and through the CCS programme, M&E of national programme implementation) as well as in the area of public health emergencies and natural disasters (strengthen preparedness, IHR core capacities, risk assessment, health emergency information, infectious hazard management and emergency operations).

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

For anti-microbial Resistance (AMR), including through the mechanism of the WHO / Royal Thai Government Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), assist the Programme Officer, Health Security and Emergency Response, in providing support to strengthen the following:

1. Generation of information, knowledge and evidence on AMR to inform policy, through surveillance and research, including in relation to patterns of resistance/susceptibility, antimicrobial use and levels of attributable AMR associated morbidity and mortality;

2. Optimizing the use of antimicrobial medicines, including through promotion of antibiotic stewardship programmes;

3. Promotion of effective healthcare related hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures;

4. Enhancing awareness, understanding and where appropriate, practices related to AMR in key stakeholders, through advocacy, education, training and behaviour change initiatives;

5. Supporting Monitoring and Evaluation of the implementation of the National Strategic Plan on AMR.

6. For public health emergencies and natural disasters, assist the Programme Officer, Health Security and Emergency Response, in providing support to strengthen the following:

Emergency operations, including:

• health emergency operations centres,
• response SOPs,
• technical standards for health emergency operations,
• logistics management systems, and
• strategic stockpiles.

Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment, including:

• risk assessment of outbreaks or emergencies (including joint risk assessments),
• monitoring of health service and response operations during emergencies.

Infectious Hazard management, including:

• surveillance of Emerging Infectious Diseases through event based (EBS) and incident-based surveillance (IBS).
• preparedness planning for high-threat infectious diseases.
• capacities to prevent and respond to high-threat infectious hazards, including clinical management, infection prevention and control, laboratories and risk communication.

Preparedness and International Health Regulations, including:

• IHR Core Capacities and emergency benchmarks,
• all- hazard' preparedness planning at national / sub-national levels,
• disaster risk reduction activities,
• safe hospital' initiatives. In this context, functional duties will include the following:
  • Communicating WHO global and regional perspectives, strategies and recommendations through public speaking, presentations and other media;
  • Direct technical collaboration and advice during public health emergencies;
  • Technical review of proposals submitted for support by the WHO programme budget and determination of their overall relevance and importance;
  • Technical participation and pro-active monitoring of collaborative activities and follow-up as needed to ensure high quality and timely implementation, as well as appropriate documentation and reporting.

7. The incumbent may also be requested when appropriate to perform other duties as assigned and necessary.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: First university degree in medicine, nursing, health-related science, emergency/disaster management, epidemiology. Desirable: Master's degree in Public Health (or equivalent); Training in field epidemiology and/or, training in public health laboratory (virology or microbiology).

Experience

Essential: At least 2 years of professional experience in public health; AND either field experience in conducting epidemiologic investigations of outbreak-prone diseases / emerging events of public health concern; OR Field experience in managing public health emergencies or public health components of emergencies.

Skills

• Excellent communication and coordination skills in Thai and English language.
• Proven abilities in technical capacity building, outbreak response, programme planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Proven abilities in knowledge management, technical writing, and public speaking.
• Ability to work with diplomacy and tact in a multi-cultural and complex partner environment

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Moving forward in a changing environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Thai.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at THB 1,588,105 (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.

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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.