National Professional Officer (Health & Environment)

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 2,596 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The objective of the programme is to reduce risks to human health associated with climate change effects and undesired environmental situations associated with poor WASH , air pollution (both ambient and indoor), chemical safety and food safety by strengthening the responses of the relevant sector's in these areas. The strategic objectives are to contribute in building resilience to climate change in health sector including significant supports to promote water safety plans, sanitation safety planning, environmental health risk assessment and management; and strengthen capacity of government sectors to address air pollution, chemical safety and food safety issues.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Provide technical support in the area of Protection of the Human Environment of the Office.

• Provide technical support to government to implement national strategies and policies to promote key objectives and targets in the identification and management of environmental risk factors to human health.

• Undertake situation analysis and needs assessment for addressing health and environment challenges and linkages to ensure adequate technical and strategic support the country in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of joint national action plans.

• Monitor country specific developments in respect to the assigned programmatic areas covered, and conduct reporting to the regional office/ Headquarters so that these findings can be analyzed for strategy development purposes.

• Develop and propose national strategies and policies for implementation through collaboration with national authorities and recommend initiatives in the areas of environmental health to implement multilateral environmental agreements.

• Undertake research on impact of the Libreville Declaration and on various topics including risk factor assessment and management.

• Plan and organize programs for capacity building on Environmental health initiatives and other the related cross cutting areas.

• Serve as a technical resource to the public concerning health and environment linkages to prevent diseases and to create health supportive environments. Respond to inquiries from the media, national or other institutions, and provide detailed and technical information concerning related principles, practices, issues, measures, techniques and procedures.

• Conduct a variety of community outreach activities concerning the extension of community-based networks for improved health environment targeted towards preventing diseases.

• Liaise with national counterparts, technical departments at HQ, donors, and development partners (UN and bilateral institutions) to harmonize recommendations on policies and strategies related to the programme and resolve issues or concerns and seek funding for new projects and initiatives.

• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in environmental or public health engineering, environmental science or a closely related field from an accredited/recognized institute.

Desirable: Advance university degree in environmental or public health.

Experience

Essential: At least five (5) years of experience in environmental health, climate change and WASH, including practical experience in environmental health risk assessment and climate resilient public health plans, implementation and monitoring. Experience in project management and capacity development.

Desirable: Experience in working for UN agencies or international organizations

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge on policies and strategies associated with environment, WASH and sustainable development issues.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, with proven ability to elaborate and implement projects.
• Ability to write in a clear and concise manner, and to present factual information.
• Knowledge of WHO, the UN System or NGO work in the field of response relief and/or of their practices and procedures as related to the work

WHO Competencies:

1. Building and promoting partnerships across the Organization and beyond

2. Producing results

3. Ensuring the effective use of resources

4. Teamwork.

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Excellent knowledge of the English.

Desirable: Working knowledge of Amharic, Knowledge of French or other UN language.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 28,573.00 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.

Additional Information

• Duty station - Addis Ababa

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• 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.

• 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.

• This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is located will be accepted.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

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