NPO(Essential Drugs Medicine)

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 4,961 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

A key purpose of the WHO Health System Strengthening Framework for Action is to promote a common understanding of what a health system is and what constitutes health systems strengthening. It also provides a basis to support countries in scaling up health systems and services: addressing bottlenecks in a collaborative, coordinated way, driven by desired health outcomes, to achieve sustainable system-wide effects. To be most effective, this process must be country-led, based on priorities set out in comprehensive national health plans

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Provide technical support to the planning, formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EMP programmes, including regulation, pharmacovigilance, quality control, rational use systems for essential medicines, and vaccines, blood and health products and related commodities.

2. Provide technical guidance on One Health approach, with focus on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) activities;

3. Provide technical support to improve medical supply chain activities and the use of the Interagency Emergency Health Kit 2015 in emergency settings, with focus on the capacity building of relevant stakeholders in order to reach affected and vulnerable populations.

4. Provide technical guidance to the national health authorities on the acceptance of medical product donations and the implementation of the interagency medicines donation guidelines.

5. Monitor the detection of Substandard and Falsified (SF) medical products and support the country on the reporting process to WHO global monitoring system.

6. Liaise with the WHO team and national health authorities on quality control and assurance systems for procurement, supply chain management, distribution and storage, including cold storage of medical products and issues related to access of quality-assured medical products, market intelligence, pricing and the appropriate use of medical products at the various health care levels.

7. Support the country to achieve maturity level 3 of the NRA trough the assessment using WHO Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT);

8. Take part on technical international teams performing country assessments in areas of emergency preparedness (JEE) and regulatory systems of medical products (GBT);

9. Provide technical guidance on ways to improve medical device management in health care facilities, in compliance with WHO standards and guiding documents.

10. Monitor and analyse the impact of the supply chain management of medical products and new policies and strategies and, where needed, propose new supply management and pharmaceutical care initiatives to address the outbreaks and health emergencies needs, in collaboration with other team members and international partners.

11. Coordinate the publishing and dissemination of information, documents and guidelines on best practices and coordinated efforts pertaining to the various technical activities.

12. Perform any other related specific duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education (Qualifications):

Essential: University degree in medicine, pharmacy or related pharmaceutical sciences from an accredited/recognized institute.

Desirable: University degree in public health or pharmacology. Specialized training in regulation of medical products, emergency management, international aid or humanitarian principles.

Experience:

Essential: At least seven years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in the area of essential medicines. Related experience working in outbreaks and/or other health emergency operations.

Desirable: Experience and skills in providing in-country technical support and building national capacity. Experience in policy development. Working experience in regulation of medical products. Relevant experience in WHO, other UN agencies, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organizations, or non-governmental organizations.

Skills

• Excellent technical knowledge in the field of medical products with focus on treatment of diseases with high public health impact.

• Excellent understanding of the concepts of access to medical products, supply chain management, rational selection and use.

• Independent judgement; and ability to anticipate new trends in the field of medical products and take actions accordingly.

• Knowledge of office software applications.

WHO Competencies

1. Building and promoting partnerships across the Organization and beyond

2. Producing results

3. Ensuring the effective use of resources

4. Teamwork.

5. Communication

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Excellent knowledge of English

Desirable: Working knowledge of Portuguese

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at 49,746USD (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.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• 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.