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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.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries, and to coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies. The objectives of WHO’s Emergency Programme are to design and implement programmes that prepare the health sector to deal with emergencies and that improve health during and after crises. Within the emergency programme, the objectives of WHO’s emergency response team are to support Member States by: (1) promptly assessing health needs pf populations affected by crisis, identifying priority causes of ill-health and death; preparing damage estimates and emergency response and rehabilitation plans; providing prompt, credible health information and ensuring the continuity of essential health services; (2) coordinating and monitoring emergency health relief efforts under the aegis of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Health Cluster, of which WHO is the lead agency; (3) ensuring that critical gaps in the health response are rapidly identified and filled; (4) revitalizing and building the capacity of national health systems to deal with preparedness, mitigation and response.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The purpose of this position is to support WHO’s EURO Regional Office and Turkey Country Office – Gaziantep field presence to ensure that the public health response is effectively implemented and managed through providing technical guidance and support in the area of pharmaceutical supply.

The following will be the duties that the Pharmacist NPO will be assigned to in order to achieve this purpose:

  1. To act as a focal person in the WHO Field Presence in Gaziantep for management of medicines related work through coordination with health authorities, donors and health partners in Turkey.
  2. To provide technical assistance to health partners for developing essential drug lists for different types of health care in northern Syria.
  3. To advise and support WHO local and international pharmaceutical procurement and delivery for the cross-border operation in northern Syria.
  4. To provide technical assistance to the health partners for development, implementation and monitoring of medicines policy and action plan in line with WHO´s Medicines Strategy.
  5. To establish mechanisms, in collaboration with health partners, for streamlining medicine supplies and their management both for emergencies and routine health services.
  6. To build the capacity of the health partners to effectively manage pharmaceutical in northern Syria in terms of necessary regulations development and their implementation.
  7. To initiate a programme of training and capacity building in the areas of medicine supply management, quality control, storage, dispensing, prescription and use of medicines in line with national treatment.
  8. To perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION

Essential: University degree in Pharmacy. Desirable: Postgraduate degree in Public Health or trainings on pharmaceutical supply chain management.

EXPERIENCE

Essential: At least two years of experience working with pharmaceutical supplies in emergency at the national level.

COMPETENCIES

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing Results Knowing and Managing Yourself

SKILLS

In-depth knowledge of public health programmes with focus on pharmaceutical supply chain management Demonstrated knowledge and experience of operational management of health aspects/consequences of humanitarian crises in field settings. Demonstrated skills in capacity building, proposal and report writing, knowledge of and experience with needs assessments in emergency settings, strategic information analysis and planning. Demonstrated experience in the development, implementation and analysis of technical cooperation programmes and activities, including the development of programmatic indicators.

USE OF LANGUAGES

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

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at TRY 249,728 (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.
  • 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.
  • WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.
  • Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
Added 2 years ago - Updated 2 years ago - Source: who.int