Programme & Administrative Officer

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 116,154 USD and 152,094 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) is part of and contributes to the work of the Universal health coverage/Communicable and non-communicable diseases (UHC/UCN) cluster in theWHO African region. The strategic agenda of the cluster is to reduce disease burden in the WHO African Region, by guiding disease control agenda in Africa, and using analytics to inform strategic investments andtailored interventions for disease control. This approach is underpinned by theguiding principles of comprehensive whole of society, people-centered, integrated approaches to disease control. The comprehensive whole of society approaches to disease control involves: (a) coherent implementation of triple response - technical response: implementing diseases specific normative guidance, promoting intervention mixes and deploying medical commodities; healthsystems response: building capacities of district service delivery systemsin disease mapping and stratification, interventions tailoring, andsector/subsector planning; and multi-sectoral response: addressing socio-economic and environmental determinants of diseases through mobilizing non-health sectors, communities and stakeholders; (b) disease control partnership of public and private sectors, health and non-health sectors; and (c) community involvement in targeted highrisk communities, focused on managing determinants of diseases, health services demand creation and accountability by local health stewards. The people centered, integrated approaches to disease control involves: (a) integrated guidance on disease control for each health service delivery platform, a move away from stand-alonedisease specific guidance; and (b)integrated and efficient disease control investments in strengthening the capacity of appropriate health services delivery platforms throughdeployment of appropriate technologies and analytics to guide stratification of disease risks across population groups in order to develop and deploy comprehensive packages of interventions appropriate for each population group and health service delivery platform, as well as monitor population access,coverage and impact to leave no one behind.The specific objectives of the UCN cluster to which the ESPEN programme contributes, are to: (i) provide leadership on disease control coordination, partnership and resource mobilization; (ii) contribute to the development of WHO disease control technical products, services and tools including adoption of new technologies and innovations; (iii) support generation and use of strategic information foraction and decision making including optimizing investment; and (iv) provide orfacilitate provision of technical support in deployment of WHO technical products and services and institutional capacity building, including support to national disease programmes and regulatory authorities. The Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) addresses all the five neglected tropical diseases that are responsive to preventive chemotherapy (PC- NTD, namely: Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), Onchocerciasis (Oncho), Schistosomiasis (SCH), Soil- transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) and Trachoma, and serve as the technical arm of the WHO/AFRO Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme. It provides coordinated technical support on PC- NTDs to endemic countries, which will contribute to the achievement of NTD goals and targets at country level in accordance with the Regional Strategic Plan for NTDs. The provision of technical support will primarily focus on i) strategic and operational planning for the 5 PC- NTDs, ii) strengthening of technical quality of NTD Programmes to increase coverage so that more peoplecan benefit from donated medicines with an emphasis on NTD activities such as mapping, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of country progress towards disease specific targets, implementation, and impact assessment;iii) and iv) fostering effective links with interventions to strengthen health systems to deliver services including PC-NTD medicines to poor and hard-to reach communities. ESPEN will work closely with partners todeliver technical support to Member States.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent is expected to contribute towards:Under the technical guidance of the ESPEN Coordinator and the overall guidance of the UCN and GMC Directors, the incumbent will be expected to perform the following duties:Input/updatework plans including planned costs in GSM;Initiate setting up of HR plans, identify and include positions in HR plans, update position parameters and submit for approval, Initiate mapping of positions to task and awards; Monitor and review staff costs in occupied and vacant positions;Request Award Activation, Distribution and Amendments; Develop/revise award budgets and planned cost;Monitor expenditures against award budgets, project funding, award distributions and PB allocations; Identify and process necessary revisions to expenditures, award budgets and project funding, ensuring that all expenditures are according to planFollow up on cancellation of encumbrances and ensure that they are done on time;Perform budget analysisand produce budget andaward reports and share with the team; Contribute to the reporting on performance assessmentand contribute to resource mobilization;-Provide uncertified financial reports to donors;Coordinate donor reports;Perform quality assurance on GSM transactions; Perform other duties as may be required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in Finance, Management Accountancy or Business Administration. Desirable: Post-graduate degree in Finance orA ccounting Management.Membership of professional accounting bodiese.g. C.A.

Experience

Essential: At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in of professional experience with anemphasis on programme management and/or budget and financialmonitoring. Desirable: Good knowledge of programme management and end-to-end business processes as designedin the Global Management System;Experience in project management, Ideally in the UN System and/or a public health context; Good knowledge of GSM System or similar ERP Systems

Skills

Good knowledge of WHO Results-Based Management framework and related business processes;Knowledge of Oracle projects and Oracle financials or similar ERP applications and systems ;Sound knowledge of the Organization's policies and practices, as well as project management principles and their application within WHO;Good knowledge in grant managementAbility to act independently and exercise sound judgment;High level of organizational and analytical ability combined with good writing and communication skill; Proven ability to maintain and establish excellent interpersonal working relations and to work with competingpriorities underpressure.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Ensuring the effective use of resources Creating an empowering and motivating environment### Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of French. Desirable: The above language requirements are interchangeable.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 62,692 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 2852 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

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.

• *For WHO General Service staff who do not meet the minimum educational qualifications, please see e-Manual III.4.1, para 220.