Project Management Officer

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 3,758 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To ensure that effective WHO country presence is established to implement WHO country cooperation strategies that are aligned with Member State's health development agendas and emergency/ resilience programmes and harmonized with the United Nations country teams.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

During deployment, the duty station may change, and duties may be modified, based upon the technical needs of the Programme.

1. Provide technical support to the overall programme management, grants management, budget, work planning, including the day-to-day operation and evaluation of work plans to ensure the effective execution of the outbreaks and health emergencies programmes.

2. Closely monitor the technical, operational and HR work plans, to ensure proper implementation and expenditures.

3. Map funds to the correct outcomes and outputs to ensure proper use of designated funds andachieve results as per defined indicators; underpin compliance with project management principles.

4. In coordination with the Resource Mobilization Officer, review relevant workplans to secure rapid funding for immediate needs; with sustainable, predictable financing for programme activities.

5. Analyse, consolidate, and disseminate information on programme management. Contribute to the preparation of monitoring and progress reports, briefings, proposals, reports, communications, and advocacy documents required for strategic decision making.

6. Attend various project management meetings to ensure predictable follow-up on agreed action points with relevant counterparts.

7. Recommend flexible and innovative solutions to support WHO's outbreak and health emergency operations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: A university degree in management, administration, health policy/planning, economics, social development, social sciences or international relations from a recognized/accredited institute. Desirable: Formal training in project management

Experience

Essential: A minimum of two years' relevant experience in project management with experience in planning, grant management, budget, finance and/or related field, including sound understanding of resource mobilization. Related experience in the context of outbreaks and/or emergency programmes. Desirable: Relevant work experience in WHO, other UN agencies, Health Cluster Partners, recognized Humanitarian Organizations or relevant nongovernmental organizations.

Skills

• Proven knowledge of project management, budgetary, financial, practices and the ability to develop improved systems that support these processes.• Strong analytical skills and ability to analyse and synthesize information from multiple sources.• Excellent knowledge and expertise in project design, monitoring and evaluation. • Strong professional skills in the development of reports and persuasive documents

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Ensuring the effective use of resources Producing results

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Dari. Expert knowledge of Pashto. Desirable: Beginners knowledge of French.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 45,101 (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.

• 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.