Regional Adviser

Contract

This is a P-5 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 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 144,241 USD and 180,766 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

Foster national and international efforts to formulate, and scale up implementation of effective, evidence-based policies, strategies, interventions and activities on Child and Adolescent Health and development, including the Integrated Management of Child Health (IMCI) strategy, aiming to further reduce mortality and morbidity from major diseases, promote healthy growth and development of children under five years of age and promote health in adolescents.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform the following duties: Develop/update and implement evidence-based regional newborn, child and adolescent health strategies, including the Integrated Management of Child Health (IMCI) strategy, and prepare regional planning documents and reports; Coordinate, advise, and assist countries in the Region by introducing, adapting, updating, and maintaining policies, strategies, and guidelines and planning for implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of newborn, child and adolescent health interventions; Advise and provide technical support to countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region on the development, coordination, and management of activities related to newborn, child health and adolescent health and development; Support the capacity building at regional and country levels for newborn, child and adolescent health and development programmes through training courses, regional consultations, inter-country meetings and workshops, and field visits; Provide advice and coordinate development of approaches to child and adolescent health pre-service education at regional level for medical and allied health professional teaching institutions; Monitor and evaluate activities and services for children and adolescents at different levels, including follow-up after training, surveys, and programme reviews; coordinate CAH-related operational research activities at regional and country levels; Advise and provide technical support to countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region on the coordination, and management of activities related to school health and school health services guidelines; Actively coordinate efforts with interested partners and agencies in the Region in the areas of child and adolescent health and development and contribute to resource mobilization in these areas; Contribute to the global efforts in the area of CAH; and Provide technical guidance, technical support, and supervision to WHO country office staff responsible for child and adolescent health in the Region.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in Medicine and Master's degree in public health and/or paediatrics. Desirable: Doctorate or equivalent degrees in public health and/or paediatrics

Experience

Essential: At least 10 years of combined experience at the national and international levels in management of public health programmes including the area of child and adolescent health. Desirable: Experience in developing countries and in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating IMCI activities.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of child and adolescent health and development programmes. Broad knowledge of operational research. Proven skills in management, planning, training, and evaluation. Excellent analytical skills; Excellent leadership skills; Ability to coordinate, manage, implement and evaluate child and adolescent health programmes; and Ability to relate and work well with people of different cultures, gender and backgrounds.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Moving forward in a changing environment Creating an empowering and motivating environment### Use of Language Skills

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

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 89,837 (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 2710 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.