Senior Public Health Associate
Contribute to ensuring effective public health programmes.
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Overview
Contribute to ensuring effective public health programmes.
You have:
- Education in Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, or Epidemiology.
- Essential experience in public health programming with understanding of health systems and data analysis.
- Experience in public health emergency preparedness and refugee settings.
- Knowledge of French, English, and Arabic.
- Experience with health information systems.
Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)
A (least hardship)Family Type (not applicable for home-based)
FamilyStaff Member / Affiliate Type
UNOPS LICA7Target Start Date
2024-09-15Deadline for Applications
September 15, 2024Terms of Reference
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Senior Public Health Associate is a member of a multidisciplinary team and contributes to ensuring that UNHCR's public health programmes meet minimum UNHCR and global health standards to minimise avoidable morbidity and mortality among forcibly displaced and stateless persons and towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Public health programmes include primary health care, secondary health care, sexual and reproductive health (including HIV), communicable diseases, nutrition, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). The incumbent provides effective guidance and support to partners on UNHCR’s responses in public health. The Senior Public Health Associate is normally supervised by a more senior public health staff or in the absence thereof, by operations/programmes staff.
All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Duties
- Contribute to public health programming and support the implementation of public health interventions with health authorities in a multi-sectoral and coordinated manner.
- Support gathering information for relevant assessments and identification of needs.
- Support the technical integrity of health care services and that they are based on Ministry of Health, UNHCR and/or internationally recognized and most up-to-date standards and policies.
- Work closely with programme and other units as applicable in programme planning and monitoring.
- Monitor and support compliance with UNHCR Public Health Administrative Instruction/standard operating procedures.
- Ensure implementation of relevant UNHCR Health Information System suite of tools and surveys to support in analysis, interpretation, reporting.
- Ensure decision making is risk-based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
- Provide briefings and prepare reports as required.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Medicine Nursing Public Health Epidemiology
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential Experience in public health programming as well as understanding of health systems and health system building blocks. Experience with data collection and analysis and in position(s) where the ability to draft clear, concise documentation was essential.
Desirable Experience in public health emergency preparedness and response. Experience in refugee settings. Experience with coordination and stakeholder engagement to achieve public health goals. Experience with health information systems. Experience with the provision of quality-assured medicines and medical supplies.
Functional Skills
PM-Project monitoring and evaluation PH-Public Health Epidemiology MD- HIV/AIDS situation management MD-Reproductive Health PH-Community Health - Health Data Collection/Analysis/Interpretation
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
Knowledge of French, English, and Arabic
Competency Requirements
All jobs at UNHCR require six core competencies and may also require managerial competencies and/or cross-functional competencies. The six core competencies are listed below.
Core Competencies Accountability Communication Organizational Awareness Teamwork & Collaboration Commitment to Continuous Learning
Client & Result OrientationStandard Job Description
Required Languages
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Desired Languages
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Additional Qualifications
Skills
Education
Certifications
Work Experience
Other information
This position doesn't require a functional clearance Home-Based
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Potential interview questions
| Can you describe your experience with public health programming? | The interviewer wants to understand your background in implementing health programs. | Discuss specific projects you've worked on and the outcomes achieved. |
| How do you approach data collection and analysis in health settings? | The interviewer is assessing your analytical skills and methodologies. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies would you use for effective stakeholder engagement? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure compliance with health standards and policies? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a challenging public health issue you faced and how you addressed it. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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