Technical Officer

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 168,113 USD and 216,746 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations.

The WHE Response division (WRE) is responsible for rapidly detecting and responding to health emergencies while leveraging relevant national and international partnerships, ensuring that emergency-affected populations in acute and protracted emergencies have access to essential health services and that systems are maintained and strengthened in fragile, conflict and vulnerable settings while implementing at scale, proven prevention strategies for priority pandemic/epidemic-prone diseases.

The HEI Department is responsible for ensuring that emergency-affected populations have access to timely and effective health services, ranging from humanitarian interventions, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Fragile, Vulnerable and Conflict Affected Settings (FCVs) to key high impact epidemic diseases including Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs), Yellow Fever, Meningitis and Cholera. The Department prioritizes support to the most vulnerable and low-capacity countries.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Within the framework of the delegated authority, the incumbent is assigned all or part of the following duties which are performed according to the needs and agenda: Serve as focal point for

1. coordination and technical support to country health clusters to design and implement timely, predictable and context appropriate health cluster action
2. drive mainstreaming of IASC, GHC, WHO and other relevant sector and system-wide policies and guidance to uphold standards and deliver high quality health cluster action;
3. lead the monitoring and evaluation of health cluster performance and results; support related remedial action
4. play a substantive role in the development and implementation of best practice based on lesson learned
5. contribute to capacity-building and training activities for health cluster coordination teams and health cluster partners, WHE personnel across the organization, and other key external stakeholders
6. support GHC and inter-cluster projects and work-streams including inputs to thematic working groups;
7. undertake surge deployments and country support missions where appropriate
8. play a discernible contributoryrole to the development and revision of GHC strategies and workplans.
9. Perform other related responsibilities as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: Advanced level university degree in public health or related field. Desirable: Specialization or training in humanitarian or disaster management.

Experience

Essential: At least seven years of experience in international public health; proven experience in the development and implementation of humanitarian health projects in acute and protracted settings. Desirable: Experience of the cluster approach. Experience in WHO, UN Agencies or NGOs.

Skills

• Three competencies are considered to be mandatory for all WHO staff: Teamwork, Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences, Communication.
• Proven ability to write technical reports and documentation in a clear and concise manner.
• Proven capacity to work as a team member and promote teamwork, as well as table innovative proposals to bolster relationships for increased partner engagement, technical and financial support.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to work in a proactive and independent manner under pressure.
• Awareness and understanding of cultural and political sensitivities.
• Diplomacy, tact and courtesy.
• knowledge of health sector and/or humanitarian coordination; IASC policies and guidance; promoting best practice; performance monitoring and evaluation.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French. Intermediate knowledge of Other WHO Language.

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 74,913 (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 5150 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.