Technical Officer (Cancer Control)

Contract

This is a NO-A 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 1 years of experience, depending on education.

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PN 437520

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The work of the NCD programme in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is guided by the Regional Framework of Action (RFA) to implement the UNPD on NCDs, providing Member States with strategic interventions in the areas of Governance; Prevention and reduction of risk factors; Surveillance, monitoring and evaluation; and Health care. Addressing NCD, specifically the four priority groups of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors, requires multisectoral whole-of-government and whole-of-society preventive action, as well as reorientation and strengthening of health systems to deal more effectively with early detection, effective and prompt treatment, management of complications, and palliative care for people with advanced manifestations of NCDs in both stableand emergency settings. The RFA on cancer prevention and control hasbeen developed in alignment with the above mentioned RFA to implement the UNPD on NCDs and the World Health Assembly Resolution 70.12 (2017) on Cancer Prevention and Control in the Context of an Integrated Approach. The framework guides Member States onhow to scale-up their national cancer prevention and control response by providing strategic interventions across six areas of work, namely (i)governance; (ii) prevention; (iii) early detection; (iv) management; (v)palliative care; and (vi) surveillance and research. The six key areas of workaddress the continuum of care and are applicable for the policy planning of allcancers.The WHO Global Initiativefor Childhood Cancer is a five-year collaborative effort between WHO and StJude Children's Research Hospital to increase care access, quality, and integration of childhood cancer in national and global agendas. The overall objective of the Initiative is to measurably improve health outcomes and to reduce suffering for children by scaling-up the capacity of Member States to provide quality services for children with cancer, and to increase prioritization of childhood cancer in national priority benefit packages.The objective of the WHO NCD programme is to reduce NCD mortality and morbidity through increasing access toquality health care services. The main focus of the programme will be onstrengthening the health system and ensuring public access to NCD and cancer care services across the continuum of care.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform the following duties:

1- Liaise with health staff at national and sub-national levels to provide technical input in the development, implementation and follow up of NCD and cancer related activities to ensure that activities are implemented in accordance with WHO policy and internationally recognized standards.

2- Work closely with the Ministry of health and other partners to ensure proper and timely implementation of the program activities.

3- Provides support towards planning and executing workshops, seminars and meetings for all NCD andcancer related programmes at the national level.

4- Technically review program reports, proposals and other documents relevant to the program and make recommendations on best practice and provide quarterly situation reports on progress, achievements and constraints.

5- Participate in engagement with stakeholders at local levelfor NCD and cancer program, to identify priority health related issues amongthe targeted population and ensure that these are properly addressed in anintegrated primary healthcare approach.

6- Constantly monitorNCD and cancer needs at the national level to inform planning and achieve NCD objectives.

7- Collect and compile data, including analysis related tothe above-mentioned areas, to generate evidence-based information to supportsound decision making and reorientation.

8- Undertake regular field visits to attend field health coordination meetings.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in medicineand public health.

Experience

Essential: At least one year of relevant experience in NCD prevention and management and mental health,with specific experience in cancer prevention and control.Experience in working with local community and National authorities. Desirable: Work experience with UN system or international non-governmental organizations. Experience indeveloping countries.

Skills

- Good knowledge of principles and programs on NCD prevention and management, particularly related to cancer prevention andcontrol

- Sound skills in working with local community in particularrural level in setting priorities and development of action plans

- Ability to prioritize, organize, manage and adaptmanagement style according to needs.

- Ability to work under pressure

WHO Competencies

WHO global Competencies model at http://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Local language(Urdu).

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at PKR 3,490,455 (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.

• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line. For assessment of your application, please ensure that your profile on Stellis is updated; all experience records are entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time. Kindly note that CV/PHFs inserted via LinkedIn are not accessible.

• 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.

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• 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.