Technical Officer (Gender, Equity and Human Rights)

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 116,154 USD and 152,094 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The mission of Gender Equity and Human Rights integration (GER) in WHO is to advance the “leave no one behind” agenda in the Organization, including its work with Member States, on the path to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the triple-billion goals of the 13th General Programme of Work (GPW13). The Gender, Equity and Human Rights (GER) team in the Africa Region reports to the Director of Programme Management. The work is implemented through leadership, normative development and technical support across the three levels of WHO, in coordination with WHO programmes and Country Offices in support of our Member States.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Under the direct supervision of the Regional gender, equity and human Rights focal person and overall oversight from the Director Programme Management, the incumbent will be expected to perform the following duties: • Provide technical support to country teams for targeted and context specific gender, equity and human rights and intersectional analyses to identify at risk and vulnerable populations not included in previous national COVID vaccination strategies and plans and immunization in general.• Liaise with national and sub-national teams to undertake rapid barriers assessments and vaccine hesitancy surveys to identify obstacles and develop differentiated delivery strategies to reach disadvantaged populations including gender diverse groups. • Conduct advocacy and policy dialogues with stakeholders including women's and men's groups to prioritize gender responsive interventions critical for improving coverage of COVID vaccination. • Support and facilitate training of emergency preparedness and response, vaccines preventable diseases, primary health care and health systems strengthening teams and partners at national and sub-national level, and other local organizations on gender, equity and human rights integration approaches and provide follow-up supportive supervision for mainstreaming priority actions into the COVID19 Vaccination and immunization programmes in general• Implement tailored and gender responsive communications and community engagement strategies to understand and address barriers to vaccine demand and uptake• Provide support, advice and collaborate with immunization and emergency teams to ensure that an intersectional gender specific challenges in access to effective health services including COVID vaccines by women, men, girls and boys and other diverse groups and engage appropriate community groups and partners to implement remedial actions.• Provide technical support for monitoring and reporting of GER components of the vaccination programme through selected priority indicators at national and subnational levels.• Perform other related duties as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: A first university degree, or equivalent in gender studies, public health, social sciences, development studies, medical demography or equivalent discipline or related field. Desirable: Specialized training in gender, equity and human rights and or social inclusion.

Experience

Essential: At least 5 years of relevant work experience mainstreaming gender, equity and human rights in sexual and reproductive health, immunization or other public health programmes. Desirable: Experience applying qualitative research techniques in multi-method quantitative and qualitative approaches, including in conjunction with epidemiological statistics to identify barriers to effective coverage. Experience co-developing and co-implementing public health projects and interventions related to disadvantaged or vulnerable groups and targeting other identity-based inequalities and discrimination in a developing country would be an advantage.

Skills

Strong understanding of management practices and the functioning of a major international organization. Experience in negotiation, community entry and engagement, stakeholder consultation and policy dialogue. Excellent communication skills and ability to interact effectively with policy makers and community leaders Practical knowledge of strategic and operational planning Displays understanding of political systems and underlying drivers. Excellent leadership and managerial skills.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English or French with a working knowledge of the other. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of Portuguese. The above language requirements are interchangeable.

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 64,121 (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 2736 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.

• *For WHO General Service staff who do not meet the minimum educational qualifications, please see e-Manual III.4.1, para 220.