Technical Officer (Neglected Tropical Diseases)

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 137,911 USD and 177,807 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To achieve the control of communicable and noncommunicable diseases throughout the Western Pacific Region by targeting the reduction of morbidity and mortality of such conditions and diseases. The division supports integrated people-centred care approaches by strengthening primary healthcare services for prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment of target diseases and conditions along the life-course, while ensuring to reach the unreached and achieving universal health coverage.

Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MTD) The Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MTD) unit works with Member States and partners to eliminate and control malaria and neglected tropical diseases in the Western Pacific Region. Focus areas of the programme are regional and country adaptation of evidence-based policies and strategies, facilitation of coordinated multisectoral actions, enhancement of intervention and service delivery such as mass drug administration, vector control and case management, engagement and empowerment of communities and strengthening of monitoring, evaluation and surveillance.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Under the supervision of the Coordinator, MTD, the incumbent will perform the following duties in coordination with relevant departments at WHO headquarters, Regional Office, country offices, Member States and partners, to collectively fulfil the unit mandate and contribute to the thematic priorities set out in For the Future: Towards the Healthiest and Safest Region: A vision for the WHO work with Member States and partners in the Western Pacific:

• Coordinate and support the development of regional strategies, plans and guidance for control and elimination of NTDs in the Region in line with the Regional Strategic Framework for Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Western Pacific, the latest global WHO roadmaps, strategies and guidelines responding to the needs of the Member States;
• Support WHO country offices in the translation of global and regional strategies and plans into national programmes for control and elimination of NTDs and monitor implementation of such strategies and plans in the Region;
• Coordinate, collaborate and technically support surveillance, diagnostic and laboratory capacity-strengthening and operational research efforts to accelerate control and elimination of NTDs in the Region, in collaboration with relevant WHO collaborating centres and other research institutions;
• Support WHO country offices in implementing effective health risk communication and social mobilization to enhance community health literacy and drive behavioural change for accelerated and sustained impacts of control and elimination of NTDs in the Region;
• Explore, facilitate and provide technical support to harmonize and integrate NTD elimination and control efforts across multiple diseases with other health programmes (e.g. noncommunicable diseases, immunization, malaria, maternal and child health, primary health care, food safety), nonhealth sectors (e.g. WASH, education, animal health) and overall health system, especially in the areas of disease surveillance, integrated people-centred care delivery, drug management and regulatory policies, health care financing;
• Lead advocacy efforts and explore various opportunities to mobilize necessary resources to accelerate control and elimination of NTDs in the Region;
• Maintain and strengthen partnership with NTD partners at regional level and provide support for in-country coordination to Member States.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in medicine, entomology or biological or veterinary sciences from a recognized university and postgraduate degree in public health or related field. Desirable: Postgraduate degree or training in parasitology, tropical medicine or public health.

Experience

Essential: Minimum seven years of experience in control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases at national and international level, with working experience in low- and middle-income countries. Desirable: Work experience in public health programmes, monitoring and evaluation, health system development or research experience at regional and country level in Asia and the Pacific.

Skills

• Specific expertise and experience in the field of control and elimination of NTDs in the wider context of public health and the global and regional environment;
• Disease-specific expertise should include epidemiology, entomology, diagnostics, surveillance, disease control and elimination strategies, updated knowledge of new tools and global and regional strategy development;
• Broad experience on health system strengthening efforts;
• Knowledge of and experience with programmatic realities at country level.

WHO Competencies

1. Teamwork 2. Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences 3. Communication 4. Creating an empowering and motivating environment 5. Producing results 6. Building and promoting partnerships across the Organization and beyond

Use of Language Skills

Essential:Written and spoken fluency in English Desirable: Working knowledge of other UN languages

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 75,602 (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 3037 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.

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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.

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• 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.