Technical Officer (Polio Transition Programme)

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 Polio Transition Programme (PTP) within the Office of the Deputy Director General is in charge of the global coordination of WHO's corporate polio transition activities, in line with the roadmap of the Strategic Action Plan on Polio Transition, which was presented to the 71stWorld Health Assembly. Polio transition involves two broad areas of work:

1. Ensuring programmatic and financial sustainability, by supporting the integration of essential public health functions managed and financed by the polio programme into the national health systems.

2. Sustaining and strengthening core technical functions, by integrating polio surveillance into broader vaccine preventable disease surveillance, strengthening immunization delivery, and strengthening capacity to prepare, detect and respond to health emergencies, including detection and response to vaccine preventable disease outbreaks.

In this context, Polio Transition Programme:

1) acts as the Secretariat of the Steering Committee;

2) provides management, technical and operational support to the Deputy-Director General's Office in the implementation of the Strategic Action Plan;

3) coordinates and facilitates the different workstreams through the Technical Coordination Working Group;

4) monitors progress towards the three objectives of the Strategic Action Plan, including tracking implementation of the Joint Corporate Workplan.

5) provides support to the Regional and Country Offices to assist Member States to implement their national polio transition plans.

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DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Provides technical support to the Regional and Country Offices to move forward with the establishment and implementation of national polio transition plans across regions;
• Establishes and sustains a regular coordination mechanism with the Regional Offices that will enable the timely delivery of regional deliverables of the Joint Corporate Workplan;
• Compiles and ensures the dissemination of regular progress reports on country implementation, flagging challenges and bottlenecks proposing solutions where necessary;
• Coordinates with related technical units (POL, IVB, WHE, PHC), to get their technical and timely input to implement the roadmap of the Strategic Action Plan and to ensure cross-programmatic alignment and integration;
• Contribute to the development of polio transition strategies and policies through technical and policy advice and makes recommendations on plans of actions for strengthening programme activities and improvements in the planning and management of polio transition efforts across regions.
• Provide technical advice and guidance into the development of technical policy documents, briefs and other documents that will ensure high quality deliverables and alignment with related programmatic priorities on polio eradication, immunization, emergency preparedness and response and primary health care;
• Act as the planning officer, including tracking of team deliverables, work plans and budget.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

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EQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential:

• An advanced level university degree in Public Health, Management, Administration or a related field.

Experience

Essential:

• A minimum of seven years of experience working and managing public health programmes providing technical and managerial support on programmatic issues.
• Demonstrated experience working in countries.
• Demonstrated exposure at the international level.

Desirable:

• Experience working in polio eradication, polio transition and immunization.
• Experience in working in WHO at the regional and/or country level.

Skills

• Strong expertise, knowledge and skills in public health. Strong skills in writing and drafting policy and reports on public health activities.
• Strong skills in administrative processes with a sound understanding of work planning.
• Concrete skills and knowledge with using ERP systems.
• Strong knowledge of WHO or UN common system planning and budget processes.
• Solid understanding of polio and immunization stakeholders in the global health space.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to develop rapport with counterparts at all levels.
• Ability to prioritize and work under pressure and to deadlines; including flexibility and willingness to adapt to new priorities as they emerge.
• Solid understanding of WHO processes and priority areas of work.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Moving forward in a changing environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of French.

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 4952 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.