Technical Specialist (Food Safety Monitoring)

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This is a P-5 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 10 years of experience, depending on education.

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The salary for this job should be between 212,092 USD and 265,800 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) is addressing the burden of disease from physical, chemical and microbial hazards in food and unhealthy diets, maternal and child malnutrition, overweight and obesity. The Department aims to ensure universal access to safe, sufficient nutritious food and effective nutrition actions, through setting science-based international food standards, promoting nutrition action in health systems, fostering sustainable food production and consumption, improving food environments and empowering consumers in all situations, monitoring nutrition status, and managing food safety events at the international level, closely working with Member States, UN partner agencies and non-State actors. The Monitoring Nutrition Status and Food safety Events (MNF) Unit defines nutrition and food safety indicators and surveillance systems, hosts and maintains nutrition and food safety databases, generates malnutrition and the burden of foodborne diseases estimates, monitors trends and measures the impact of country food safety and nutrition policies and programmes.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Lead the development of a global approach on foodborne hazard monitoring and food-borne disease surveillance.

2. Coordinate the collection and analysis of data on foodborne hazards and diseases.

3. Lead the development of global reports on food safety indicators monitoring.

4. Support the strengthening of national food safety surveillance systems in countries.

5. Contribute to the development of foodborne disease estimates by supporting Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) activities.

6. Coordinate the development and integration of WHO food safety databases.

7. Contribute to WHO policy statements on the global public health importance of foodborne diseases, and disseminate findings through technical reports, publications, DG and ADG speeches and other documents.

8. Contribute to the development of funding proposals on food safety surveillance.

9. Represent WHO in technical and partnership meetings referring to the area of monitoring food safety.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: Advanced level university degree in epidemiology, food science, veterinary science, medical science or related field.

Desirable: Advanced-level university degree in statistics, data science, public health or microbiology

Experience

Essential:

Experience of no less than 10 years of progressively increasing responsibility in the field of epidemiological surveillance or foodborne hazards surveillance, with at least 5 years of international experience (through field work or participation in international collaborative task forces in food safety).

Desirable:

1. Experience in the preparation of Regional/Global reports.

2. Experience in project management or development of funding proposals.

3. Experience in low-income countries food safety surveillance systems strengthening.

4. Experience in laboratory capacity development, including on antimicrobial resistance of foodborne pathogens.

Skills

1. Competence in international public health and food safety, knowledge of foodborne hazards monitoring and disease surveillance and respective surveillance systems design and implementation including laboratory capacity development.

2. Familiarity with burden of disease assessment and its translation into policy.

3. Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with staff of different cultures within WHO and outside the Organization.

WHO Competencies

1. Teamwork

2. Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences

3. Communication

4. Driving the Organization's Position in Health Leadership

5. Producing results

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of other UN 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 90,664 (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 5810 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.

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