OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries, and to coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
1- Work under the direct supervision of the respective (Senior) public health officer and/or the head of the WHO country office.
2- Facilitate the efficient and effective management, as well as coordination of expertise, to provide technical advice on the development of sustainable, multi-sectoral, and integrated national strategies, policies, interventions, and plans for improvements in health systems and capacity building in the area of communicable and non-communicable disease control.
3- Recommendation, plans for the inclusion of disease prevention and control interventions across the life course and continuum of care.
4- Coordinate the adoption of norms, standards, guidelines and tools to support the implementation of disease control projects.
5- Manage the operational aspects of related operational research, surveillance, epidemiology, and health surveys.
6- Facilitate the implementation of projects for the control of the respective diseases, including setting annual priorities, key performance targets, monitoring and evaluation of the workplans, budgets, and team performance.
7- Guide the documenting and dissemination of best practices and partners' experiences.
8- Analyse and evaluate a diverse range of data and information related to communicable and non-communicable diseases and outbreaks; identify disease sources and provide recommendations and reports ont he appropriate response to identified risks, and the implementation of preventative and control measures.
9- Monitor the national burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases or factors, especially through health information systems and health research activities. Coordinate the development or enhancement of existing information systems on communicable and noncommunicable diseases and the monitoring of progress towards universal health coverage (UHC).
10- .Serve as technical communication focal point with the public on communicable diseases in the country; and establish new community outreach activities concerning the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of communicable and noncommunicable disease.
11- Facilitate and ensure the procurement of safe, efficacious and affordable medicines and technologies.
12- Advocate, build and strengthen partnerships and networks to enhance multi-sectoral collaboration and mobilize resources to address integrated, communicable and noncommunicable disease prevention and control.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Essential: A university degree(bachelor's) in a relevant field (such as public health, epidemiology, medicine, or statistics).
Desirable: Training or specialization incommunicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases.
Experience
Essential: A minimum of five years of work experience relevant to the position (incommunicable and noncommunicable diseases, focusing on disease investigation, surveillance and control, as well as developing strategies and action plans for implementing capacity building and disease prevention programmes).
Desirable: Demonstrated professional experience providing technical services to national counterparts, ministries of health, and other partners on communicable disease related issues. Relevant work experience, with WHO and/or UN agencies, health cluster partners, nongovernmental or humanitarian organizations. Some of the above-listed experience to have been obtained in an international context.
Skills
1- Transmissions, specialized methods of diagnosis, development and treatment of communicable diseases, including HIV infection and other communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
2- Technical and programmatic knowledge of the prevention and control of a range of communicable and/or noncommunicable diseases.
3- District hospital care, universal health coverage, in-service and pre-service training, essential drugs for noncommunicable diseases, primary health care delivery systems.
4- Expertise to strategically plan, coordinate and support the implementation of health programme interventions.
5- Knowledge of country situation in relation to communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
6- WHO's policies, practices, guidelines and procedures in the related disease control areas, and ability to apply them in the country office setting.
7- Health and safety regulations.
8- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
9- Developing and promoting collaborative multi-sectoral partnerships and mobilizing resources.
10- Ability to provide clear advice and guidance to multiple stakeholders and partners
WHO Competencies
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
Moving forward in a changing environment
Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
Desirable:
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 70,212 (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 2141 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.