Jobs - 57275- WHO Junior Professional Officer (JPO)

WHO Junior Professional Officer (JPO) - Technical Officer (Humanitarian Response and Disease Prevention and Control)

Location :

Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE

Type of Contract :

FTA International

Starting Date :

01-Oct-2015

Application Deadline :

05-Jul-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-2

Duration of Initial Contract :

one year extendable

Languages Required :

English Spanish Portuguese

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Initially one year with the possibility to extend up to 3 years

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

IMPORTANT NOTE: This post is opened in the context of the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) scheme sponsored by the Government of the Netherlands and is addressed exclusively to candidates from developing countries. Candidates MUST BE NATIONALS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THAT APPEAR ON THE LIST OF THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES FOR THE DUTCH JPO PROGRAMME:

http://www.nedworcfoundation.nl/pdf/List%20of%20eligible%20developing%20countries%20-%202015.pdf

For criteria see the website of Nedworc Foundation: http://www.nedworcfoundation.nl/Index.htm?hoofdpath=/NL/JPO/General%20Information.htm&hoofdhash

Please read the criteria and FAQ section carefully before considering applying.

About WHO: Please see our website http://www.who.int/about/en/.

The Disease and Prevention Control cluster is responsible for responding to public health emergencies and outbreaks of epidemic-prone diseases. WHO Country Office leads the health cluster in any humanitarian response. The cluster also encompasses the technical programs for preventing and controlling communicable and not communicable diseases.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Junior Professional Officer will work in the WHO Country Office in Mozambique (WCO Moz) under the overall guidance of the WHO Representative, the direct supervision of the Technical Officer responsible for emergency preparedness and response and in collaboration with the technical officers of the DPC cluster. The Junior Professional Officer will be expected to contribute to 1) WHO’s role in the humanitarian response during public health emergencies and 2) prevention and control of communicable diseases.

Responsibility 1

Summary of duties

Contribute to WHO’s preparedness response in public health emergencies.

Expected outputs

Conduct health situation analyses, needs assessments, development of national plans, policies of guidelines, using international norms and standards.
Participate in emergency response, including resource mobilization, capacity building and communication.

Responsibility 2

Summary of duties

Contribute to strengthening communicable disease outbreak preparedness and response at country level.

Expected outputs

Assess current capacities, train and supervise health workers to detect and manage communicable disease outbreaks.
Develop and review manuals for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR).
Share information and advocate for application of International Health Regulations (IHR) and Integrated Disease Surveillance (IDS).

Responsibility 3

Summary of duties

Assist in generating knowledge, producing information and building partnerships.

Expected outputs

Collect, analyze and report epidemiological data and operational information about public health emergencies, epidemic-prone and communicable diseases.
Produce health information, develop project proposals and train health workers on emergency response and preparedness.
Collaborate and coordinate with stakeholders and build partnerships for health emergency response and communicable disease control.

Competencies

Key competencies

Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences. Relates and works well with people of different culture, gender and background.
Producing results. Is organized, produces quality results and sees tasks through to completion. Analyses and summarises information and data in a logical manner.
Knowing and managing yourself. Takes initiative and adapts readily and efficiently to changing priorities and demands. Shows willingness to learn and seeks feedback to improve skills, knowledge and performance.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

Master degree or equivalent.
Field of study: Medicine
Desirable: Training in public health, epidemiology, or infectious diseases.

A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in combination with qualifying experience (4 years of relevant working experience, but not more than 5 years) may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree”.

Part of the candidates' academic training must have taken place in a developing country that appears on the following list of eligible countries of the Dutch JPO Programme. http://www.nedworcfoundation.nl/pdf/List%20of%20eligible%20developing%20countries%20-%202015.pdf

Working experience

Two to maximum 4 years relevant working experience. Experience preferably in public health.
Desirable: Work experience in a developing country and/or humanitarian response.

Languages

Fluency in English and working knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish.

Nationality

http://www.nedworcfoundation.nl/pdf/List%20of%20eligible%20developing%20countries%20-%202015.pdf

For criteria see the website of Nedworc Foundation: http://www.nedworcfoundation.nl/Index.htm?hoofdpath=/NL/JPO/General%20Information.htm&hoofdhash

Please read the criteria and FAQ section carefully before considering applying.

Application process

Please complete the P11 form http://sas.undp.org/Documents/P11_Personal_history_form.docx and attach it with a cover letter to your online application.

For more details about this vacancy and the JPO Programme, please visit http://www.jposc.undp.org/