National Professional Officer

Vacancy Notice No: EMRO/13/FT567
Title: National Professional Officer (position no. 357516)
Grade: NO-B
Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment
Duration of contract:  One year (post of limited duration)
Date: 22 December 2013
 
Application Deadline: 12 January 2014
(15 day(s) until closing deadline)
Currently accepting applications
Duty Station:  Gaza
Organization unit: EM_PSE WHO Representative's Office, Palestine (EM_PSE) /
EM_PSG Sub-Office, Gaza (EM_PSG)
Director of Programme Management (DPM)/Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA)
 
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :
The objectives of WHO's emergency humanitarian action (EHA) programme:
-promptly assessing health needs of populations affected by crisis, identifying priority causes of ill-health and death; preparing damage estimates and emergency response and rehabilitation plans; providing prompt, credible health information and ensuring the continuity of essential health services;
-coordinating and monitoring emergency health relief efforts under the aegis of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Health Cluster, of which WHO is the lead agency;
-ensuring that critical gaps in the health response are rapidly identified and filled;
-revitalizing and building the capacity of national health systems to deal with preparedness, mitigation and response.

Purpose of the Post:
To maintain and strengthen the coordination and information management in the health sector.
Description of duties:
Organizational Context:
Under the direct supervision of the Head of the sub-Office in Gaza and the overall guidance of Palestine (PSE) Head of Office and the technical guidance of the Coordinator, Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA), the incumbent will act as coordinator and manager to sustain an effective and reliable health sector coordination system related to Primary Health Care (PHC) as well as secondary and tertiary care levels by monitoring the health status and the health system services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt.) . S/He will facilitate rapid and coordinated response and prepare technical reports.

Summary of Assigned Duties:
The incumbent will perform the following duties:
-Develop and organize the Health Sector Emergency Coordination activities such as Health Coordination Meetings, Initial Rapid Assessments (IRA) and emergency response.
-Collect and analyze data relevant to the ongoing public health crisis in the area, providing high quality information (health in disaster/emergency settings) to inform relevant stakeholders and produce monthly monitoring and situation reports and documents .
-Develop and review project proposals and reports to donors on emergency response.
-Represent WHO in the Health Sector Coordination meetings conducted in Gaza and chair the meetings in the absence of Head of Sub-office and at times of need, and provide feedback.
-Produce and disseminate materials related to key public health issues and humanitarian needs in the ongoing emergency situation.
-Collect and compile data on activities of various WHO programmes within Gaza Office and raise them to WHO Head Office on a weekly basis.
-Ensure consistency of the data compiled in WHO Country Office through quality control and source verification.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
Essential: University degree in any health related field.

Desirable: Postgraduate degree in public health or other health disciplines.
Skills:
Competencies:

1-Communicating in a credible and effective way.
2-Producing results.
3-Moving forward in a changing environment.
4-Fostering integration and teamwork.
5-Knowing and managing yourself.

Functional Skills and Knowledge:
1-Demonstrated capacity in collecting, compiling and analyzing data and information related to health and human development.
2-Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, gender sensitivity and understanding of cultural diversity issues.
3-Demonstrated ability to work in a team with a capacity to work under pressure and with a high degree of independence.

Other Skills:
Proficiency in MS Office.
Experience:
Essential: At least 2 years of relevant experience in public health preferably related to humanitarian assistance in crisis.

Desirable: Experience in developing and implementing information management strategies aimed at reaching multiple stakeholders.
Languages:
Excellent knowledge of English and local language.
Additional Information:
POST IS OPEN FOR LOCAL RECRUITMENT ONLY. APPLICANTS MUST BE NATIONALS OF THE COUNTRY OF ASSIGNMENT.

Applicants are kindly requested to pay attention to the screening questions as they will be used to screen out unqualified candidates.

Only qualified applicants with the relevant experience will be considered.

A written test/presentation and interviews will be used as a form of screening. The written test might be used as an eliminatory tool.

Other similar positions at the same level may be filled from this vacancy notice.

Candidates will be interviewed using a competency-based approach.
Annual salary: (Net of tax)
ILS 196,055 at single rate

Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store your profile in a permanent database.
 

Online Application

بدون رسوم اشتراك شهري

All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible after the vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the vacancy announcement.
WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

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