Public Health officer

Objectives of the programme
The Palestinian Authority is establishing the Palestinian National Institute of Public Health (PNIPH). The World Health Organization (WHO) has been given the task of setting up the PNIPH, in close cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Palestinian universities, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and other stakeholders. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is funding the project.
The aim is to establish the PNIPH as a semi-autonomous legal entity under the umbrella of the Palestinian Authority, fully accountable for its professional and technical responsibilities, budget, and staff. The Institute will have a governing board with representatives from key stakeholders and will be able to speak out and publish reports and commentaries on health issues.
The PNIPH project has submitted a proposal to the Norwegian government to support the implementation of the harmonized Reproductive Health Registry (hRHR) in Palestine by financing the infrastructure, software and the needed training. The aim of the hRHR is to adapt a comprehensive evidence-based mother and child health registry in Palestinian and to implement it into the health services.

Organizational Context
Under the supervision of the Project Manager and the administrative supervision of the head of Gaza sub-office, the incumbent will be responsible for the specified assigned duties described below in collaboration with the rest of the project team including the hRHR team leader in the WB.

The incumbent will be based at WHO office in Gaza, but will have extensive daily contact with the PNIPH office in West Bank and WHO office in Jerusalem, as well with other concerned stakeholders to carry out the functions.

Purpose of the Post
To be in charge of the implementation of the harmonized Reproductive Health Registry (hRHR) in Gaza Strip and to improve utilisation of health data in order to provide advice to policy makers.


Description of duties
The incumbent will perform the following duties:

- Describe and assess the needs to establish the hRHR in Gaza.
- Develop the implantation plan for Gaza and identify the needed resources and the time frame.
- Participate with the hRHR team to develop the overall work plan of the hRHR in Palestine
- Follow up on the implementation of the work plan in close collaboration with different partners and stakeholders
- Report to PNIPH / hRHR team on regular bases about the progress of the implementation
- Identify consultants and other resources as needed
- Conduct training and follow up on the logistics and the organization of training activities
- Conduct supervisory visits as planned
- Monitor and evaluate the progress against the expected results and outcomes
- Liaison and coordinate with other partners as needed
- Advocate for the implementation of hRHR in Gaza with other new partners
- Support the utilization of data and provide feedback to stakeholders and decision makers for policy formulation and corrective actions
- Support the implement of the related communication plan
- Support the implementation of the research activity in relevance to the hRHR
- Other tasks as needed

Recruitment Profile
Education
Essential:
- Health back ground with Masters Degree in public health or epidemiology or health related fields

Desirable:
- Good experience in Maternal and Child Heath services

Skills
Competencies
- Producing results
- Fostering integration & team work
- Creating an empowering and motivating environment
- Building and promoting partnerships across the Organization and beyond
- Communicating in a credible and effective manner

Functional Skills and Knowledge
- Knowledge of public health including epidemiology, health registries, health data analysis and research
- Knowledge of health database assessment, development and improvement
- Ability to evaluate and interpret public health data
- Ability to development of new projects and to initiate research
- Excellent drafting skills

Other skills (e.g. IT):
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Preferably also statistical programmes like STATA, SPSS, R or other

Experience
Essential:
- At least 7 years of work experience combined at national level in the field of public health
- Extensive experience in working with national or other large-scale health registries and databases
- Experience in analysing, interpreting and presenting public health data

Eligibility
Only Palestinian Nationals are eligible to apply

Languages
Fluency in English and Arabic

Duty station, type and duration of contract:
Duty station is Gaza with possible travel to West Bank & Jerusalem. SSA contract for 12months with possibility of extension.

Candidates meeting the above requirements are invited to submit their CV with covering letter (both in English) by October 1, 2014 to [email protected] Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

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