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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations. The Emergency Operations Unit of the Health Emergencies Programme is responsible for ensuring that emergency-affected populations have access to timely and effective health services. This includes ensuring a strong emergency management system (based on incident management), effective and inclusive coordination mechanisms, joint assessments and planning by partners, implementation of operations and services according to agreed standards, and the expansion and strengthening of operational partnerships. EMO also leads on humanitarian policy and guidance, as well as representation to key interagency bodies.
The HQ Health and Migration Programme (HPM) is within the Office of the Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization. The Programme brings together WHO technical Departments, Regional and Country Offices, Governments and Partners to promote the health of refugees and migrants and those associated with human mobility.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
To support WHO Country Offices and Member States to promote the health of refugees and migrants and those associated with human mobility in alignment with the Global Action Plan ‘Promoting the health of refugees and migrants’. S/he will liaise with other technical departments and clusters and play a key role in facilitating information exchange and coordination between the three levels of the Organization (WHO headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices).
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Under the supervision of the Humanitarian Emergency Interventions Team Lead and overall guidance of the Emergency Operations Manager, the incumbent will assume the following responsibilities:
1. Develop a roadmap on how to intensify the Health and Migration Programme at the Regional and Country Offices in the African Region.
2. Support the country assessment related activities in selected countries using the Refugee and Migrant Health Country Assessment Tool.
3. Support the development of country operational plans or recommended health and migration activities in the assessed countries.
4. Support the finalization of the country profiles in the African region, where needed, conduct the situation analysis including but not limited to current trends, health challenges, existing policies and Frameworks in the Region, country support plans, enabling legal, policy and programmatic environment, gaps and linkage with other WHO programmes at Regional Office in particular WHE, UHC and PHC.
5. Provide country tailored technical assistance within the operational range of the Migration and Health area of work including the formulation, implementation and monitoring of WHO programme activities carried out in Member States.
6. Draft regional progress reports and other technical communications (e.g., donor reports, annual reports, briefing notes); follow up on inputs for the finalization of the Global Health and Migration Report.
7. Facilitate and participate in multi-sectoral partnership dialogue with health and non-health institutional and non-institutional players in the WHO African Region in the area of health and migration, organize meetings, produce relevant documentation and reports and supply content for e-based information sharing platforms as required.
8. Contribute to the design of innovative tools for strengthening country capacity to manage migration and people movement carrying out country health assessments and organizing stakeholder meetings during country's health system assessment in cases of migration and people forced displacements.
9. Identify good practices, relevant resources and tools for countries in the Region and opportunities partners; as well as existing coordination mechanisms and agreements in the region and between countries and sub-regional coordination bodies that could contribute to the GAP implementation.
10. Produce draft technical documents, information products and reports and provide technical assistance in the organisation of various activities, such as workshops, meetings and technical assistance missions, in support of policy development in countries of the WHO African Region.
11. Perform other relevant duties as required.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Essential: Advanced level university degree (Masters level or above) related to health or emergency response, management or social sciences.
Desirable: Specialization or specific training on health emergency management.
Experience
Essential: At least seven years' field experience in health emergency response, health response support, public health needs assessments, risk analysis or early recovery.
Desirable: Strong knowledge in developing and implementing public health policies and strategies in the context of emergencies is an asset. Experience with WHO, UN or UN agency or a health cluster member organization including the development of global strategies, guidelines and tools for health in emergency actions.
Skills:
Proven experience and expertise in the management of the health response to humanitarian emergencies and outbreaks; Extensive technical knowledge, and operational skills, including early recovery/transition, combined with knowledge of UN, interagency humanitarian systems and process. Excellent communication skills to negotiate/enlist cooperation from a broad range of actors from multi-disciplinary backgrounds; Strong organizational skills complemented with ability to work in a proactive and independent manner, multi-task and produce results under pressure. Strong organizational skills complemented with ability to work in a proactive and independent manner, multi-task and produce results under pressure. Diplomacy, tact and discretion
WHO Competencies
Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Moving forward in a changing environment Producing results Creating an empowering and motivating environment
Use of Language Skills:
Excellent knowledge of English and Intermediate knowledge of English
The above language requirement are interchangeable.
Knowledge of another WHO language would be an asset.
REMUNERATION
This vacancy is archived.