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Qualifications
Objectives of the Programme
To establish a strong and effective WHO presence in-country to implement WHO Country Cooperation Strategies (CSS) that are aligned with Member States’ health development priorities, including emergency and resilience programmes, and harmonized with the United Nations country teams.
The goal of the PNH programme is to reduce preventable morbidity, avoidable disability, and premature mortality from NCDs in the South Pacific Region. The Programme supports national governments in developing and implementing evidence-based policies, strategies, plans and guidelines for NCD prevention and control, focusing on risk factor reduction and health promotion. The incumbent will provide necessary critical support in coordinating and managing NCD-related projects and programs, ensuring effective planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and timely reporting aligned with WHO’s global and regional strategies.
Summary of Assigned Duties:
The incumbent will perform the following duties:
- Build a coordinated, multisector framework for NCD prevention, management and health across the life course and conduct resource mapping.
- Work closely with technical teams to assess the integration and effectiveness of multisectoral engagement practices within technical SOPs for NCDs, identify strengths, weaknesses and gaps; design interventions to address weakness and gaps.
- Conduct research on current and potential partners profiles to identify areas of synergy in the provision of WHO's goals for NCD prevention and management, contributing to broader resource mobilization efforts.
Organize, build and maintain NCD partners network including community stakeholders, local government and civil society to build and maintain donor and partners landscape to ensure a sustained community engagement for an impactful policy dialogue.
- Strengthen national capacity on NCD prevention and control, particularly in the Pacific Region through needs identification and operationalization of capacity building and training plans.
- Provide technical guidance, training, and advocacy materials to enhance multisectoral coordination for strengthening of the national NCD action plans.
- Maintain regular engagement with WHO technical teams at HQ and the Regional Office, as well as with bilateral and multilateral development partners to ensure the implementation of NCD-related policies and strategies in alignment with country priorities.
- Review and ensure the quality and strategic alignment of contractual engagements with external partners and institutions. Provide recommendations to guide WHO’s support in line with NCD-related technical and programmatic objectives.
- Prepare high-quality technical reports, meetings summaries, workshops proceedings, and the annual reports to document progress, share learning, and inform future programming.
RECRUITMENT PROFILE
Educational Qualifications
Essential: Bachelor’s degree in public health or social sciences.
Desirable: Advanced degree in public health preferably with specialization on non-communicable diseases and its risk factors.
WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/.
Experience
Essential: At least five years of experience, with relevant international exposure, in public health management, health promotion, and the coordination of different health-related stakeholders, e.g., non-state actors and governments, and in developing and promoting collaborative partnerships and multisectoral engagement for health.
Desirable: Working knowledge of commercial factors affecting health, especially non-communicable diseases (NCDs), social marketing, and preventing industry interference in public health.
Functional Knowledge and Skills
- Advanced ability to conceptualize information on best practice in accountability and results-based management systems.
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles, disciplines and techniques for multisectoral collaboration and in-depth knowledge on partnership and collaboration for health.
- Good research and documentation skills especially for ‘best practices’ in organizational change.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and deal with NCD-related local partners and NGOs.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the capacity to work with high level stakeholders with discretion and tact in a politically sensitive environment.
- Tact, discretion.
- Strong verbal and written presentation skills and technical report writing skills.
Competencies
Enhanced WHO Global Competency Model:
who-enhanced-competence.pdf
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.
Communication
Building and promoting partnership across the Organization and beyond
Ensuring effective use of resources
Language
Excellent knowledge in English.
Other Skills (e.g. IT)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
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 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.
Additional Information
- This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level
- Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
- A written test and/or an asynchronous video assessment may be used as a form of screening.
- In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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