Organizational Setting

The Public Health Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Health Emergency Officer. S/he is expected to perform his/her duties and responsibilities with highest degree of efficiency and sound judgment.

The incumbent coordinates activities in the designated areas and may supervise directly a small team of Special Service Agreement holders.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Function 1 (incl. expected results)

Manages data collection and analysis, including developing and reviewing various technical reports and documentation, achieving results such as:

· Secure information from a broad range of health sectors, analysis of data and recommendation of action.

· Coordination of teams working on maintaining, assessing, improving and developing public health surveillance systems and registries.

· Design implementation, follow up and reporting on assessments relevant to the health of displaced people or other population groups affected by crisis.

· Technical reviews of programme plans, reports, proposals and other documents relevant to the programme

· Comprehensive qualitative and quantitative periodic reports according to WHO developed indicators on activities in public health facilities.

· Support the development and implementation of health information dashboards to enable data-driven decision-making.

· Collaborate with stakeholders to digitize health systems, ensuring interoperability, data quality, and real-time analytics.

Function 2 (incl. expected results)

Manages capacity building initiatives for health personnel in various health facilities and also camps, achieving results such as:

· Identification of training needs for respective target audiences and development of comprehensive plans for capacity building.

· Preparation of training material tailored to the specific needs.

· Arrangement and delivery of capacity building activities for health personnel in the camps and in health facilities located in the host communities

· Follow up and impact analysis on the WHO training workshops for different health care providers

Function 3 (incl. expected results)

Monitors and coordinates the implementation of planned activities, national campaigns and field action, achieving results such as:

· Collaboration with health partners to ensure that humanitarian and public health assistance is in line with international priorities.

· Identification of priority health and nutrition-related issues among the affected population and ensuring that these are properly addressed in an integrated primary healthcare approach.

· Plan and delivery of interventions to solve urgent problems identified during the analysis phase.

· Meetings (including field meetings) with the national counterparts and UN stakeholders for planning, conducting and reprogramming of collaborative actions. Preparation of reports, recommendations and lessons learnt on and of these meetings.

· Technical guidance for prevention and control of disease outbreaks during and after emergency situations.

Work Relations and Partnerships

The Public Health Officer liaises with various local partners mainly to secure data collection, to review technical reports and provide appropriate feedback as well as to coordinate implementation activities. Furthermore, the incumbent delivers capacity building training activities to various target audiences.

Impact of functions

The functions ensure that public health assistance is in line with international standards and local priorities by building the required capacities at the national level. By producing and analysing information on health threats, activities and outcomes, the functions can contribute to rapidly identifying and filling critical gaps in the health response during and after crisis.

Qualifications

Educational background

Essential: First level university degree in medicine

Desirable: Post-graduate studies in public health and/or health related field.

Professional experience and knowledge

Essential:

At least 2 years of experience required in health sector coordination at national and/or international level. Experience in capacity building and demonstrate knowledge of health sector activities in the context of emergency response relief.

Desirable:

Experience in WHO or in UN Organizations, international institutions or NGOs

Experience in health information dashboards

Language Skills

Fluent in English and Arabic.

Competencies

· Communicating in a credible and effective manner: Expresses oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others; listens actively. Produces effective written communications. Ensures that information is shared.

· Producing results: Produces and delivers quality results. Is action oriented and committed to achieving outcomes.

· Ensuring effective use of resources: Identifies priorities in accordance with WHO’s strategic directions. Develops and implements action plans, organizes the necessary resources and monitors outcomes.

Additional Information:

This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.

Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

A written test may be used as a form of screening.

If your candidature is retained for 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.

An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential. WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter (https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/our-values) into practice.

WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

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This is a National Professional Officer SSA. Therefore, only applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this country will not be considered.