Resource Mobilization Officer

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Mission and objectives

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations Public Health Organization established in 1948. The objective of the World Health Organization shall be the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. World Health Organization achieves its goals by performing its essential functions: 1. Take a leadership role in key health issues and create partnerships when joint action is needed; 2. Set research priorities and encourage the acquisition, application and dissemination of useful knowledge; 3. Setting standards and criteria and encouraging and monitoring them; 4. Develop ethical and evidence-based policies 5. Provide technical support, be an agent of change and build institutional capacity in a sustainable way; 6. Monitor health status and assess health trends.

Context

The Tropical and Vector-borne Disease (TVD) team is one of the six teams of the UCN Cluster and is responsible for implementing Regional frameworks for the eradication, elimination and control of Tropical and Vector-borne Disease (TVD) which include Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Vector-borne diseases. Tropical and vector-borne diseases contribute significantly to the global burden of communicable diseases. The WHO African Region bears a heavy burden of these diseases, with 234 million malaria cases including 593000 deaths, 38 million lymphatic filariasis cases, 15 million onchocerciasis cases, 12 million schistosomiasis cases; hundreds of thousands of dengue fever cases and other arboviruses or vector-borne diseases reported in 2020. WHO AFRO established the Tropical and Vector-borne Disease program to accelerate attainment in a coordinated manner, reductions in the burden of tropical, neglected and vector-borne diseases. Support is given through the provision of high-quality guidance, capacity building and technical support to Member States in the adoption, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of appropriate national multisectoral policies and strategies. The WHO AFRO “Framework for the control elimination and eradication of tropical and vector-borne diseases in the African Region,” endorsed by Member States in August 2022, provides a viable pathway towards member states attaining the stated goals. Three objectives to be achieved by implementing the framework approach include: (i) Support the strengthening of health systems needed by Member States to deliver integrated services for tropical and vector-borne disease; (ii) Support the scaling up of implementation of targeted, integrated tropical and vector-borne disease interventions; (iii) Strengthen the prevention and control of tropical and vector-borne disease outbreaks in epidemic-prone Member States. The TVD team provides leadership and vision to the above and related areas of work in the WHO African Region and facilitates planning, programming, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of services in an integrated approach. The team is responsible for joint actions with other teams of the UCN Cluster and other related Clusters to respond to the needs of the population through the integrated delivery of interventions and services The TVD Team runs several Projects and Programs that contribute to the attainment of it’s goals. However, the implementation of these projects are under-funded and fragmented, with weak linkages to the GPW13. The implementation of the TVD framework requires a purposive identification of priorities and the enhancement of resource mobilization targeting both traditional and new donors in order to increase the capacity of WHO country offices and countries to deliver results and reduce the impact of communicable diseases. In order to improve the performance of this Unit to efficiently combat diseases, a UNV will be recruited to support the TVD Team Leader in resource mobilisation.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Programme and Administrative Officer and direct guidance of the TVD Team Leader, the UN Volunteer will provide the following 1. Monitor funding proposals, grants implementation rates and reporting deadlines in accordance with donors’ specific reporting schedules and requirements. 2. Contribute to the preparation and submissions of proposals by ensuring proper use of WHO PSC rates, Bank details and reasonable reporting deadlines. 3. Support generation, analysis and dissemination of strategic information for proposal writing and prepare meetings with partners and potential donors; 4. Monitor respect and alignment to standard policies and procedures for resource and grant management, compile information on best practices and lessons learned. 5. Update and maintain the related grant and finance tracking systems to monitor deadlines for submission of proposals and reports to donors. 6. Produce financial analyses and summary reports of grants implementation and per the specifications of the Team Leader. 7. Provide guidance to the technical units in terms of Grants implementation to ensure compliance with the Donor requirements 8. Liaise with finance focal points to ensure award activation, funds distribution, workplan funding and budgeting in the system 9. Perform other related duties including replacing and backstopping as required.