Consultant, Health Emergencies Officer

vor 1 Woche


Geneva, Schweiz WHO Vollzeit

Deliverables

Weekly briefs on the vaccination response for ongoing incidents (, cholera) Representation of the vaccines pillar at the weekly event coordination meetings Support countries with active outbreaks to implement vaccination activities Contribute to development of tools and technical guidance documents on vaccination. response and strategies to ongoing vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks. Minutes of agency or interagency meetings.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential

First university degree in degree in public health or related field of health science or relevant field.

Desirable

Specialized training in field epidemiology. Specialized training in emergency/humanitarian response.

 Experience

Essential

 At least five (05) years experience in emergency response vaccination or supporting reactive vaccination campaigns and programmes. Experienced with the design, planning and implementation of vaccination campaigns in developing countries. Experience in the development of capacity building tools for monitoring and evaluation purposes, introduction process of new vaccines, monitoring of VPD programmes including demand generation.

Desirable

Relevant work experience in WHO or UN agencies or humanitarian organizations. Field experience in public health programmes or emergency response programmes in developing countries. Experience with cholera programs and oral cholera vaccine campaigns.

 Skills/Knowledge

 Ability to coordinate vaccination interventions including mass campaigns. Demonstrated managerial skills in international and multi-cultural settings combined with proven ability to successfully coordinate and manage projects and build partnerships with multiple partners in the context of health emergencies. Sound strategic and tactical thinking with ability to formulate clear comprehensive policies, strategies, and plans. Excellent interpersonal with proven ability to communicate in a clear and effective way, with tact, diplomacy, and courtesy.

Other Skills

Proven ability to use standard office software packages, conversant with common IT software including eHealth tools.

Languages and level required

Expert level of English and intermediate level of French.

The two languages are interchangeable.

Location

On site: Nairobi or Dakar

Travel

The consultant is expected to travel to Nairobi or Dakar

 Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

Remuneration

Band level B : USD 7000 – 8480 per month

 Living expenses

A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited: currency and rate will be communicated in due course

Expected duration of contract 

3 months FTE


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