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| Vacancy Notice No: EMRO/15/FT82 Title: Medical Officer, Adolescent Health Grade: P4 Contract type: Fixed-Term Appointment Duration of contract: One year- Post of limited duration (subject to availability of funds) | Date: 15 February 2015 Application Deadline: 5 March 2015 (18 day(s) until closing deadline) Currently accepting applications Duty Station: Cairo, Egypt Organization unit: EM Eastern Mediterranean (EM) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Division of Health Protection and Promotion (DHP), Child and Adolescent Health (CAH) |
| OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME : Promote the health of adolescents, to respond effectively to their physical, psychological, intellectual and cultural needs according to age groups and settings. Purpose of the position: To develop regional guidelines, collaborate with partners, provide technical expertise and support to countries in their efforts to promote adolescent health. Organizational Context: Under the overall supervision of the Director, Health Protection and Promotion, and the direct supervision of the Regional Adviser, Child and Adolescent Health, within the framework of the regional work plan on adolescent health and in collaboration with relevant units in the Regional Office and partners, the incumbent provides technical expertise to support countries and fosters international cooperation to develop and implement adolescent health-related guidelines, operational plans, interventions and programme evaluations to protect and promote the health and development of adolescents in the region. | |
| Description of duties: Under the supervision of the Regional Adviser on Child and Adolescent Health, the incumbent will undertake the following activities: - Analyse the health needs of the young people in the Region for developing evidence-based strategic directions on adolescent health in the Member States; - Develop regional guides on adolescent health; - Conduct desk reviews, country field missions and programme analyses to support countries in the development of national strategies on adolescent health adapted to the country context; - Provide technical support to develop country capacity for, and conduct all main programme components of, adolescent health and development, including planning, in-service and pre-service training, communication, monitoring and evaluation; - Advocate and foster partnerships in adolescent health in the region; - Organize adolescent health inter-country activities in the Region and produce related documentation; - Identify programme indicators and conduct situation analyses, collaborate in the planning and conduct of programme reviews and evaluations and develop country profiles on adolescent health in coordination with countries and partners. | |
| REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS | |
| Education: Essential: University degree in medicine and master degree in Public Health. Desirable: Post graduate training in paediatrics, reproductive health and/or social behavioural and related sciences. Additional training in adolescent health-related programmes and interventions. | |
| Skills: Competencies: WHO global competencies model at http://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf 1) Producing results; 2) Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences; 3) Communicating in a credible and effective way; 4) Knowing and managing yourself; 5) Fostering integration and teamwork. Functional Skills and Knowledge: Technical and managerial competence in public adolescent health; excellent communication, analytical and interpersonal skills; leadership qualities and ability to make prompt decisions on programmatic issues in the field; competence in writing guidelines and strategic documents; ability to work effectively and harmoniously with colleagues and staff at national and international levels. Other Skills (e.g. IT): Computer literacy: word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software. Knowledge and ability to use database programmes is an advantage. | |
| Experience: Essential: At least 7 years of experience in adolescent health and public health related areas with exposure to international experience; experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative studies, managing public health programmes, including planning, capacity-building, monitoring and evaluation, and collaborating with international agencies and partners. Desirable: Experience in community health and pre-service education is an asset. Experience with UN, at both regional and country levels, in public health programmes, preferably adolescent public health programme, is an asset. | |
| Languages: Excellent knowledge of English. Working knowledge of Arabic or French an advantage. | |
| Additional Information: - Applicants are kindly requested to pay attention to the screening questions as they will be used to screen out unqualified candidates. - Only qualified applicants with the relevant experience will be considered - A written test/presentation and interviews will be used as a form of screening. The written test might be used as an eliminatory tool. - Interviews will include competency-based questions. - Other similar positions at the same level may be filled from this vacancy notice (this could be the base for rosters). | |
| Annual salary: (Net of tax) USD 67611 at single rate USD 72605 with primary dependants | Post Adjustment: 35.4 % of the above figure(s). This percentage is to be considered as indicative since variations may occur each month either upwards or downwards due to currency exchange rate fluctuations or inflation. |
| This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level. | |
| Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store your profile in a permanent database. Please visit WHO's e-Recruitment website at: www.who.int/employment. The system provides instructions for online application procedures. | |
| All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible after the vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the vacancy announcement. | |
| WHO is committed to workforce diversity. | |
| Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. | |
