Public Health Officer

1 day ago

القاهرة, Egypt World Health Organization Full time

**Grade**: No grade

**Contractual Arrangement**: Special Services Agreement (SSA)

**Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days)**: 1 year (Subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance)

**Job Posting**: Nov 25, 2024, 5:38:40 AM

**Closing Date**: Dec 9, 2024, 4:59:00 PM

**Primary Location**: Egypt-Cairo

**Organization**: EM_EGY WHO Representative's Office, Egypt

**Schedule**: Full-time

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**Organizational Setting**:
The Public Health Officer can works under the direct supervision of the Coordinator of the respective public health programme or geographical location or in small to medium-sized Country Offices directly under the WHO Representative. 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.

**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**:
First level university degree is required in medicine,

Desirable: Studies in public health and/or health related field.

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

Knowledge of WHO mandate and goals or experience in UN Organizations, international institutions or NGOs is considered an asset.

**Language Skills**:
Fluent in English and the local language. Knowledge of another WHO official language is an asset.

**Competencies**:

- Communicating in a credible and effective manner: Expresses oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others; listens activel

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