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Job Description
- Advise on the development, implementation and evaluation of country strategies and workplans pertaining to the Country Health Emergency preparedness and readiness, ensuring compliance with WHO's organization-wide CPI strategies.
- Collect, assess and track the status of technical and financial support to country core capacities, the development of national action plans and the costing to prepare for, detect and mount a rapid and effective response to public health emergencies, address gaps in close collaboration with HQ and the Regional Office.
- Assess, monitor and support the readiness of country and regional office in line of the ERF readiness checklists and facilitate the development of WHO / EMRO surge capacity (including surge team identification and training).
- Work with other technical units/departments and with HQ to establish a repository of technical guidelines, lessons learnt and best practices for humanitarian settings.
- Provide technical advice to the countries in developing and adapting necessary protocols, manuals and SOPs for emergency preparedness, readiness and response.
- Develop, organize and conduct training and simulation for countries and WHO to enhance the capacity for emergency preparedness and readiness
- Develop project proposals to support regional framework of emergency risk management
- Support the generation, compilation and sharing of best practices and lesson learned to update the strategies and practices of institutional readiness for response.
Job Requirements
Essential: Master's university degree in any area of medicine, health emergency preparedness, health operational management, or public health.
Desirable: Postgraduate training in disaster management and / or public health. Specialized training in the organization of emergency preparedness and response.
Experience
Essential
- At least 7 years' experience combined at the national and international levels in humanitarian emergency or disaster preparedness, readiness and response or in implementation of health programs for emergency preparedness and response and in results-based management with focus on developing and promoting capacity development.
- Experience in designing and delivering training in relation to defined strategies as well as in readiness capacity development.
Desirable
- Experience in business continuity planning, contingency planning or institutional readiness capacity-building an asset.
- Experience in analyzing health policies, standards, guidelines and priorities for WCOs and staff.
- Experience in UN organizations/agencies, international institutions or NGOs.
Skills
- In-depth knowledge of emergency preparedness and response and relief policies and practices within the UN, other UN Specialized Agencies, donor agencies, national and international NGOsProven ability to support developing knowledge development material for use in countries and WHO support for emergency preparedness and readiness in the health system context Sound knowledge of WHO mandate and goals in emergencies.
- Ability to organize and conduct training and simulation Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure.
- Tact, discretion and ability to promote consensus.