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Title:         Project Officer   (UN
Jobs) 

Organisation: World
Health Organisation (WHO)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Grade: P3

Annual Salary: USD 60,233

About WHO:

The World Health
Organisation (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health
within the United Nations (UN) system. It is responsible for providing
leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda,
setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options,
providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health
trends.

Job Summary:  The Project Officer will provide technical
support in strengthening and implementing effective tobacco control
interventions and comprehensive implementation of the WHO Framework Convention
on TobaccoControl (WHO FCTC). The WHO is the recipient of a Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation grant to implement sustainable tobacco control capacity
building, and to work with Member States in the Region to promote
tobacco-control oriented policy change.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• The incumbent will undertake the following assigned duties: Build
  capacity on various areas of economics of tobacco and taxation to
  government officials, academia, civil society and WHO country office staff
  in selected countries (especially in Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya,
  Rwanda and Togo) in the Region.
• Provide technical assistance on tobacco economics and taxation
  issues to government officials including Ministry of Finance technocrats
  and Ministry of Health officials from selected countries in the Region,
  regional and sub-regional intergovernmental organizations including the
  ECOWAS, UEMOA, EAC and the CRES.
• Engage with Ministers of Finance, Senior Finance and Tax experts at
  country level to secure support and adoption of tax policy proposals and
  proposals for sustainable funding for tobacco control and non-communicable
  diseases
• Organize and facilitate multi-country meetings and workshops for
  experience sharing on issues of tobacco taxation and sustainable funding
  for tobacco control and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
• Provide technical expertise in the prevention of illicit trade in
  tobacco products Advocate and promote partnership to strengthen
  South-to-South cooperation in the area of tobacco taxation including
  health and economic cost studies. This will include working with the Tobacco
  Control Economics team at the WHO HQ in Geneva.
• Provide technical expertise in the process of engagement with
  Ministries of Finance.
• Develop tools for monitoring of progress in the implementation of
  tax policies in the regions and for monitoring of illicit trade in tobacco
  products
• Provide regular progress reports on the tobacco tax related
  technical issues and activities.
• Perform any other related duties, as required

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidates for the United Nations World Health
  Organization (WHO Project Officer job should hold a First University
  Degree in economics or public finance.
• Desirable: Training in tobacco control would be an asset.
• A minimum of five years of experience teaching or working in
  economics.
• Previous experience in working on tax policies in government or
  academia at a management level.
• Experience in working in countries in Africa is an asset.
• Experience in teaching or working in health economics or tobacco
  control.
• Experience in econometrics and area of tobacco economics would be an
  asset
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to work effectively in
  a team;
• Ability to motivate, guide and develop capacities at national level;
• Ability to carry out advocacy and communicate tobacco control
  messages
• Ability to engage with high level government bureaucrats and secure
  high-level commitments for tobacco control.
• Ability to interact and engage at high political and policy level at
  global, regional and national level

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Promoting innovation and organizational learning
• Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
• Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French.

How to Apply:

All candidates who
so desire to join the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) by sending
their online applications to enable WHO to store their personal profiles in a
permanent database. Visit WHO’s e-recruitment website below and follow the
instructions for online application procedures.

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Here

NB: 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.

Deadline: 4th December 2019

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