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• Assess threats to human life and health,
  damage to health infrastructure for primary and secondary care, the state
  of health referral and support systems, including cold chain, laboratory,
  essential drugs and health information systems, and the vital needs of the
  affected populations.
• Work collaboratively with national
  authorities and health partners to coordinate and implement public health
  response activities as part of the Health Cluster’s strategic response;
  analyze existing coordination mechanisms, designing and recommending
  improvements.
• Provide analysis of the public health risks,
  needs and capacities and advise on priority interventions for WHO and
  partners; challenges and operational course correctors, as applicable.
• Keenly monitor progress towards achievement
  of Universal Health Coverage; analyze social determinants of health and
  their impact on the incident management system, including identifying
  inequities, gaps in the delivery of health services or emergency
  interventions, recommending appropriate actions and innovative approaches
  to improve the situation.
• Actively facilitate the implementation of
  effective, evidence-based policies, public health programmes and
  interventions through all life cycles, this might include maternal and new
  born health, health promotion and education, NCDs, the elderly, Social
  Determinant of Health, Violence and Injury Prevention including Road
  Safety, Gender and Health Equity and other related areas.
• Secure information from a broad range of
  health sectors, analyzing such and consolidating health data in trends and
  trends assessment, with particular attention to surveillance, monitoring
  and early warning.
• The incumbent will coordinate meetings with
  all relevant partners and incident management team, producing and
  circulating minutes, related decisions and tracking the latter, and
  developing detailed “lessons learnt” reports, recommending
  improvement to current and future field operations.
• Provide input to communications and
  information products (Sitreps, health cluster bulletins, outbreak
  bulletins etc.) as required
• Ensure compliance with IASC principles and
  the Humanitarian Program Cycle in delivering WHO’s health response.
• Perform any other related incident-specific
  duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

• The ideal candidates for the World Health
  Organization (WHO) Public Health Officer job opportunity should hold an Advanced
  University degree (Master’s level or above) in public health and/or Health
  related fields from an accredited/recognized institute.
• Doctorate degree in Public Health. Post
  graduate studies or specialized training in emergency response or disaster
  management in the context of public health.
• Diploma in Tropical Medicine or Diploma in
  Disaster Management.
• A minimum of seven years of relevant
  experience, at the national and international levels, in public health in
  emergencies response or health sector coordination, with emphasis on
  managing outbreaks and health emergencies and/ or health consequences of
  emergencies and crises.
• Prior experience in capacity building,
  developing and promoting collaborative partnerships.
• Prior work experience in WHO, other UN
  agencies, relevant non-governmental or humanitarian organizations is
  desirable
• Previous experience in capacity building
  programme planning/development, project management, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience with resource mobilization in
  emergency settings
• Broad knowledge of public health programmes
  with focus on prevention and control of NCDs and their major risk factors,
  health system, and the Millennium Development goals.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of
  operational management of health aspects/consequences of humanitarian
  crises and outbreaks in field settings.
• Proven skills in capacity building, proposal
  and report writing, Knowledge of and Experience with needs assessments in
  emergency settings, strategic information analysis and planning and
  ability to anticipate new trends in the field of public health and take
  actions accordingly.
• Managerial skills for the development,
  implementation and analysis of technical cooperation programs and
  activities, including the development of programmatic indicators.
• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English or
  French (depending on the country of assignment). Working knowledge of
  another WHO official language would be an asset (depending on the country
  of assignment).

• Producing results
• Communication
• Building and promoting partnerships across
  the Organization and beyond
• Respecting and promoting individual and
  cultural differences
• Teamwork.
• Computer literacy i.e. knowledge of office
  software applications.

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