Medical Officer
Full-Time @World Health Organization posted 8 months ago in Health Care Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 9736
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Offered Salary 1000
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Career Level Executive
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Experience 7 Years
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Gender Both
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Industry Health
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
Medical Officer (Malaria & Vector-Borne Disease Control) MCAT
Job Requirements
Education:
Bachelor’s degree
Work experience:
7 years
Language skills:
English
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Full time
Education (Qualifications): Medical Officer
- Essential: Medical degree with post-graduate training in Public Health/ Epidemiology.
- Desirable: Training in Management of Health Programmes.
Experience: Medical Officer
- Essential: A minimum of 7 years of international and national experience in in communicable diseases control at national and/or international level, preferably in Africa; Training in the prevention, control, and elimination/ eradication of communicable diseases.
- Desirable: Experience in comprehensive and all of society response to a communicable disease including medical response, strengthening health systems, multi-sectoral action, community participation and public-private partnerships for health action. Work experiences that are diverse, incorporating private sector, NGOs, other UN, or governmental Health related agencies will be an advantage proven track record in writing reports and publications. Experience working in developing countries.
Responsibilities-Medical Officer
- Promote cross-cutting, end-to-end delivery to achieve impact and strengthen health systems for the prevention and control of TVDs at all levels, across the life course and in emergency situations.
- The incumbent will implement innovative ways of working to facilitate strong collaboration and linkages with Programmes, clusters, and partners (WHO Collaborating Centers, research and teaching institutions, NGOs, regional and sub regional economic entities, etc.) to ensure that appropriate, efficient, and timely support is provided to countries, even during emergencies.
- Provide leadership for malaria, NTDs and VBDs control, elimination and/or eradication including leadership for a comprehensive triple response to malaria, NTDs and/or VBDs technical/normative response, health systems response, and multi-sectorial response; Support use of WHO technical products through timely and high-quality adoption/adaptation and implementation of WHO Global Public Health Goods;
- Support provision of evidence-based advice to achieve malaria, NTDs and VBDs impact, and support the convening and brokering of appropriate solutions through development of systems and capacities for evidence generation and use including operational and implementation researches, programme reviews, and development and implementation of country evidence-based strategic plans;
- Keep malaria, NTDs and VBDs on the radar and driving the agenda through stakeholder meetings, special advocacy days and mass media engagements, and producing and disseminating relevant reports including specific reports to governing bodies and Annual programme reports for malaria, NTDs and VBDs;
- Support mobilization/alignment of resources through effective engagement with malaria, NTDs and/or VBDs resource contributors (bilateral and multilateral donors and the GF) and technical and financial accounting for resources including WHO statutory accounting.
- Support institutional capacity-building through institutional capacity needs assessment for Malaria, NTDs and/or VBDs and investment in capacity building including trainings and equipment and commodities support.
- Support development of country operational partnerships focused on leveraging partnerships to deliver transformational change and significant impact of country programmes, promoting a coherent position on issues related to malaria, NTDs and vector-borne diseases, and delivering support through a shared approach by partners.
- Perform other related responsibilities, as assigned, including replacing and backstopping for others as required.
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