Deadline: 24 August, 2022

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Roster of Emergency Workforce Development Officer.

The primary role of WHO is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.

Responsibilities

• Develop/establish/strengthen a system for rapid identification and deployment of experts
• Provide response teams with a list of available experts based on request
• Support the development of roster calls to identify experts
• Support the committee responsible for review of CVs for expert identification
• Provide regular update report on emergency workforce in the region
• Follow up with HR on the rapid deployment and recruitment of experts
• Support SURGE flagship initiative on workforce development
• Collaborate with capacity building officer to keep track of trained experts within the region
• Support the review/develop ToRs for the different IMS functions
• Support the adaptation/development/updating of the tools for surge management, information management and perform analysis
• Maintain a platform for continuous interaction with the pool of experts including regular simulation exercises
• Negotiate with the experts’ employers and sign memorandum of understanding for immediate release upon need for deployment as part of a SURGE team
• Update/develop SoPs for activation and deactivation of SURGE
• Conduct assessments for WHO, WCO and partner skills capacity gaps and develop a schedule of capacity building
• Identify and collaborate with partner/professional training institutions
• Support capacity building of the selected experts by updating/developing/training and pre-deployment and deployment briefing materials/tools, SoPs, guidelines, PMDs, etc
• Develop training modules to address the various skills gaps for capacity development including online and offline trainings
• Ensure necessary survival kits are available for staff to be deployed
• Perform any other related incident-specific duties as required by the functional supervisor

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Business Administration and Management, or a related field
• Seven years, minimum, of relevant experience at the national and international levels
• Experience in emergency disaster and health outbreak response
• Strong skills in the area of developing and establishing polices and strategies
• Excellent skills and ability in managing diverse teams
• Good skills in mobilising resources
• Demonstrated ability to act independently, exercise sound judgment and take initiative
• Excellent analytical and negotiation skills
• Expert knowledge of English
• Knowledge of another WHO language will be an asset

To apply and for more information, click here.

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