Technical Officer

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Description

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The target of the WHO Nepal Nation Workplace is to implement the Nation Cooperation Technique by supporting the Nepal Authorities within the formulation, implementation and analysis of nationwide well being insurance policies, methods and plans and growing and managing WHO’s technical cooperation programmes on the nation stage. WHO gives steerage and technical help in organizing the humanitarian well being response following emergencies and in revitalizing the capability of the well being sector to rebuild and get well from emergencies in applicable and sustainable methods. The Nation Workplace collaborates with the Authorities of Nepal and related stakeholders in help of their efforts of reaching nationwide well being objectives; of guaranteeing the attainment of common well being protection and of contributing to international and regional public well being motion by offering need-based technical help in nationwide stage coverage formulation, setting norms and requirements, enhancing data dissemination and administration, monitoring nation well being scenario and constructing sustainable institutional capability, to play a better management function in several nationwide stage coverage and technical boards. Inside this framework, this particular place will liaise with the MoH’s particular Departments/Divisions and associated educational/analysis institutes for reaching the above talked about WHO goals/actions associated to communicable ailments at nation stage. The Communicable Illnesses Programme goals at offering technical help to the TB, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Hepatitis, NTDs and (as applicable) different Communicable Illness programmes to strengthen nationwide capability, to stop, management and scale back morbidity, mortality, incapacity & deformity attributable to Communicable Illness and to help, surveillance implementation of cost-effective public well being and well being care interventions and monitoring of Communicable Illness Epidemiology, programmatic & social affect and useful resource mobilization.

Duties:

Underneath the direct supervision of WHO Consultant for Nepal and in shut technical and administrative collaboration with the Staff Leads of WCO Nepal and anxious Regional Advisers of Communicable Illnesses and different related departments at WHO/SEARO and WHO/HQ, the incumbent will perform the next duties:

• Present technical recommendation to the MoH in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating actions for prevention, management and monitoring of HIV, TB, Malaria, Hepatitis and NTDs. This contains guaranteeing high-quality laboratory testing for the related ailments and addressing concomitant anti-microbial resistance points;
• Advise MoH on strengthening the epidemiological info part of the nationwide well being info system, by way of the formulation of methods and sensible suggestions for enhancements with explicit consideration to epidemiological surveillance and the event, monitoring and analysis of programmes for prevention and management of HIV, TB, Malaria, Hepatitis and NTDs;
• Present technical help to the mixing/inoperability of vertical surveillance programs for related communicable ailments with the present EWARS and the envisaged built-in illness surveillance system (IDSS) as possible;
• Help MoH to reinforce epidemiological capability for efficient utilization of epidemiological information and knowledge by way of applicable evaluation, modelling and burden forecasting; and technology of data merchandise and their dissemination for efficient use in planning and administration of related communicable illness management programmes in any respect ranges;
• Promote the technology of proof on related communicable ailments by way of facilitating applicable operations analysis and contribute to knowledgeable coverage choices by authorities and supply innovative coverage recommendation.
• Conduct and recurrently replace complete stakeholders’ evaluation to reinforce partnerships and help the federal government to successfully coordinate the efforts of key stakeholders for the achievement of envisaged targets and objectives;
• Collaborate with related ministries and different stakeholders to undertake hole analyses in related areas of labor and help capability constructing efforts in these poor areas to make sure that priorities are fulfilled;
• Facilitate the alternate of data on related programme areas and help in growing proposals for useful resource mobilization and managing & monitoring implementation of donor funds and submitting annual in addition to end-of-grant report as per donor requirement;
• Contribute in International Fund liaison and take part in International Fund CCM, and backstopping WHO illustration in inter-agency conferences associated to the related Communicable Illnesses programmes;
• In help to the federal government, present management on methods/implementation geared toward reaching regional and international objectives by the agreed goal dates. Take crucial motion when targets are prone to being missed.
• Present technical management, mentoring and managerial help to the WHO Nation workplace staff engaged on the related communicable ailments, facilitate the event and the implementation of the related work plans underneath the WHO-GoN collaborative programme whereas selling the mixing of communicable illness management programmes with well being programs approaches and make sure the monitoring and analysis of associated actions;
• Liaise and coordinate with involved technical items/departments of MoH, WCO-Nepal, WHO-SEARO and WHO-HQ and with donor and improvement companions (UN bilateral) to harmonize suggestions on insurance policies and methods associated to the related communicable ailments;
• Contribute to the administration of WCO’s data and coverage advise on issues concerning the wholistic integration/incorporation of well being service and care interventions for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Hepatitis and Uncared for Tropical Illnesses within the nation’s UHC agenda and the mechanisms to watch and consider the achievement of related UHC targets and objectives;
• Work with related authorities entities and WCO to help in making program changes through the nation’s transition in the direction of a federal State, with the goal that the related communicable illness applications proceed to operate uninterrupted and supply providers to all ranges and areas within the nation.
• Strengthen technical capabilities of the nation for fast response to outbreaks/epidemics attributable to TB, Malaria, Hepatitis and NTDS by:
• Offering technical recommendation on new approaches, methodology and procedures deemed appropriate for the nation;
• Aiding in conducting/organizing coaching on outbreak/epidemic investigation and management for the nationwide workers involved;
• Aiding in growing a listing record of i) reference laboratories throughout the nation and the area and ii) educated public well being workers within the space of epidemiology and communicable ailments management.
• Help the event/adaptation of nation contextualized data merchandise prioritized by way of periodic assessment of the WCO Contingency/Enterprise Continuity Plan for surveillance, prevention/management of related communicable ailments throughout/put up emergencies; facilitate and monitor their applicable use in public well being response in coordination with the WHO Well being Emergencies Programme staff;
• Carry out every other activity assigned by the supervisor.

Required {Qualifications}:

Training:

Important:

• College diploma in medication and put up graduate diploma in public well being, epidemiology and/or management of communicable ailments.

Expertise:

Important:

• No less than 10 years of related expertise in public well being together with appreciable expertise obtained in communicable illness applications in a world context, and in growing international locations. Demonstrated expertise in main a staff, ideally in a context of Communicable Illnesses.

Abilities:

• Epidemiological and administration expertise and abilities together with the power to barter with nationwide authorities, multi-lateral and bilateral improvement help companies, and non-governmental organizations.
• Specialist in well being programme administration in Communicable Illnesses related to the priorities.
• Confirmed functionality in programme planning, implementation, monitoring and analysis and capability constructing.
• Confirmed potential in preparation of technical proposals, plans and experiences on communicable ailments for donor group and for different worldwide organizations.
• Confirmed potential to work underneath strain and multitask.
• Wonderful interpersonal abilities, tact, discretion and diplomacy.
• Skill to successfully coordinate with companions/donors and collaborative companies.
• Technical experience; General perspective at work are additionally required obligatory competencies.

Language Abilities:

Important:

• Knowledgeable data of English.

Supply:  https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2402221

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