OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The mission of WHO’s UHC/More healthy Populations Division is to contribute to decreasing well being inequalities and decreasing preventable illness and damage brought on by environmental, social and financial determinants of well being. That is achieved via a coordinated inter-sectoral strategy aimed toward enabling all folks to get pleasure from higher well being and well-being, in keeping with the Group’s13th Normal Programme of Work (GPW13) and the Sustainable Growth Targets. Throughout the Division, the Division of Well being Promotion (HPR) works to cut back dangers related to tobacco use, alcohol consumption and bodily inactivity, thereby contributing to higher inhabitants well being, via cross-cutting normative, fiscal and authorized measures to boost wellbeing, well being literacy and interact multi stakeholders via settings strategy and neighborhood engagement methods. Throughout the HPR Division, the Unit of No Tobacco (TFI) gives international scientific and technical management and specialised technical help in issues associated to implementation of MPOWER technical bundle in tobacco management and tobacco product regulation. As well as, TFI develops new World Public Well being Items such because the WHO Report on the World Tobacco Epidemic, the WHO Technical Report Sequence on product regulation and Technical Requirements for measuring the contents and emissions of nicotine and tobacco merchandise.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Supplies efficient and environment friendly administration of the crew answerable for the supply of the WHO Report on the World Tobacco Epidemic and different associated outputs to allow coverage improvement within the space of tobacco management.
• Develops, implements and evaluates an revolutionary dissemination mechanism for the info collected within the report.
• In collaboration with regional workplaces, gives technical help to Member States with the preliminary assortment and switch of their information to HPR.
• In collaboration with regional workplaces, gives technical help to Member States to verify the validity of the outcomes of analyses undertaken by HPR employees earlier than publication of those leads to the WHO Report on the World Tobacco Epidemic.
• Develops and implements an efficient communication course of with inside and exterior companions.
• Manages all sources allotted to the venture successfully and effectively.
• Supplies technical experience to develop and critically assess analyses associated to tobacco management and the epidemiology of tobacco associated well being outcomes and to help the inclusion of tobacco management within the World Programme of Work and the SDGs.
• Supplies technical experience and efficient administration to develop commissioned analysis and coverage merchandise associated to tobacco management and new and rising tobacco and nicotine merchandise.
• Contributes to the efficient and environment friendly governance of the Tobacco Management Unit in collaboration with the respective coordinators; and
• Another duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Training

Important:

• A sophisticated stage college diploma in public well being, epidemiology or every other related subject.

Fascinating:

• Doctoral diploma in public well being, epidemiology or every other related subject.

Expertise

Important:

• A minimal of seven years of expertise in public well being.
• Expertise in WHO, different UN companies or in one other worldwide group.
• Expertise working with or offering technical help to governments.
• Expertise writing scientific papers and coverage stories.
• No less than 2 years’ expertise engaged on tobacco management insurance policies and/or implementation of the WHO FCTC.

Fascinating:

• Expertise of working with and reporting to worldwide donor companies.
• Expertise creating and conducting analyses associated to danger components, well being outcomes and well being insurance policies.

Abilities

• Data of venture administration and information assortment, notably in public well being areas.
• An excellent understanding of methods to manage tobacco, together with the WHO FCTC and the WHO MPOWER measures for tobacco management.
• Confirmed means to handle a extremely expert multi-disciplinary crew.
• Confirmed means to ship outcomes on schedule and skill to develop revolutionary approaches and options.
• Confirmed means to handle sources successfully and effectively.
• Wonderful writing and analytical abilities demonstrated via publications.
• Data of related software program purposes, together with however not restricted to the Microsoft Workplace suite.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and selling particular person and cultural variations
• Communication
• Producing outcomes
• Making certain the efficient use of sources
• Creating an empowering and motivating atmosphere

Use of Language Abilities

Important:

• Skilled information of English.

Fascinating:

• Intermediate information of French.
• Intermediate information of every other official WHO languages.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for workers within the Skilled class are calculated in US {dollars}. The remuneration for the above place includes an annual base wage beginning at USD 77,326 (topic to necessary deductions for pension contributions and medical insurance, as relevant), a variable put up adjustment, which displays the price of dwelling in a specific responsibility station, and at the moment quantities to USD 5883 per 30 days for the responsibility station indicated above. Different advantages embody 30 days of annual depart, allowances for dependent relations, residence depart, and an schooling grant for dependent kids.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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