Advisor, Program Integration Across the Life Course
( 2409088 )
Grade : P4
Contractual Arrangement : Fixed-term appointment
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : One yr, first yr probationary interval. Post of restricted period.
Job Posting: Nov 20, 2024, 9:33:36 PM
This requisition is for employment at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO)
The Department of Health Systems and Services (HSS) is accountable for selling, coordinating, and implementing the Organization’s technical cooperation in well being techniques and companies growth to attain Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage (Universal Health), based mostly on the Primary Health Care method. HSS promotes evidence-based insurance policies, methods and plans to rework nationwide well being techniques to enhance fairness and resilience, as well being techniques transfer in direction of the achievement of Universal Health, strengthening governance and stewardship, growing and bettering well being financing and social safety, and supporting the growth of built-in networks of well being companies based mostly on a extremely resolutive first degree of care. HSS strengthens nationwide capability in the group of people-centered well being companies, integrating the wholesome life course method, making certain high quality of care and affected person security, and the efficient deployment and administration of human sources.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Under the normal supervision of the Director, Health Systems and Services (HSS) and the direct supervision of the Unit Chief, Life Course (HSS/HL), the incumbent is accountable for, however not essentially restricted to, the following assigned duties:
- Provide technical recommendation and assist for the growth of technical information, proof and greatest practices that contribute to the strengthening, development and integration of packages based mostly on the life course method at the main well being care (PHC) and group ranges;
- Provide technical steering for the growth of built-in strategic actions for the enchancment of well being inside the continuum of care by addressing the wants of the particular person and their interactions with main well being, ranges of care, packages, and interventions, whereas bearing in mind the multiethnic range and inequities in the well being of populations all through the life course;
- Cooperate and actively contribute to the growth of technical pointers and greatest follow approaches based mostly on the life course method for optimizing well being trajectories, illness administration, selling human company, and enabling favorable environments and interventions, together with these associated to social determinants of well being and danger administration;
- Provide technical assist for the integration of sensory well being (visible and eye care; listening to and ear care; oral well being and males’s well being) throughout the continuum of care and based mostly on life course; establish alternatives for collaboration internally and externally for optimizing well being trajectory, selling well being and prevention, in addition to operationalizing the life course method main healthcare and at the group degree;
- Develop and implement insurance policies and packages for complete sensory well being and oral well being packages and prevention of situations inflicting impairment in listening to, imaginative and prescient and oral situations in international locations in the area; help international locations in accumulating, monitoring, evaluating well being dangers and interventions at main well being and group degree to handle well being care disparities throughout the life course;
- Develop manuals and handbooks to organize main and group well being employees for the use of instruments and cost-effective interventions to advertise efficient and environment friendly sensory and oral well being care companies and to reduce the danger of individuals with eye and listening to impairment and oral situations in their very own context. Facilitate communities’ participation in the prevention and illness administration of sensory and oral situations;
- Provide assist for the growth of modern mechanisms and acquire appropriate know-how sources for analyzing and visualizing knowledge in the technical areas equivalent to sensory well being, oral well being, and males’s well being to establish alternatives extra successfully for product growth, program integration and implementation in Member States;
- Establish a technical community to construct connections with academia, professionals in technical fields, multilaterals, and UN businesses for information change, product growth, and to extend alternatives that profit the work in international locations in the area;
- Write scientific articles, technical experiences, and different publications for dissemination at conferences, occasions, and by way of social networks;
- Develop narrative experiences detailing the progress and challenges encountered in the integration of packages, operationalizing the life course method, and presenting progress experiences to the Unit;
- Participate in HL-efforts to reinforce information and competencies in the implementation of life course approaches to attain deliberate outcomes;
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Engage in useful resource mobilization actions, together with identification of funding sources, writing grant proposals, and incorporating cost-effective mechanisms to assist initiatives throughout the life course;
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- Organize technical conferences with key stakeholders to disseminate data relating to the unit’s packages and areas of duty;
- Perform different associated duties, as assigned.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education :
Essential: A bachelor’s diploma in a well being science and a grasp’s diploma in public well being, or another subject associated to the capabilities of the submit, from a acknowledged college.
Desirable: A Doctoral diploma in public well being could be an asset.
In the occasion that your candidature is retained for an interview, you may be required to supply, upfront, a scanned copy of the diploma(s)/diploma(s)/certificates(s) required for this place. WHO, solely considers increased instructional {qualifications} obtained from an establishment accredited/acknowledged in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a listing up to date by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The checklist will be accessed via the hyperlink: http://www.whed.net/ . PAHO may even use the databases of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation http://www.chea.org and College Navigator, discovered on the web site of the National Centre for Educational Statistics, https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator to assist the validation course of.
Experience :
Essential: Nine years of mixed nationwide and worldwide expertise in managing inter-sectoral well being or social initiatives and packages in well being throughout the life course.
Desirable: Experience working in several cultural contexts.
SKILLS :
PAHO Competencies:
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Overall perspective at work: Maintains integrity and takes a transparent moral method and stance; demonstrates dedication to the Organization’s mandate and promotes the values of the Organization in every day work and conduct; is accountable for work carried out according to personal function and duties; is respectful in direction of, and trusted by, colleagues and counterparts.
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Respecting and selling particular person and cultural variations: Relate properly to range in others and capitalize on such range – Relates properly to range in others and capitalizes on such range. Treats all folks with dignity and respect. Relates properly to folks with totally different cultures, gender, orientations, backgrounds and/or positions; examines personal conduct to keep away from stereotypical responses; considers points from the perspective of others and values their range.
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Teamwork: Collaborate and cooperate with others – Works collaboratively with workforce members and counterparts to attain and construct rapport; helps others when requested; accepts joint duty for the workforce’s successes and shortcomings.
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Communication: Write successfully /Share information – Writes down concepts in a transparent, structured, logical and credible means; drafts and helps the growth of pointers, insurance policies and procedures. Shares related data brazenly and ensures that the shared data is known; considers information sharing as a constructive working methodology and demonstrates consciousness of the Organization.
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Producing Results: Work effectively and independently /Deliver high quality outcomes – Monitors personal and others’ work in a scientific and efficient means, making certain required sources and outputs. Aligns initiatives with Organization’s mission and aims. Consistently solves personal and workforce’s issues successfully as wanted. Proactively engages in initiatives and initiatives, accepting demanding targets, according to Organizational Strategies and Program of Work. Demonstrates accountability for work of workforce and units an instance, whereas explicitly articulating classes learnt for personal and workforce’s profit.
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Ensuring efficient use of sources: Strategize and set clear aims /Monitor progress and use sources properly – Sets particular, measurable, attainable, sensible and well timed aims for personal workforce and/or the Organization; systematically analyses and anticipates precedence initiatives for personal workforce and allocates needed sources to attain them; identifies the cross-Organizational sources wanted for large- scale initiatives according to key Organizational aims. Anticipates foreseeable adjustments and adapts personal and workforce’s initiatives in the face of unexpected circumstances and/ or challenges; creates measures and standards to observe progress of general initiatives in opposition to key Organizational aims; creates cost-effective options for the Organization.
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Building and selling partnerships throughout the Organization and past: Develop networks and partnerships and encourage collaboration – Builds and negotiates strategic partnerships and alliances with a variety of key stakeholders to make sure Organizational outcomes and success. Creates modern alternatives for selling synergies inside and outdoors the Organization to enhance Organizational success.
Technical Expertise:
- Expert information of public well being, strategic and operational framework for integrating well being packages utilizing the life course method.
- Theoretical and sensible information of worldwide technical cooperation, with emphasis on negotiation and administration of worldwide cooperation packages and initiatives.
- Theoretical and sensible expertise in the growth and administration of packages and initiatives specializing in the well being of ladies, males, kids, adolescents, and older individuals.
- Mature judgment, robust technical, analytical and conceptual expertise; demonstrated capability to evaluate, analyze, synthesize data and knowledge.
- Skill in integrating managerial and technical inputs into suggestions for decision-making processes; capability to handle a number of points and duties in a fancy organizational surroundings.
- Excellent organizational and analytic expertise mixed with robust skilled oral and writing expertise, together with the growth of experiences, oral displays, and technical/persuasive paperwork for consideration at the highest ranges of the Organization.
Languages:
Very good information of Spanish or English with working information of the different language. Knowledge of Portuguese and French could be an asset.
IT Skills:
Demonstrated capability to successfully use present know-how and software program, in addition to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Other IT expertise and information of software program packages equivalent to Tableau, Stata, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Teams, ShareLevel, and Word are thought of important.
REMUNERATION
Annual Salary : (Net of taxes)
USD $77,326.00 + submit adjustment
Post Adjustment : 70.2% of the above determine(s). This share is to be thought of as indicative since variations might happen every month both upwards or downwards as a consequence of foreign money change fee fluctuations or inflation.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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PAHO/WHO personnel work together regularly with folks in the communities we serve. To shield these folks, PAHO has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. People who commit severe wrongdoing shall be terminated and may additionally face legal prosecution.
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