World Health Organisation
Vacancy Notice No: SEARO/11/ROST2
Title: Junior Public Health Professional (JPP) - Fellowship
Grade: P2
Contract type: Rosters
Duration of contract: Two years
Date: 1 June 2011
Application Deadline: 30 June 2011
Duty Station: New Delhi, India
Organization unit: SEARO Regional Office for the South East Asia (SE/RGO) /
SE/FCH Department of Family and Community Health (FCH) (SE/FCH)
Child and Adolescent Health (CAH)
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :
1. To provide an opportunity to young health professionals to strengthen their practical skills and knowledge essential to participate in public health works at the national level.
2. To expose them to WHO programmes and thereby contributing to them, and
3. To enable the countries to benefit from the knowledge the young professional has acquired, upon completion of the assignment.
Description of duties:
1. To compile data and information and prepare monitoring framework based on national, regional and global indicators on child health.
2. To participate in regional and national capacity building activities (pre-service and in-service) on IMCI, home-based newborn care, community case management of sick child and early childhood development.
3. To assist in supporting activities related to surveillance and prevention of birth defects in Member countries.
4. To participate and contribute to research and training in newborn health activities supported by WHOCC under regional/national network of institutions.
5. To submit six-monthly report to the supervisor.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
University medical degree with Master degree in Public Health.
Skills:
I.T. Skills:
Excellent knowledge of MS Office applications and computer skills for making high quality technical presentations including data analysis.
Competencies:
Ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to try, understand and be tolerant of different opinions and views.
Experience:
Two to five years' of relevant working experience related to newborn and child health and development at national level.
Languages:
Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English.
Additional Information:
APPLICATIONS ONLY FROM THE NATIONALS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION WILL BE CONSIDERED:
BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; MALDIVES; MYANMAR; NEPAL; SRI LANKA; THAILAND AND TIMOR-LESTE.
AGE: BETWEEN 30 AND 35 YEARS.
Annual Salary: (Net of tax)
US$46,669 at single rate
For details please visit: https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=24709&vaclng=en
Vacancy Notice No: SEARO/11/ROST2
Title: Junior Public Health Professional (JPP) - Fellowship
Grade: P2
Contract type: Rosters
Duration of contract: Two years
Date: 1 June 2011
Application Deadline: 30 June 2011
Duty Station: New Delhi, India
Organization unit: SEARO Regional Office for the South East Asia (SE/RGO) /
SE/FCH Department of Family and Community Health (FCH) (SE/FCH)
Child and Adolescent Health (CAH)
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :
1. To provide an opportunity to young health professionals to strengthen their practical skills and knowledge essential to participate in public health works at the national level.
2. To expose them to WHO programmes and thereby contributing to them, and
3. To enable the countries to benefit from the knowledge the young professional has acquired, upon completion of the assignment.
Description of duties:
1. To compile data and information and prepare monitoring framework based on national, regional and global indicators on child health.
2. To participate in regional and national capacity building activities (pre-service and in-service) on IMCI, home-based newborn care, community case management of sick child and early childhood development.
3. To assist in supporting activities related to surveillance and prevention of birth defects in Member countries.
4. To participate and contribute to research and training in newborn health activities supported by WHOCC under regional/national network of institutions.
5. To submit six-monthly report to the supervisor.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
University medical degree with Master degree in Public Health.
Skills:
I.T. Skills:
Excellent knowledge of MS Office applications and computer skills for making high quality technical presentations including data analysis.
Competencies:
Ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to try, understand and be tolerant of different opinions and views.
Experience:
Two to five years' of relevant working experience related to newborn and child health and development at national level.
Languages:
Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English.
Additional Information:
APPLICATIONS ONLY FROM THE NATIONALS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION WILL BE CONSIDERED:
BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; MALDIVES; MYANMAR; NEPAL; SRI LANKA; THAILAND AND TIMOR-LESTE.
AGE: BETWEEN 30 AND 35 YEARS.
Annual Salary: (Net of tax)
US$46,669 at single rate
For details please visit: https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=24709&vaclng=en