WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

WHO Ethiopia looking for “Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before 21st March, 2024.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agency’s governing structure and principles, states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”.

The WHO has published a job vacancy announcement on 08th March, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

WHO Job Vacancy 2024

Duties:

Act as Risk Communication and Community Engagement focal point within the Emergency program
Provide technical and operational support to overall Health Education/Health Promotion activities instrengthening and mainstreaming community engagement and social mobilization strategies from the service delivery side; aligning with technical and operational priorities and objectives; and delivering through existing national and local structures.
Ensure community engagement and social mobilization strategies and implementation plans are evidence-based, coordinated, and well executed, drawing upon anthropology and related behavioural and social sciences so that community concerns, sociocultural beliefs and practices impacting public health interventions are addressed.
Develop or support the establishment of community listening systems to better understand risk and support health emergency response strategies that are in line with community needs, priorities, capacities, and expectation
Develop and update relevant information, education and communication materials in languages and formats easily used by national stakeholders and the public
Translate scientific information such as technical guidance, into actionable content (messages, tools and products) and engagement interventions for affected populations and specific communities for readiness and emergency response activities and manage clearance and publication process of the mentioned materials.
Work closely with health emergency technical teams to ensure broader response guidelines and guidance incorporates RCCE principles and best practice.
Monitor and proactively counter false rumors and misinformation, and address fears and concerns.
Support the development and implementation of RCCE capacity building strategies and plans by understanding and documenting training needs, developing materials and tools, and providing training and learning experience support to regions, countries and partners as required.
Work closely with technical teams to assess the integration and effectiveness of community engagement practices within technical SOPs according to the context e.g. surveillance, clinical care, vector control, etc. Identify strengths, weaknesses and gaps; design interventions to address weakness and gaps e.g. training/capacity building, supervision, tools, etc.
Collaborate with partners to ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation tools and mechanisms for community engagement and social mobilization are in place at the national and subnational level and ensure the findings are integrated into technical and operational decision-making.
Contribute to building the national capacity through needs identification, development, operationalization and implementation of a capacity building and training plan.
Provide regular feedback to the incident management team, national authorities and partners on the adaptation of response strategies for effective and feasible community engagement in affected areas.
Where necessary, conduct formative research, and/or liaise with stakeholders/partners conducting sociocultural research.
Perform any other incident-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

Position in Organization:

Job Title: Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer
Grade: NO-C
Contractual Arrangement: Temporary appointment under Staff Rule 420.4
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 12 Months
Job Posting: Mar 7, 2024, 12:55:05 PM
Closing Date: Mar 21, 2024, 4:29:00 AM
Primary Location: Ethiopia-Addis Ababa
Organization: AF_ETH Ethiopia
Schedule: Full-time

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

University degree in health promotion/health education, development, sociology, medical Anthropology, Public Health or in other Health related field from an accredited/recognized institute.
Training in public health, risk communication, health education, health communication, health promotion, strategic communication planning, social mobilization, participatory research, training and impact evaluation of community engagement/social mobilization interventions.

Experience:

At least five years’ of relevant experience, at the national level, in applying multidisciplinary approaches in risk communication, health promotion, community engagement and social mobilization programmes, emergency management part of which should include working in disease outbreak or health emergency context. Proven experience in the application of participatory models of engagement in the health context and the ability to adapt and innovate in emergency situations will be an advantage
Prior humanitarian working experience at field level, with WHO/UN, health cluster partners, government recognized humanitarian organizations or with an international nongovernmental organization.

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