WHO Team Lead Jobs 2024 – Zambia NGO Jobs

WHO Team Lead Jobs 2024 – Zambia NGO Jobs.

WHO Zambia looking for ” Team Lead “.

Applicants with an Advanced University Degree may apply on or before 23rd April, 2024.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. The WHO was established on April 7, 1948, and convened its first meeting on July 24 of that year.

The WHO has published a job vacancy announcement on 09th April, 2024 for qualified Zambia’s to fill in the vacant post of Team Lead to be based in Lusaka, Zambia.

WHO Job Vacancy 2024

Description of Duties:

• Provide technical and managerial coordination in the designated areas under the Universal Health Coverage/Healthier Populations (UHC/HP) portfolio (that is, environment, climate change and health; health promotion, social determinants of health and health equity; nutrition and food safety; tobacco and reduction of other non-communicable disease risk factors; violence, or injuries and disabilities; demographic change and ageing), through a One-health approach, ensuring that the activities are carried out efficiently and effectively.
• Directly provide and/or coordinate technical expertise to advise the government and national stakeholders on the development of national strategies and policies and on the formulation, management, and implementation of the respective healthier populations work programme(s).
• Mobilize and optimize resources for the respective projects and programmes including through partnerships with donors and development partners (United Nations, other multilateral and bilateral organizations as well as nongovernmental organizations).
• Coordinate the engagement with UN partners and other stakeholders on matters relevant to the purpose of the position.
• Develop, coordinate and implement programmes for capacity building in the respective healthier populations areas and management and financing of the systems.
• Engage with other sectors beyond health that are key to healthier populations (environment, transport, agriculture, urban, energy, water, etc.) in order to identify common objectives that improve people’s lives, health, and wellbeing.
• Serve as a technical resource concerning the multi-sectoral integration of programmes in healthier populations and mainstreaming of cross-cutting themes, such as health equity, commercial determinants, urban health, or migration and health or the use of behavioural sciences in implementing disease prevention and health promotion approaches.
• Represent WHO in designated forums and function as a technical focal point for Healthier Populations’ programme areas.
• Promote and establish new community outreach activities to facilitate the expansion of networks that advance and/or focus on healthier populations’ programmatic work.
• Support the establishment of monitoring and surveillance systems and collection of data and evidence in the areas of interest.

Position in Organization:

• Position Title: Team Lead (NCDs & Healthier Population)
• Grade: P4
• Contractual Arrangement: Fixed-term appointment
• Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 2 years
• Job Posting: Apr 8, 2024, 3:27:27 PM
• Closing Date: Apr 23, 2024, 3:29:00 AM
• Primary Location: Zambia
• Organization: AF_ZMB Zambia
• Schedule: Full-time

Minimum Requirement:

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s) in public health or related disciplines
• Post-graduate training or specialization in health systems

Experience:

• A minimum of seven years (7yrs) of work experience relevant to the position (in developing and implementing public health capacity-building policies/strategies and prevention or health promotion programmes), with some of it obtained in an international work environment. A minimum of three years of experience in Healthier Population programmes. Demonstrated professional experience working at the country and/or regional level providing technical services to Member States and other partners on public health programmes.

Language Skills:

• Expert knowledge of English.

How to Apply WHO Team Lead Jobs 2024

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then go, https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2402943

The Closing Date: 23rd April, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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