WHO Technical Officer Jobs 2024 – South Sudan NGO Jobs

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WHO Technical Officer Jobs 2024 – South Sudan NGO Jobs.

WHO South Sudan looking for “Technical Officer”.

Applicants with a Postgraduate Degree may apply on or before 28th March 2024.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide.

The WHO has published a job vacancy announcement on 13th March 2024 for qualified South Sudanese to fill in the vacant post of Technical Officer to be based in Juba, South Sudan.

WHO Job Vacancy 2024

Purpose of consultancy: To support the Ministry of Health, to adapt guidelines, tools, and Standard Operating Procedures (SPOs) on cervical cancer screening and treatment as well as train health workers on cervical cancer screening and treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualifications:

Essential: Medical doctor with postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Desirable: Experience working in on cervical cancer screening, treatment, training, or research programme.

Experience:

Essential: The technical person should have a minimum of 5 years of progressively working as a medical doctor in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Specifically, demonstrate experience working in the field of cervical cancer screening using Visual Inspection with Ascetic Acid (VIA) technique.
Desirable: Relevant work experience with WHO and/or UN agencies, health cluster partners; Experience managing diverse teams; experience working in relevant nongovernmental or humanitarian organizations. Ability to express ideas clearly and write well Capacity to work well in a multicultural and multinational settings.

Skills/Knowledge:

Excellent knowledge and expertise of country level situations regarding maternal health. Understanding of WHO’s policies, practices, guidelines, and procedures on cervical cancer specifically the global strategy for elimination of cervical cancer and related tools.
Extensive knowledge and skills in problem solving, planning and management, monitoring and evaluation, negotiation, and resource mobilization.
Excellent communication skills, specifically ability to write documents in a logical and professional manner.
Demonstrated ability to provide sound methodological and technical advice and guidance to multiple stakeholders and partners in countries
Ability to conduct research and analyze results, identify issues, formulate opinions, make conclusions and recommendations for strengthening health care systems.
Ability to review and revise policies and objectives of assigned program and activities.
Demonstrated ability to understand and work on complex policy and programme issues related to cervical cancer.
Excellent training skills.