Reproductive Health Specialist at WHO, Islamabad, Pakistan

Deadline: 24 April 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Communications Officer in Geneva, Switzerland. The duration of this post is 1 year.

The primary role of WHO is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.

Key Job Responsibilities

The Communications Officer will perform the following functions:

• Provide technical and managerial leadership in the area of Maternal, Newborn and Reproductive Health ensuring that the activities in this area are established and carried out efficiently and effectively.
• Provide technical leadership and policy advice to Member States to advocate for and strengthen the national health systems from development, implementation and monitoring of maternal, newborn and child health interventions in partnership with other collaborating partners.
• Monitor country- or Region specific developments in respect of the programmatic areas covered, and report these to the regional office/ Headquarters so that these findings can be utilized for strategy development purposes
• Lead the development of new national strategies and policies through collaboration with the national authorities and recommend health development initiatives in the areas of health systems strengthening, partnership building and improvements in the planning and management of existing health systems for reduction of maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality in the countries.
• Promote making Pregnancy Safer and behavior change and develop and establish reproductive health policies.
• Oversee and coordinate work plans and budgets for team activities including resource mobilization for the work programme and ensure the implementation of planned activities.
• Lead and conduct research on reproductive health across the life cycle research.
• Coordinate programs for capacity building in the area of Reproductive health and other related areas.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• Advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in a health-related field (medicine, public health) with a specialization in reproductive health, pediatrics, obstetrics or other related field.
• PhD level degree in Medicine/Public Health.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in reproductive health developing capacity and policies linked to high quality maternal, newborn, and reproductive health care programmes. Within this experience, demonstrated professional experience working at the country and/or regional level providing technical advice and services to national counterparts, Ministries of Health, and other external partners on reproductive health programmes. Experience managing diverse teams.
• Expert knowledge of English.
• Intermediate knowledge of French

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit WHO.