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The World Health Organisation is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide..

Job Summary:

Within the DPC Cluster and the HPD Unit, the International UN Volunteer Specialist supports the coordination and implementation of regional initiatives related to tobacco control, health promotion, and disease prevention. The incumbent provides technical and operational support to the HPD Unit, including the Tobacco Control Project Team and Team Leader, with a particular focus on coordinating the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS), alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) surveys, monitoring key health promotion and tobacco control indicators, analysing trends, and assessing programme performance.

Under the overall supervision of the Team Leader, HPD, and the direct supervision of the Senior Project Officer, Africa Tobacco Control Project, the incumbent collaborates with technical clusters and programmes to coordinate tobacco surveillance and related activities, support planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of regional work programmes, strengthen knowledge generation and evidence-informed decision-making, and monitor programme progress across Member States.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The incumbent will be expected to perform the following duties

• Provide technical support to Member States in the planning and implementation, including the design of tools and protocols of youth and adult tobacco-related surveys, and in building efficient, systematic surveillance mechanisms to monitor the tobacco epidemic, including new and emerging tobacco and nicotine products.
• Support Member States in the collection of alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs ) data for the global reports
• Support Member States in the analysis of survey data and the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective data dissemination mechanisms related to tobacco surveillance.
• Support the collection and validation of data and other related information for the World Health Organization (WHO ) global report on the tobacco epidemic and the WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2030.
• Support the Tobacco Control team in regional tobacco control policy and data analysis including development of technical materials such as project progress reports, documents, factsheets, presentations, guides, tools, and advocacy materials on tobacco control and emerging tobacco and nicotine products and assist with their dissemination and use in the Region.
• Support development of manuscript to publish project lessons
• Actively participate in relevant working groups, technical meetings, and forums, and contribute to the preparation of technical and administrative reports and analyses on tobacco-related issues.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Age

18-80 Years

Required experience

3 years

Nationality

Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

Assignment requirements

Relevant experience

3 years

Languages

• English, Level: Fluent, Required
• French, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level

Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related field.

Advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, Medical Degree or related discipline.

Competencies and values

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Ensuring the effective use of resources
• Promoting Innovation and Organizational Learning.

Skills and experience

• Essential: At least 3 years of national or international experience in public health, epidemiology, public policy, or socio-economic development.
• Desirable:
  • Experience in managing or working with public health data related to risk factors, health outcomes, and health policies.
  • Experience working with the World Health Organization (WHO), other United Nations (UN ) agencies, or international organizations.
  • Experience working in developing countries.

Functional Knowledge and Skills

• Strong knowledge of public health data collection, surveillance methodologies, and data analysis techniques.
• Solid understanding of global tobacco control strategies, including the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC ) and MPOWER measures.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, including the ability to prepare high-quality reports, technical documents, and policy briefs, as well as lead presentations and workshops.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, deliver results under pressure, and contribute to innovative and practical solutions.
• Proficiency in the use of standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint), with experience in statistical or data visualization tools considered an asset.
• Proven ability to work with competing priorities under pressure.

UNV encourages applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds and seeks to attract a diverse pool of applicants, including candidates from underrepresented nationalities, particularly from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Lusophone countries.

Area(s) of expertise

Public health, immunisation, Administration, Information technology and telecommunications

Driving license

• Provide technical support to Member States in the planning and implementation, including the design of tools and protocols of youth and adult tobacco-related surveys, and in building efficient, systematic surveillance mechanisms to monitor the tobacco epidemic, including new and emerging tobacco and nicotine products.
• Support Member States in the collection of alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs ) data for the global reports
• Support Member States in the analysis of survey data and the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective data dissemination mechanisms related to tobacco surveillance.
• Support the collection and validation of data and other related information for the World Health Organization (WHO ) global report on the tobacco epidemic and the WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2030.
• Support the Tobacco Control team in regional tobacco control policy and data analysis including development of technical materials such as project progress reports, documents, factsheets, presentations, guides, tools, and advocacy materials on tobacco control and emerging tobacco and nicotine products and assist with their dissemination and use in the Region.
• Support development of manuscript to publish project lessons
• Actively participate in relevant working groups, technical meetings, and forums, and contribute to the preparation of technical and administrative reports and analyses on tobacco-related issues.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned.

• Strong knowledge of public health data collection, surveillance methodologies, and data analysis techniques.
• Solid understanding of global tobacco control strategies, including the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC ) and MPOWER measures.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, including the ability to prepare high-quality reports, technical documents, and policy briefs, as well as lead presentations and workshops.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, deliver results under pressure, and contribute to innovative and practical solutions.
• Proficiency in the use of standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint), with experience in statistical or data visualization tools considered an asset.
• Proven ability to work with competing priorities under pressure.

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Public Health, Epidemiology, or a related field.
• Advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, Medical Degree or related discipline.
• At least 3 years of national or international experience in public health, epidemiology, public policy, or socio-economic development.
• Experience in managing or working with public health data related to risk factors, health outcomes, and health policies.
• Experience working with the World Health Organization (WHO), other United Nations (UN ) agencies, or international organizations.
• Experience working in developing countries.