Medical Officer for HIV care and PMTCT

The mission of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.

Vacancy Notice No: EMRO/10/FT590

Title: Medical Officer for HIV care and PMTCT

Grade: P4

Contract type: Fixed-term appointment

Duration of contract: Post of limited duration

Date: 16 December 2010

Application Deadline: 27 January 2011

Duty Station: Cairo Egypt

Organization unit: EMRO Eastern Mediterranian Regional Office (EM/RGO), EM/DCD Division of Communicable Disease Control (EM/DCD)

AIDs and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ASD)

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :

The objective of the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) is to assist Member States in strengthening the health sector contribution to achieving Universal Access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care. Member States are supported to develop appropriate policies and strategies and effective organization and implementation of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care, support and treatment programmes.

Description of duties:

The Medical Officer will work under the guidance of the Director of Communicable Diseases and the direct supervision of the Regional Advisor for HIV/AIDS/STD. S/he will be involved as a team member of the unit in coordinated activities with other technical units within EMRO and with UN partner agencies at regional level.

Under the supervision of RA/ASD to:

1. Support countries in the Region to develop sustainable programmes in the areas of (i) HIV/AIDS treatment and care and (ii) Prevention of Mother-to-child transmission.

2. Provide normative and technical guidance to countries on HIV treatment and care and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT).

3. Assist countries in monitoring HIV treatment and care and PMTCT programmes and in quality assurance of services.

4. Support capacity building activities (training) through curriculum development, training of trainers and facilitation of training workshops.

5. Assist countries in resource mobilization, in particular The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) proposal development.

6. Plan and implement ASD work plans and strategies and track ASD's finances for the Regional Office and all Member States.

7. Provide technical and managerial support to ASD unit in any other required tasks as needed in the development of the regional programme.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Essential: University degree in medicine with Masters' degree in the field of public health or epidemiology.

Desirable:

Skills:

Competencies:

1. Communicating in a credible and effective way.

2. Producing and delivering quality results.

3. Fostering integration and team work.

4. Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.

Functional Skills and Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of integrated HIV prevention, treatment and care service provision.
  
  

• Extensive knowledge of public health approaches to HIV treatment, care and PMTCT promoted by WHO.
  
  

• Extensive knowledge of Antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis of vertical transmission of HIV.
  
  

• Good problem solving skills.
  
  

• Skills and demonstrated ability in development of technical guidelines and training programmes and materials.
  
  

• Skills and demonstrated ability in facilitation of training courses in HIV treatment, care and PMTCT.
  
  

• Knowledge of principles, practices, methodology and techniques in public health and HIV/AIDS programmes.
  
  

Other skills (e.g. IT):

Mastery of office software applications: Word, Powerpoint, Excel. Ability to use different search engines.

Experience:

Essential: Minimum seven years professional experience combined at national and international level in planning, management and evaluation of HIV/AIDS care (including ART) and PMTCT programmes and services. Clinical experience in antiretroviral therepy.

Desirable: Working experience in developing countries.

Languages:

Excellent knowledge of English; Working knowledge of French and/or Arabic is desirable.

Additional Information:

• Applicants are kindly requested to pay attention to the screening questions as they will be used to screen out unqualified candidates.
  
  

• Only qualified applicants with the relevant experience will be considered.
  
  

• A written test/presentation and interviews will be used as a form of screening. The written test might be used as an eliminatory tool.
  
  

• Other similar positions at the same level may be filled from this vacancy notice (this could be the base for rosters)
  
  

• Candidates will be interviewed using a competency based approach.
  
  

Annual salary:

(Net of tax)

US$66482 at single rate

US$71393 with primary dependants

Post Adjustment: 36.7 % of the above figure(s). This percentage is to be considered as indicative since variations may occur each month either upwards or downwards due to currency exchange rate fluctuations or inflation.

Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store your profile in a permanent database. Please visit WHO's e-Recruitment website at: www.who.int/employment. The system provides instructions for online application procedures.

All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible after the vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the vacancy announcement.

WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

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Closing Date: Thursday, 27 January 2011