Vacancy Notice No: SEARO/10/FT-26
Title: Technical Officer (ETS)
Grade: P5
Contract type: Fixed-term appointment
Duration of contract: Two Years
Application Deadline: 29 October 2010
Duty Station: New Delhi India
Organization unit: SEARO Regional Office for the South East Asia (SE/RGO) /
SE/HSD Department of Health Systems Development (SE/HSD)
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :
To provide technical and operational support to national health authorities particularly in the areas of national and international training and education programmes, including fellowships; to monitor and evaluate relevance and effectiveness of HRH development activities; and to coordinate the programme activities with other UN agencies, international and national organizations, and different departments and programmes within the Organization; to develop appropriate human resources for health through strengthening of fellowship programmes with efficient selection, placement and administration of fellows and other WHO trainees, based on the review of short-term and long-term needs of the Member States.
Description of duties:
Under the overall guidance of Deputy Regional Director/Director, Programme Management and direct supervision of Director, Health Systems Development, the incumbent will provide expert technical support to Member States on the development of international and national educational and training programmes, including strengthening of fellowship programmes. The incumbent will coordinate the programme activities with other UN agencies and international organizations, and across different programmes and programmes within the Organization.
Under the direct supervision and guidance of Director, Health Systems Development, the incumbent will:
1. Review the activities in the development of human resources in SEAR countries, identify and advise the Regional Director on the direction that the fellowships programme should take for each country and for the Region as a whole, so as to ensure the development of appropriate health personnel.
2. Advise the Departments and programmes on policy matters as well as technical and managerial aspects of the Regional Fellowship and other training and educational programmes including study tours, in support of the development of relevant human resources for health in the Region;
3. Review, coordinate and make relevant recommendations to member states on national policies, procedures and proposals for fellowships and other short-term and long-term training programmes, in the context of the human resource needs, national health priorities;
4. Review, select, make placement, and evaluate fellows in appropriate study programmes within and outside the Region, and supervise the functioning of Education and Training Support unit (ETS).
5. Review, monitor and coordinate the other short term and long term education and training activities, including study tour programme and group educational activities and evaluate their effectiveness.
6. Review and identify training courses, and visit the training institutions within the Region to ensure the appropriateness of the courses to the human resources for health needs of the countries and the Region, and make recommendations for the development of appropriate, cost-effective courses and placement of fellowships from both within and outside the Region, developing the technical tools and guidelines for improvement of relevance and effectiveness of the training programmes.
7. Review, contribute and coordinate, as the focal point, the development work of global fellowship information system and represent the Regional Office at fellowship related meetings organized by UN Agencies, NGOs and training institutions.
8. Coordinate, promote and involve the WHO Collaborating Centres and the National Centres of excellence on HRH to further strengthening of the appropriateness and effectiveness of WHO's Regional Fellowship Programme.
9. Periodically update and maintain the Regional database for educational institutions.
10. Review and prepare periodic analytical reports on the implementation and appropriate utilization of Regional Fellowship programme in contributing to national HRH priorities, for use at country, regional and HQ levels.
11. To perform any other related functions as required.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Essential:
University degree in medicine or other health science from a recognized university. Postgraduate degree in public health.
Desirable:
Specialization in educational science and/or medical education.
Competencies:
1. Communicating in a credible and effective way.
2. Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
3. Producing results.
4. Ensuring effective use of resources.
Skills:
In-depth knowledge of health systems and national health administration; ability to conduct interviews with fellows from different countries and from different cultures and different disciplines. Knowledge of educational planning and technology for the development of health personnel. Knowledge of policies and procedures regarding fellowships and training institutions.
Other Skills (e.g. IT):
Computer literacy, particularly related to computer applications as a management tool.
Experience:
Essential:
At least ten years experience including 5 years of international experience in human resources development/medical education or public health administration, and/or in planning and organizing health training programmes.
Desirable:
Working experience in WHO and/or other UN agencies.
Languages:
Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English. Knowledge of other working language of the Organization.
Annual salary: (Net of tax)
US$ 79,537 at single rate
US$ 85,615 with primary dependants
Post Adjustment: 38.2 % 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.
A written test and interviews may be used as a form of screening
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