Job Description

Summary of assigned duties:

Under the overall guidance of the Team Leader – WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE), the direct supervision of the National Professional Officer-IHR, the incumbent is assigned all or a part of the following responsibilities:

1. Perform other relevant duties as assigned by the Team Lead-WHE or WHO Representative. This includes traveling to provinces on duty travel or duty-station reassignment at any time as per the program requirements.
2. Support for implementation of IHR related projects including but not limited to The Pandemic Fund.
3. Support for scientific manuscript preparation for possible peer-reviewed journal publication.
4. Incorporate the development of Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials and other technical products to support effective risk communications, ensuring they are tailored to the target audience and enhance public understanding of key issues.
5. Support in identifying best practices and areas for improvement based on documented experiences, contributing to continuous learning and project refinement. Propose different modalities for peer-to-peer learning within the sector, such as webinar series, newsletters, communities of practice, and collaboration tools. Develop knowledge  management products, including the documentation of best practices and lessons learned, in close coordination with the project team.
6. Collaborate closely with project teams to gather and compile relevant information and insights for reports, ensuring all necessary data is included. Support the monitoring and evaluation process by providing documentation and insights that inform project assessments and enhance ongoing project development.
7. Prepare proceedings reports summarizing key discussions, decisions, and actions from meetings and activities, ensuring clear documentation of outcomes. Compile summary reports that outline the main topics, objectives, and themes of workshops, summarizing key outcomes and proposing follow-up actions where applicable.
8. Develop concept notes for new initiatives or project phases, outlining objectives, methodology, expected outcomes, and resource requirements, while ensuring alignment with overarching project goals and strategic priorities. Provide timely updates, programme documents, reports, research studies, meeting minutes, and information about conferences, workshops, and meetings.
9. Coordinate within the team to jointly identify key milestones and products to be developed, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of objectives. Work proactively with programme and project teams to identify opportunities for capturing and sharing knowledge, and disseminate information about major progress, results, and lessons learned.

Job Specification

Functional Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent advocacy and interpersonal skills, tact, and diplomacy.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities with excellent organizational and independent working skills.
• Ability to work as a team player in a cross-functional setting and challenging environment.
• High level of integrity and commitment to professional responsibilities.
• Technical expertise: Overall attitude at work is also required mandatory competencies.

Qualification:

Education:

Essential:University degree in social sciences, international relations, or health.

Desirable:Advance university degree in social sciences, international relations, or health. Completed courses related to public health emergency response. 

Experience:

Minimum of two years’ work experience in social science or health sector with evidence of:

1.    Grant proposal writing or grants project management, and

2.    Content development or creation of other knowledge products.

Desirable:Experience with scientific paper writing, conducting research, or quantitative/qualitative data analysis.

Use of Language Skills: Expert knowledge of English and Nepali.

REMUNERATION:

Monthly Salary: (Net of tax) NPR 196,102.00 (Grade: SSA Level VIII)at a single rate (taxable as per Nepal Government laws and appointment will be through Special Services Agreement (SSA) extendable subject to satisfactory performances and continuing need for thefunction.

Duty Station: Anywhere in Nepal.

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