- World Health Organization
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Closing Date : 4 February 2017
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| OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME : The WHO Country Office inspires the Member State in shaping its health policy in line with WHO's principles and values and advocates for an integrated approach to health development. By means of a single, unified and functionally integrated country representation, WHO helps the country to improve its health system and provides technical support as necessary. This is done through facilitating the implementation of the Biennial Collaborative Agreement with the Country and its corresponding workplan by administering, consolidating, managing and enhancing WHO collaboration in the country including all resources (both, WHO regular budget and extra budgetary activities) deployed in the country either permanently or temporarily to maximise WHO impact. The Country Office also has a representational, coordinating, fund-raising and resource steering function, as needed. The aim of the Division of Health Emergencies and Communicable Diseases is: (i) to improve health security across the WHO European Region by maintaining regional alert and response operations and assisting countries in building their capacity for surveillance systems, preparedness for, and response to all health emergencies, in line with the requirements of the International Health Regulations and specific country risks; (ii) to promote WHO's leadership in health emergencies and communicable disease prevention and control, including through relevant regional initiatives and specific research projects; (iii) to assist countries in the Region to design, establish and run effective health programmes that are able to tackle the burden of communicable diseases, particularly, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, especially M/XDR-TB, viral hepatitis, influenza, malaria, antimicrobial resistance and vaccine-preventable diseases through strengthened immunization programmes, and to achieve/maintain regional elimination/eradication goals as for measles, rubella, malaria, and poliomyelitis; (iv) to ensure, within EURO, the availability of state-of-the-art competency to provide high level technical support to Member States of the Region, in collaboration with Headquarters and in close partnership with relevant institutions of the Region. "Challenge TB" is a USAID five year cooperative agreement (2015-2019) which aligns with the WHO post-2015 Global TB Strategy and the new USG TB Strategy to enhance USAID's focus on improving patient-centered quality TB services, developing evidence-based country specific strategies to achieve high impact results, building local capacity and the utilization of innovations and new technologies to move forward in the global fight against TB. In Uzbekistan "Challenge TB" is implemented by WHO country office in collaboration with KNCV (Royal Netherlands Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regional office in CAR. | |
| Description of duties: 1. Drafts correspondence and documents based on written/verbal prompts from the professional staff of the unit. Composes and finalizes correspondence of administrative nature. Provides rough translation or synopsis of incoming mail. Takes notes at meetings. Types reports and other documentation. 2. Assists with the administrative preparation and conduct of regional meetings and educational activities, in accordance with established procedures. 3. Makes travel arrangements for duty travels and, in accordance with established procedures, prepares approval memoranda, travel authorizations and follows up on issue of duty travel reports. 4. Prepares correspondence for the recruitment of consultants and temporary advisers; arranges briefing appointments and provides secretarial support for them while in the Country Office; processes agreements for performance of work and other types of contractual arrangements as required and related correspondence, follows up on deadlines of such agreements/contracts and prepares payment instructions. 5. Initiates action to process or follow up on correspondence, documentation and forms. Creates background files and compiles reference material as appropriate. Accesses and retrieves information from relevant databases and updates as required. 6. Responds to and acts on telephone enquiries and requests for information. Assesses the critical nature of technical enquiries and refers them to appropriate staff for reply. Coordinates appointments for supervisor(s) and organizes programmes for visitors. 7. Provides briefing and guidance to staff at all levels in the unit/programme on office practices and procedures; liaises with, assists or replaces other secretaries and/or programme assistants in the unit or department should the need arise. 8. Performs other related duties as required. | |
| REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS | |
| Education: Essential: Equivalent to graduation from secondary school or technical or commercial school. Desirable: Higher education from an accredited educational institution an asset. (NB: WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an accredited institution.) | |
| Skills: Functional Skills: Proficiency in the use of standard office software and note-taking. Operation of computerised systems and databases. Competencies required: 1) Communication The incumbent must be able to express him or herself clearly and in a structured and credible manner, ensuring appropriate information sharing within the programme/organization. Since the incumbent is often the first point of contact with enquirers both from within and outside the Organization, tact, discretion and courtesy are essential personal attributes. 2) Moving forward in a changing environment The incumbent must be willing and able to adapt to a changing environment and priorities while maintaining positive attitude in support of new ideas. The incumbent must show flexibility and openness to new ways of working. 3) Producing Results The incumbent must be able to work independently to deliver quality results. 4) Teamwork The incumbent must see him or herself as a team member and work towards common goals, sharing information, assignments and tasks accordingly. 5) Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences The incumbent must be willing and able to work in an international/multi-cultural environment, open to ideas and values which may differ from those of incumbent. | |
| Experience: Essential: At least four years' experience in the secretarial/administrative field. Desirable: Experience in WHO/UN an asset. | |
| Languages: Essential: ENGLISH- Excellent (advance level) RUSSIAN- Excellent (advance level) Local Language- Working knowledge | |
| Additional Information: (*) Extension of appointment is subject to a) satisfactory performance, b) continued need for the function, and c) availability of funds. This is a LOCAL vacancy and as such, only qualified applicants residing within commuting distance of Tashkent, Uzbekistan will be considered. Candidates who are not nationals of Uzbekistan must be in receipt of the relevant residency/working permit permissions. Long-listed candidates will be invited to participate in pc and language skills test. Successful test candidates will be invited to a competency-based interview. WHO does not cover any expenses related to participation in tests and/or interviews. Similar positions at the same grade may be filled using this vacancy notice. In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and these will be reviewed individually. Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WHO: http://www.who.int To learn more about WHO's operations and salary scales at the General Service level: http://icsc.un.org | |
| Monthly salary: (Net of tax) 871 USD at single rate n/a with primary dependants | |
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