OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :
UNITAID’s mission is to contribute to the scale-up of access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis for people in developing countries by leveraging price reductions for quality drugs and diagnostics and accelerating the pace at which they are made available.
Description of duties:
Under the supervision of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Lead, the M&E Officer provides technical support on the monitoring and evaluation of grants in HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria. The M&E Officer is responsible for providing technical support on grant logframe and indicator selection, grant performance analysis, grant evaluation, data quality audit, and analytical report production.
The role of the M&E Officer is to:
Provide technical support and advice to Portfolio teams and grantees of UNITAID grants in producing quality project plans, logical framework, and project reporting requirements;
-Review grantee reports and analyze performance;
-Assist with grant evaluations and data quality audits;
-Assist in reviewing M&E systems of the grantees and provide technical advice;
- Develop and encourage use of standard M&E approaches, tools and methodologies for portfolio management across teams to enable effective decision making;
-Assist with the preparation of a number of reports: Annual report, Key Performance Indicator Report, and UNITAID Board and Board committee reports;
- Work with portfolio teams to regularly monitor and assess progress of grants;
- Provide training on M&E to portfolio teams as well as grantees;
- Produce routine analyses on grant performance for senior management;
- Support proper functioning of portfolio information systems (UNIPRO);
- Provide support to consolidate relevant project data for entry into the UNITAID Monitoring System; and
- Perform any other duties relevant to the functioning of the M&E team.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
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.
Essential
Advanced university degree in Public Health, Business, Statistics, Economics or Information Technology. Course work should include training in Monitoring and Evaluation of projects in Public Health and/or Epidemiology.
Skills:
- Excellent ability to do statistical analyses and to use a statistical analysis package (STATA, SAS, R). Good knowledge of SQL, MS Systems, particularly MS EXCEL, WORD, and POWERPOINT. Knowledge of data visualization packages (Tableau or another similar package) would be an asset;
- Excellent knowledge of the Logical Framework Approach to project planning, including ability to set measurable indicators for project monitoring;
- Good understanding of M&E systems, project evaluations, and data quality audit;
- Knowledge of communicable diseases including HIV, TB and malaria in a low income country setting would be an asset.
- Excellent ability to work as part of a team;
- Good understanding of health products and market in HIV, TB, and Malaria desirable.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, demonstrated skills in presenting information to groups of people with diverse educational and training backgrounds.
WHO Competencies
1. Producing results
2. Communicating in a credible and effective way
3. Fostering integration and teamwork
4. Knowing and managing yourself
5. Technical Expertise
6. Overall attitude at work
7. Creating an empowering and motivating environment
Experience:
Essential
At least seven years of experience at national and/or international level in public health, monitoring, evaluation or surveillance.
Knowledge of, and experience with data entry and quantitative data analysis. Experience in producing technical and analytical documents in health-related field.
Languages:
Essential
Expert knowledge of English and intermediate knowledge of French.
Additional Information:
This vacancy is published in English only.
As a WHO staff member assigned solely and exclusively to support UNITAID, selected staff will have no right of reassignment or transfer outside UNITAID either during or at the end of his/her appointment, including pursuant to WHO Staff Rule 1050. (This does not apply to WHO fixed-term staff members reassigned from a non-Partnership position).
WHO’s salaries are calculated in US dollars. They consist of a base salary and a post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station and exchange rates. Other benefits include: 30 days annual leave, family allowance, home travel, education grant for dependent children, pension plan and medical insurance.
Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WHO:
http://www.who.int, to learn more about WHO’s operations
http://icsc.un.org, click on: Quick Links > Salary Scales > by date.
Annual salary:
(Net of tax)
US$ 68’294 at single rate
US$ 73’338 with primary dependants
Post Adjustment:
96.4 % 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.
This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level.
A written test and interviews may be used as a form of screening
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
UNITAID makes a unique and impactful contribution to the global response against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries. It catalyzes improvement for the larger response forward-looking and time-limited investments to increase access to better, more effective and more affordable solutions. These can include price reductions, improvements in quality and supply, and the introduction of innovative products suitable for the populations in need.
