Overview

The Senior Programme Officer, Health in Emergencies will coordinate and support IOM’s health response to humanitarian emergencies and population mobility globally, encompassing emergency preparedness, response, transition, and early recovery.

Tasks Summary

• Act as global focal point for emergency migration health operations response.
• Lead and support the development and/or integration of MHD health projects with other sectors of humanitarian response programming.
• Participate in and coordinate the implementation of IOM’s large-scale health response to humanitarian emergencies.
• Travel regularly to support RTS and Mission field emergency health operations.
• Draft IOM inputs as focal point to the Global Health Cluster’s policies and standards.
• Ensure inclusion of health components in country-based MCOF strategies.
• Write, disseminate and regularly update MHD guidelines and position papers.
• Act as focal point for global reporting on MHD emergency health projects.
• Identify training needs and facilitate capacity strengthening of IOM staff engaged in health responses.
• Support the MHD Director to establish and maintain close relationships with relevant health and humanitarian partners.
• Represent IOM and deliver presentations on IOM’s health response to humanitarian emergencies.

Experience Requirements

• Seven years of relevant professional experience with a Master's degree in a health related field, or nine years of relevant professional experience with a University degree in a health related field.
• Field experience in design and implementation of health projects in emergency settings, both conflict and natural disasters, and in different regions in the world.
• Experience in working or liaising with global health partners and the international humanitarian and cluster system, as well as with national and international health authorities and institutions in emergency settings.
• Familiarity with project management cycle.
• Sound and proven understanding of internal and international migration and human mobility issues.
• Strong organizational and people skills, including building and leading teams.
• Knowledge and skills in project planning, management and evaluation, including resource mobilization and grant management.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to adapt experiences, tools and approaches developed in other settings to the local context.

Qualification Requirements

• Master’s degree in a health related field (such as: Medicine, Health Sciences, Public Health Administration) from an accredited academic institution; or, University degree in the above fields.
• Highly desirable: professional/formal training certificate in disaster management, or field epidemiology training.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency in English is required (oral and written).

Languages Preferred: • Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.

Contract Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension

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