Job Opportunity at WHO: Technical Officer (HIV Testing) in Ukraine

WHO is offering a job opportunity as a Technical Officer (HIV Testing) in Ukraine-Kyiv. To provide technical assistance in HIV testing to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, Centre for Public Health and the National HIV Programme and provide training, mentoring and support to Ukrainian healthcare and other facilities providing HIV testing, with the overall aim to end HIV in Ukraine.

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days):

12 months

1. Provide technical assistance and support to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, Ukrainian Centre for Public Health and other national bodies on HIV testing;
2. Provide training, mentoring and technical support to Ukrainian healthcare and other facilities providing HIV testing;
3. Provide site specific technical guidance, mentoring, training and support to increase access, improve HIV diagnosis and optimise HIV testing services;
4. Improve HIV diagnosis by supporting optimisation of provider-initiated HIV testing and use of rapid diagnostic HIV tests;

Education: Essential: University degree(Bachelor's level) in medicine, public health or related area of study. Desirable: Master's degree in any of the above-mentionedareas. Post-graduate training in HIV.

Experience: Essential: At least two years of work experience in HIV testingand diagnosis at the national level. Desirable: Relevant work experience within WHO, United Nations or another international organization.

Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of current practices and associated technologies for HIV testing and diagnosis
• Demonstrated knowledge of the epidemiology and challenges of HIV in Ukraine
• Demonstrated knowledge of Ukrainian HIV testing services and challenges to service delivery
• Proven skills in developing partnerships withand between Government officials, international and national agencies responsible for HIV, civil society, community-based organizations and other networks in Ukraine
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to develop and implement HIV testing frameworks and information product
• Emotional intelligence - ability to identify and manage one's own emotions, as well as helping others to do the same.

Use of Language Skills: Essential: Expert knowledge of Russian. Expert knowledge of Ukrainian.

About WHO:

The organization's goal is to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people. They strive to combat diseases; infectious diseases like influenza and HIV and noncommunicable ones like cancer and heart disease. They also help mothers and children survive and thrive so they can look forward to a healthy old age, and ensure the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink, and the medicines and vaccines they need.

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