Job Opportunity in Egypt as a Medical Officer at WHO
By: World Health OrganizationLast update:
Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
SpecialityMedicine, Nursing and Medical Sciences
SkillsResults Focus, − Excellent communication skills. , − Team-player with good inter-personal skills.
Age
- No specific age required
Years of Experience
- 5+
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Job Type
- Full time
Job FieldsHealthcare Jobs
Opportunity FieldMedical Sciences
Job locationEgypt (Cairo)
Needed documentsCV, Application form
Deadline2023-08-31
Opportunity description
World Health Organization is offering a Job Opportunity in Egypt as a Medical Officer.
Benefits:
- An annual base salary starting at USD 77,326
- 30 days of annual leave
- Allowances for family members
- Home leave
- An education grant for children.
Duties & responsibilities
- Oversee and ensure the generation, consolidation of updated information and evidence on local epidemiology and burden of diseases targeted by new vaccines in affected countries.
- Analyze data and information on Expanded Programme on Immunization and provide feedback to stakeholders on the impact of newly introduced vaccines in the national immunization schedule of the country(ies).
- Formulate strategies to strengthen and extend existing health-care networks.
- Guide Member States to include new vaccines and technologies in their national health/immunization strategic plans in line with WHO recommendations on new vaccines and technologies.
- Develop and disseminate guidelines for evaluation of the impact of newly introduced vaccines in the national immunization schedule of Member States.
Eligibility criteria
Education:
- Essential: Mastersdegree in medicine or health sciences or public health or relevant field.
- Desirable: University degree in medicine, pharmacy, or veterinary sciences.
Experience:
- Essential: At least seven years of experience, with proven international exposure, in strengthening routine immunization programme or public health. Excellent field experience developing EPI strategic and operational plan, manage vaccine preventable disease surveillance
- Desirable:
- Experience in communicable diseases or immunization policy development.
- Experience of working in low and middle-income countries.
- Experience in formulation of evidence based recommendations (e.g., GRADE process).
- Training in vaccinology, communicable disease epidemiology.
Skills:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Teamwork.
- Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
- Producing results.
- Knowing and managing yourself.
Language Skills:
- Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
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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