Community Engagement Officer

Grade : NO-B
Contractual Arrangement : Temporary appointment under Staff Rule
‎420.4
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : ‎1 year (Subject to
availability of funds, satisfactory performance and continuing need for the
position.)
Job Posting : Aug ‎27, ‎2023, ‎2:39:‎07 AM
Closing Date : Sep ‎10, ‎2023, ‎4:59:‎00 PM
Primary Location : Egypt-Cairo
Organization : EM_EGY WHO Representative's Office, Egypt
Schedule : Full-time

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The mission of the Division of Health Emergencies (WHE) is to build the
capacity of Member States to assess, prevent and manage health emergency
risks, and lead and coordinate the international health response to contain
outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected
populations.The WHE Division brings together and enhances WHO's operational,
technical, and normative capacities in outbreaks, emergencies, and risk
analysis to address all health hazards across the risk management cycle in a
predictable, capable, dependable, adaptable, and accountable manner. The
Programme is designed to operate within the broader humanitarian and emergency
management architecture in support of people at risk of, or affected by,
outbreaks and emergencies, consistent with ways that strengthen local and
national capabilities.
The Risk Communication and Community Engagement Programme (RCCE) is
responsible for ensuring that people and stakeholders are enabled and
empowered to take informed decisions that protect them from health
emergencies. To do so RCCE communicates risks and preventive measures, engages
communities and community actors, manages rumors and misinformation, builds
country capacities, and supports country responses, and positions RCCE as an
evidence-based technical area of work.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform the following duties:
‎1. Liaise with partners to ensure collaborative implementation of community
engagement strategies at the national and subnational level, ensuring the
findings are integrated into technical and operational decision-making.
‎2. Provide technical and operational support to overall Community Engagement
in health programmes' activities aligning with technical and operational
priorities and objectives; and delivering through existing national and local
structures.
‎3. Ensure community engagement strategies and implementation plans are
coordinated, and well executed, drawing upon behavioral and social sciences so
that community concerns, sociocultural beliefs and practices impacting public
health interventions are addressed.
‎4. Work closely with technical teams to assess the integration and
effectiveness of community engagement practices within technical guidelines
according to the context, identify strengths, weaknesses, and gaps; design
interventions to address weakness and gaps e.g.
‎5. Contribute to building the national capacity through participation in
needs identification, development, operationalization and implementation of a
capacity building and training plan.
‎6. Conduct formative research on community engagement and support policy
dialogues.
‎7. Contribute to the development of community engagement guidance documents
and tools -to engage CSOs and community groups - and support country
adaptation and use.
‎8. Regularly compile briefs on progress of activities implemented under
projects, including the preparation of web stories, photo essays or advocacy
materials.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential : University Degree in public health, sociology, development
sciences or a health-related field.
Desirable : Master's degree in public health, health promotion, social
sciences, or development sciences.

Experience

Essential : At least two years of relevant experience in applying
multidisciplinary approaches in health promotion, community engagement, and
social mobilization.
Experience in emergency and health outbreak context.
Desirable : Prior work experience with WHO/UN.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills: the ability to clearly present ideas and concepts both orally and written.


• Knowledge and understanding of public health approaches related to community engagement; an understanding of emergency response; ability to coordinate multidisciplinary and technical inputs into designing community engagement strategies and plans.


• Excellent interpersonal skills: the ability to build relationships and work with stakeholders and partners.


• Strong planning and organizational skills: ability to generate, analyze and appropriately apply findings from qualitative research to planning and project design; the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and multicultural environment with tact and diplomacy; an ability to meet tight deadlines; an ability to efficiently and effectively coordinate activities and tasks to meet specific objectives.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Moving forward in a changing environment
Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond

Use of Language Skills

Essential : Excellent knowledge of English. Excellent knowledge of Arabic.
Other Considerations (e.g. Physical Workplace Condition, if other than normal
office environment; IT Skills; etc.
* Proficiency in MS Office.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at EGP ‎809,122 (subject
to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as
applicable) and ‎30 days of annual leave.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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