Emergency coordinator

Objectives of the programme

- To provide technical support to the MOH and other health partners in emergency prepardness and response to natural and man made disasters.
- To build capacity of national and health partners in the areas of risk assessment and risk management for effective preparedness and efficient response.
- To plan, implement, monitor, coordinate, and evaluate the emergency and preparedness activities including project management activities.

Description of duties

Purpose of the post:
To assist the Ministry of Health (MOH) and other health partners in emergency prepardness and response to natural and man made disasters.

Organizational context:
Under the direct supervision of the Head of Office, overall guidance of WR SUD (WHO Representative in Sudan) and in coordination with EHA unit EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), the incumbent will have a key role in the planning, developing, coordinating, implementing, formulating, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on in-country activities related to emergency preparedness and response in the country.

Summary of assigned duties:
Under the direct supervision of the Head of office Southern Sudan and general guidance of the WHO Representative,the incumbent wil perform the following duties:

- Provide leadership in emergency and crisis preparedness, response and recovery at country level;
- Assist the national health authorities to develop, coordinate and monitor situation analysis including providing support for vulnerability assessment, risk analysis and risk management;
- Provide technical support in the establishment and/or strengthening of national disaster prevention and preparedness program in health sector, including information management;
- Support national authorities in relevant training activities to strengthen disaster preparedness;
- Coordinate, support and participate in rapid health assessments, collect and manage health information and use this as a basis to assist national and international health actors to identify main public health concerns and threats and develop response/mitigation plans;
- Brief and assist incoming technical experts in their missions;
- Ensure support to existing country programs in their emergency response and initiate a new program in the crisis zone;
- Ensure collaboration with different WHO health units to develop relevant health protocols, procedures, guidelines and tools specially as they relate to emergency response;
- Collaborate with all regional units and other partners concerned in conducting rapid assessments of health needs following disasters or upon request for humanitarian assistance in order to mobilize/allocate human, financial and material resources;
- Develop emergency appeals and proposals based on the need assessment during and after the disaster in coordination with other concerned UN agencies and advocate for fund raising;
- Provide leadership in implementation of the International Health Regulations;
- Assist the national authorities to build the system and increase capacities to effectively monitor and report communicable diseases of international concern;
- Act as a focal point for emergency and humanitarian action by providing technical clearance of all information reported from disaster areas.

Required qualifications

Education:
Essential: University degree in medicine and Masters degree in public health or epidemiology

Competencies:
- Setting an example.
- Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond.
- Communicating in a credible and effective way.
- Ensuring the effective use of resources.
- Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.

Functional Skills and Knowledge:
- Excellent team leadership skills, especially skills in leading a multi-agency humanitarian task force.
- Coordination, communication and negotiation skills.
- Excellent skills in report writing.
- Thorough knowledge in the prevention and control of communicable diseases, with particular reference to tropical diseases, epidemiological skills, including basic research methodology.

Other Skills:
- Diverse computing skills including word, excel, epi-info, power point, internet, email etc.

Experience:
- At least seven years experience at national and internationsl levels in Public health/emergency coordination, preparedenss and response.
- Desirable: Working experience in post conflict situations, prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases with international organizations and Ministries of Health.

Languages:
- Excellent knowledge of English. Knowledge of another working language of WHO.