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Health Promoting Schools initiatives

World Health Organization

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WHO and UNESCO launched a new initiative “Making Every School a Health-Promoting School” in 2018 and developed Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools along with an implementation guide and other advocacy materials. The initiative is expected to serve over 2.3 billion school-age children and will contribute to WHO’s 13th General Programme of Work’s target of achieving “1 billion lives made healthier” by 2023 and to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in the field of education and health. Health Promoting Schools have been recognized as a strategic vehicle to promote positive development and healthy behaviors such as physical activity, physical fitness, recreation and play, balanced nutrition, preventing tobacco use, preventing being bullied, and creating an enabling environment for teaching and learning. To accelerate global progress, a standards-driven approach towards the implementation of the recommendation that “every school should be a health-promoting school” is developed to support country implementation. 
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages:
Educational Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree in medical sciences, public health, social sciences or a relevant field
Experience:
Essential:  
  • 7 years experience working in developing school health/adolescent and youth health policies and strategies in developing countries
 Skills/Technical skills and knowledge:
  • Working with fellow professionals and excellent communication skills
  • Analysis of problematic areas and providing applicable solution-focused recommendations
  • Report-writing skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
  • Excellent interpersonal and professional skills in interacting with government and development partners.
  • Skills in facilitation of stakeholder engagements/workshops.
  • Evidence of having undertaken similar assignments.
Languages and levels required:
  • Expert level in English and Arabic.

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