Technical Officer

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• Research and prepare in consultation with relevant stakeholders the missions and other travel of the RD, raise to RD’s attention specific matters such as national, technical, or political issues or other relevant concerns that the RD may need to address during his engagements. 
• Ensure that the RD is fully prepared with the appropriate documents and information, for meetings, both at the Regional Office (RO) and during missions and other relevant travel, helping as needed in the preparation and coordination of presentation materials. 
• Act as a focal point with Division Directors and WHO Representatives as well as external experts and partners, as required, to obtain relevant technical information and communicate, as necessary, regarding RD engagements.
• Liaise with appropriate offices to ensure timely submission to the RD in advance of applicable meetings.
• Provide broad support to the Regional Director in his/her attendance at internal and external meetings, primarily but not solely, during duty travel. Such support includes but is not reduced to contact with meeting attendees/invitees at all levels, ensuring engagement with appropriate Member State personnel or other partners, ensuring effective logistics, safety issues, and adjusting schedules as needed.
• Coordinate with the WR for meeting of RD with the CO personnel where applicable.
• Document meetings held by RD while on duty travel, when appropriate through preparing summaries and/or technical briefs capturing highlights, conclusions, and decisions taken at the meeting.
• Ideate and maintain monitoring tools to ensure that commitments made in RD meetings, whether in the RO or on duty travel, are easy to oversee, maintain the status of such commitments and bring them up for periodic review with the RD and/or ECO.
• Propose and coordinate analytical methods/tools and metrics to support the monitoring and evaluation of strategic public health related initiatives.
• Collaborate with other RDO team members to inform and further strengthen the overall conduct of RD’s travel and travel preparation. Liaise with Communications Unit regarding media files, particularly while on duty travel and/or related to country missions.
• Provide informal translation (from English to Russian and Russian to English) of statements and materials received while on duty travel. Provide informal interpretation for the Regional Director (Russian to English) for bilateral meetings where a formal interpreter is not provided.
• Other duties as may be required within the scope and level of the job.

• First University degree in Health Sciences, Medicine, or any other area of study relevant to public health.

• At least two years of relevant work experience in health or public health -related field at a national and/or international health agency or health institute. Experience in providing operational and technical support to health executives and/or higher-level decision makers in the area of health. Certification in First Aid.

• Very good conceptual knowledge of health and public health issues.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated communication skills, particularly in multi-cultural settings.
• Strong writing skills and ability to synthetize information. 
• Ability to research information, analyze it and present it clearly.
• Good understanding of the work and key objectives of the World Health Organization.
• Emotional awareness: ability to identify and harness one’s emotions and apply them to tasks; and the ability to manage emotions, which includes both regulating one’s own emotions when necessary and helping others to do the same. Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Interpersonal skills, diplomacy, tact and discretion, sound judgment and initiative. 
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team(s).
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive, requiring very limited supervision, anticipating needs and following through on actions or commitments.

• Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Russian.

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