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| Reply To: | Battaglia, Daniela (AGAG) |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:40:47 +0000 |
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Application deadline is 15. March, this Sunday. Please distribute as widely as possible, thank you.
https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2000660&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FAmsterdam
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Generic duties
- Coordinates and provides senior technical leadership in establishing new approaches, evidence-based policies and strategies, surveillance, and capacity building initiatives for implementation across Regional and Country Office programmes in the respective area of work.
- Provides senior level health technical expertise and advice to the Director and Senior Management in the area of international standards and scientific advice on food and nutrition on the development and establishment of new health strategies and policies for implementation into and/or the monitoring and evaluation of national and global policies.
- Ensures effective coordination, management, and accountability of the programme area in delivering its objectives through efficient managing a diverse team of technical experts, financial resources and effective work plan coordination to optimize the programme's deliverables in line with the mandate of the Organization.
- Ensures the coordination and management of the monitoring and evaluation and reporting of the Department's area of work of key performance indicators and global reporting requirements and mechanisms to optimize performance of Department deliverables.
- Serves as the scientific/technical reference among UN Agencies and the peer community on the international standards and scientific advice on food and nutrition.
- Builds technical partnerships with other UN Agencies, Donors, research institutions and other stakeholders in the international standard setting and provision of scientific advice on food and nutrition to position the technical area of work and implementation into respective policies.
- Represent the programme area of work in global fora and capacity building activities.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned.
Specific duties
- Acts as the WHO's technical lead on issues related to the Codex Alimentarius Commission in coordination with the Legal Office and other technical Departments.
- Ensures quality and integrity of scientific advice WHO provides to Codex and Member States, including through updating of risk assessment and evidence evaluation methodologies.
- Oversees the WHO/FAO Project and Fund for Enhanced Participation of Developing and In-Transition Economies in Codex (Codex Trust Fund).
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