Organizational context and brief project description:
The World Health Organization (WHO) African Region has embarked on a new Global Programme of Work (GPW13) and a new Programme Budget for the next 2 years (2022-2023). Through these two strategic documents, Mali aims to deliver public health outcomes through an integrated results-based structure that includes strengthening activities of External Relations Communication and Visibility. On this purpose the Communications Officer will contribute to the External Relations Activities of the office under the lead of the External Relations Officer.
The Communication Officer will be responsible for the development of the WCO Mali Communication plan and will contribute to national, regional and worldwide strategies that includes advocacy, visibility and information management content. The objective of the position is to develop and improve communication materials aiming to reach different public including general public health stakeholders, donors, partners as well as Malian and worldwide populations.
Supervision, induction and duty of care of the IUN Volunteers
The UNV for External Relations and Partnerships should be provided equal duty of care as extended to all host entity personnel. Host entity support to the UN Volunteer includes, but is not limited to:
Description of tasks
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the External Relations Officer the UN Volunteer will:
Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
Results/expected outputs
As an active World Health Organization team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly, and high-quality support rendered to the World Health Organization and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:
Qualifications/requirements
Required Degree Level: Bachelor’s degree
Required Experience: 2- 4 years
Skills
Competencies and values:
Language skills
Living Conditions
Mali is a non-family duty station and main part of the country has difficult security and working environment. However, living conditions are acceptable in Bamako. Bamako is a lively city were lot of NGO and UN agencies have presence. Living in Bamako implies to follow strict
security instructions from the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) but you will be able to have quality personal life and independent with adequate housing is available for rent at US$ 500-1500 per month. Different groceries supply points exist in the city ranging from supermarkets to street markets. In addition, there are various restaurants and maquis and a lot of different cultural events that may be discovered over time. While French is the official language of Mali, it is only mastered by 5 to 10% of the population and there are lot of other local languages.
With respect to health issues, a yellow fever vaccination certificate is compulsory for all travelers entering the country. It is advisable to take precautions against malaria. Similarly, vaccination against typhoid fever, tetanus, hepatitis, poliomyelitis and diphtheria is highly recommended. Basic medicines are available from pharmacies, but provision needs to be made for specialized medication. Bamako is deserved by several international airlines.
Conditions of Service
The initial contract is issued upon arrival for the period indicated above. The contract can be extended depending on continuation of mandate, availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectancy of renewal of the assignment.
A UN Volunteer receives a Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA), which is composed of a Monthly Living Allowance (MLA) and a Family Allowance (FA) for those with dependents (maximum three).
The Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) is paid at the end of each month to cover housing, utilities, transportation, communications and other basic needs. The VLA can be calculated using by applying the Post-Adjustment Multiplier (PAM) to the VLA base rate of US$ 1,602. The VLA base rate is a global rate across the world, while the PAM is duty station/country-specific and fluctuates on a monthly basis according to cost of living. This method ensures that international UN Volunteers have comparable purchasing power at all duty stations irrespective of varying costs of living. The PAM is established by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC and is published at the beginning of every month on the ICSC website –Â http://icsc.un.org.
In non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, international UN Volunteers receive a Well-Being Differential (WBD) on a monthly basis. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are provided a settling-in-grant (SIG) at the start of the assignment (if the volunteer did not reside in the duty station for at least 6 months prior to taking up the assignment) and in the event of a permanent reassignment to another duty station.
UNV provides life, health, permanent disability insurances as well as assignment travel, annual leave, full integration in the UN security framework (including residential security reimbursements).
UN Volunteers are paid Daily Subsistence Allowance at the UN rate for official travels, flight tickets for periodic home visit and for the final repatriation travel (if applicable). Resettlement allowance is paid for satisfactory service at the end of the assignment.
UNV will provide, together with the offer of assignment, a copy of the Conditions of Service, including Code of conduct, to the successful candidate.
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