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The World Health Organization (WHO) African Region has embarked on a new Global Programme of Work (GPW13) and a new Programme Budget (2022 -2023). Through these two strategic documents, the region aims to deliver public health outcomes through an integrated results-based structure. The new focus of our work will be at the country level where we aim to contribute to reaching the triple billion goal of 1 billion more people covered, 1 billion more protected and 1 billion more healthier populations. In this regard, UN Volunteers can work at the Regional Office based in the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville or in any of our 47 country offices. For this assignment , the area of work will focus on general programme support. The specific focus will be on External relations and partnerships. The Equatorial Guinea Country Office is being strengthened to respond to the global objectives of WHO and supporting the government of Equatorial Guinea deliver on a new National Health Strategic Plan ( 2022 – 2026). This push is occurring at a time the context of financing of social sector programmes, including health, is affected by the post-COVID economic slowdown and dwindling revenues. The government had hitherto been the main financer of UN interventions in country. This changing scenario calls for the reinforcement of external relations and partnerships with major donors and partners and exploring other sources for resource mobilization. The candidate is supposed to work very closely with the office of the Representative, technical staff and the Operations section to plan, implement and follow-up closely on this renewed drive to boost partnerships and resource mobilization for the office and the sector at large.
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Head of the WHO Country Office Equatorial Guinea his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will: •Review and refine programs reporting tools in line with donor requirement; •Coordinate all aspects of programs reporting ensuring data is of high quality and produced on time; •Collect articles, cases studies, and best practices across projects for evidence gathering and format so they are suitable for external audiences; •Conduct support visits on a regular basis and reports findings for programs; •Provide support on public and donor related documents as required; •Work closely with programs on proposal writing and submission; •Maintain a tracking system to monitor the current location and status off all resources (personnel, equipment, supplies, etc.) assigned to the emergency response; •Drafts proposals, donor briefings, reports and updates to ensure accurate and timely reporting; •Support the overall activities related to mobilization of resources, grants management, funding needs and gaps and the awards process. Maintain project calendars and milestones; analyses information on project activities and monitors progress towards targets using various project management databases; •Support the implementation and improvement of monitoring and evaluation tools and frameworks; •Liaise with Country Offices and Headquarters to secure the required clearance, including legal and financial clearances for proposals and donor agreements before signature. •In coordination with the Communication Officer, effectively utilizes the communication products to inform donors about both Health Sector and WHO’s strategies and work to encourage them to fund the overall health sector response to affected populations and to WHO’s strategic plans and proposals; •Support the production of outreach/publicity material to increase donor visibility and promote engagement. •Support the update of websites and resource mobilization platforms. •Perform other duties as required.
Tagged as: Equatorial Guinea, UNV
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