WHO Call for Consultation: Consultants for STOP-Malaria programme
The WHO Global Malaria Programme is currently seeking English, French, Spanish and Portuguese speaking consultants to support the work of the STOP-Malaria programme.
The objective of this programme is to strengthen technical and operational capacity in malaria-eliminating countries to eliminate the last foci of malaria transmission.
Consultants will participate in a (virtual) pre-deployment training in mid-May 2021 and deploy to their placement countries in July 2021. The length of deployment will be approximately 11 months (through June 2022).
The STOP-Malaria programme is a volunteer arrangement; as such, consultants are not paid a salary. Instead, the STOP programme covers the cost of airline tickets, and consultants are also provided with a daily living allowance to cover lodging, food and other miscellaneous expenses.
Required qualifications:
- Education: advanced degree (Masters level or above) in epidemiology or public health or another relevant field, such as medicine. The requirement for an advanced degree can be waived if 10+ years’ experience in malaria control and surveillance can be demonstrated.
- Experience: a minimum of 5 years of experience in public health surveillance of infectious diseases, with at least 3 years of surveillance of malaria, OR 5 years of experience in malaria control.
- Skills: advanced knowledge of surveillance approaches or malaria control strategies. Excellent interpersonal skills, including integrity, good judgment, team working and diplomacy. Ability to work quickly and willingness to deliver products under time pressure and short deadlines. Self-starter, self-motivated, self-manager. Willingness and capacity to take responsibility, ability to juggle many tasks concurrently and prioritize workload in a pressured environment with competing demands and high expectations.
- WHO Competencies: teamwork; respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences; communication; producing results; and building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond.
- Language skills: essential – expert knowledge of English; desirable: expert knowledge of French, Spanish or Portuguese.
Read more here.
Application deadline February 19, 2021.
