WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. WHO Nigeria looking for “Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 16 June 2022.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agency’s governing structure and principles, states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with six semi-autonomous regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide.

WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2022

The WHO has published a job vacancy announcement on 09 June 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Recruiter	World Health Organization (WHO)
Position	Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer
Location	Abuja, Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	University degree
Experience Required	at least five years
Application Deadline	16 June 2022

WHO Job Vacancy 2022

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: The incumbent technical focal point for risk communication and community engagement in the IMST during outbreaks and emergencies will report directly to the Health Operations Team Lead, under the overall guidance of the Incident Manager and Head, WHO Country Office. S/he will work closely with the relevant technical officers of the IMST and the risk communication teams in the respective state offices (SO) and LGAs.

• adopting and implementing community engagement strategies as well as ensuring that national authorities have access to the best available guidance on participatory approaches/methodologies relevant to the context, which build on existing federal and local expertise and knowledge
• promoting effective risk communication strategies, tactics, and messaging, implementing risk communications activities, and reporting on this work area.
• identify and support national authorities to coordinate with key stakeholders and partners working at the community level to ensure that the community engagement and social mobilisation strategies are technically and operationally aligned with public health measures and that service delivery and quality issues are fed back into technical and operational decision-making
• liaise with a broad range of officials from partner organisations and institutions, target audiences, health cluster partners and official representatives from the national authorities to obtain information and, as necessary, provide advice on risk communication.

Qualification:

• University degree in health promotion/health education, development, sociology, or medical anthropology from an accredited/recognised institute

Experience:

• At the national and state levels, at least five years of relevant experience in applying multidisciplinary approaches in health promotion, community engagement, and social mobilisation programmes. Experience in emergency and health outbreak context. Proven experience in the application of participatory models of attention in the health context and the ability to adapt and innovate in emergencies

Other Details

• Contract Type: Full Time
• Selection Process: Interview
• Salary: negotiable
• Application Process: Online

How to Apply WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 16 June 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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