PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISOR- WORLD VISION - JOBS IN KENYA

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision wishes to urgently recruit a highly competent and proactive person to fill the following position within the organization.


Public Health Advisor

Reporting to the Emergency Health Technical Director, the Public Health Advisor will support World Vision’s Regional and National offices in preparedness and response to pandemics and other diseases of epidemic potential.


Key Responsibilities:

Monitor the global spread and severity of the current H1N1 pandemic virus and advise World Vision offices on appropriate courses of action.
Provide technical assistance to World Vision offices on preparedness and response planning to the pandemics and other diseases of epidemic potential.
Support the global roll out of World Vision pandemic guidelines and monitor its utilization and relevance for preparedness.
Compile and disseminate key documents and guidelines on emergency health to support preparedness
Update contingency plans and preparedness measures on pandemic influenza.
Pro-actively communicate pandemic related issues to National, Regional, Support, Vision Fund & Global Centre Office points of contact when needed.
Provide support, clarification and interpretation of information provided by alerts.
Monitor the preparedness status of World Vision national offices.
Maintain collaborative relationship with other agencies dealing with pandemics.
Document lesson learned and experiences in pandemic preparedness and responses.
Facilitate learning on emergency health preparedness with World Vision’s Health Community of Practice.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

Masters degree in Public Health or health related discipline
2-3 years working experience in Public Health, at least one year working in emergency situation and disaster preparedness.
Technical competency in Emergency Health programming issues.
Familiarity with humanitarian standards.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Good analytical skills
Excellent Computer skills
Interested and qualified candidates who wish to apply for this position should send an application letter and detailed CV to wvaro_recruit@wvi.org by May 7, 2010.
As a child focused organization, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted