[MPWG] United Nations JOB VACANCIES

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Our Mission
The U.S. Committee for U.N. supports the work of the World Health 
Organization to improve the quality of life for millions of people around 
the world by promoting democratic governance, poverty reduction, rural 
development, crisis prevention and recovery, energy and environmental 
issues, and reducing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It accomplishes 
these aims by building a broad-based American constituency that educates 
for international development and by identifying US resources for specific 
U.N. projects that support U.S. national interests.

A. Environmental Officer
Location: Belgium/USA/UK
Salary: $170,600.00 USD.
Contract: Fulltime
They are responsible for development oversight, management, and evaluation 
of programs in the following areas: bio-diversity, conservation, forestry, 
wildlife management, water and coastal resources management, environmental 
education, environmental policy, environmentally sustainable agriculture, 
community based natural resources management, urban and industrial 
pollution reduction, urban planning and management (including such areas 
as housing, water and sanitation),urban and housing finance, energy 
efficiency and conservation, renewable energy applications, clean energy 
technologies, energy sector planning and global climate change. 
Environment Officers apply both a technical knowledge of their program 
area and a variety of management and program evaluation knowledge in order 
to ensure that projects meet the needs of who-usa partners and customers 
in a cost-effective manner.

B. Financial Management Officer
Location: Canada/USA/UK
Salary: $174,000.00 USD
Duration: Full time
They direct the accounting and payment operations worldwide. In addition, 
they provide significant, levels of advisory services to all levels of the 
mission and host country governments. This includes administrative, 
operational and program matters concerning financial, budgetary and 
resource management and implementation issues.

C. Senior Program Officers for Nutrition
Location: South-Africa/USA/UK
Contract: Full time
Salary: $180,678.00 USD
Overall Responsibilities: the Senior Program Officer for Nutrition works 
closely with Senior Child Survival/Immunization. Program Managers to plan, 
coordinate, implement, monitor, and evaluate child survival activities, 
with special attention to strengthening nutrition program activities. Work 
with the Senior Child Survival/Immunization Advisor and the State Child 
Survival/Malaria Program Managers to coordinate, implement, monitor, and 
evaluate the country child survival activity plan. In particular, design, 
plan, implement, and evaluate nutrition actions as an integral part of 
COMPASS activities. Coordinate, plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate 
nutrition activities related to Vitamin A, breast feeding promotion, 
complementary feeding, nutrition activities related to immunization and 
National Immunization Days (NIDs), Quality Protein Maize (QPM) related 
issues, communications/behavior change, and community mobilization. 
Evaluate the costs and effectiveness of Positive Devia nce (PD)/Hearth 
approaches to imp 

D. Program/Project Development Officers
Location: UK/USA
Salary: $184,000.00 USD
Duration: Full time
They are responsible for strategy development, policy formulation, 
performance reporting,project management, and public outreach. They are 
looked upon to ensure that the Mission's operational procedures are 
designed to elicit team work, emphasize shared values, make known 
programming priorities, and reward innovation. Program/Project development 
officers must be able to apply leadership and management skills in order 
to ensure that program activities are designed and implemented to achieve 
stated objectives, within resource constraints and in a timely manner.

E. Executive Officers
Location: France/USA/UK
Salary: $170,000.00 USD
They oversee a wide range of administrative and logistical support 
functions including personnel management, contracting, procurement, 
property management, motor pool management, travel management, 
employee/family housing and maintenance management. In addition to having 
direct responsibility for providing the daily support of the agency's 
field mission, duties include planning for future personnel and 
procurement requirements at the assigned duty station.

F. Lawyers
Location: France/USA/UK
Salary: $180,000.00 USD
They provide legal counsel to planners and administrators of WHO's 
overseas programs, laws and regulations, Agency directives and delegations 
of authority, bilateral agreements, loan and grant agreements, contracts 
and other agreements pertaining to country or regional programs. They 
advise on reconciliation of problems resulting from differences between 
DRI. And cooperating country laws. They advise regional personnel on the 
drafting and promotion of legislation and regulations to be proposed for 
enactment or adoption by the cooperating country government Ministry of 
Justice.

G. Education Development Officers
Location: France/Netherlands/USA/UK
Salary: $180,000.00 USD
They analyze, advise, and assist with the development of host country 
education human resources and man power planning systems. Strategies are 
designed to improve existing education programs as well as to promote 
organizational competencies and skills acquisition related to both 
individual and institutional development. Duties Include participation in 
Agency policy formulation, sector analysis, program and project design, 
program monitoring, and evaluation of activities in education and human 
resources.

H. Agriculture/Rural Development Officers
Location: South-Africa/USA/UK
Salary: $175,000.00 USD
They advise senior WHO and host government officials on agriculture and 
rural development projects. They identify problems and propose solutions, 
participate in project design and development, and manage and evaluate 
programs. Duties include coordinating the flow of resources for projects, 
analyzing the effects of proposed policies, legislation, and programs and 
advising on interdisciplinary rural development programs.

I. Program Officers
Location: South-Africa/USA/UK
Salary: $174,000.00 USD

J. Program Team Leader
Location: Germany/U.S.A/UK
Salary: $170,000.00 USD

K. Operations Director
Location: SPAIN/USA/UK
Salary: $180,000.00 USD

L. HR and Admin Team Leader
Location: SWEDEN/U.S.A/UK
Salary: $175,000.00 USD

M. Economic Affairs
Location: South-Africa/USA/UK
Salary: $155,000.00 USD

N. Medical
Location: South-Africa/USA/UK
Salary: $185,000.00 USD

O. Political Affairs
Location: South-Africa/USA/UK
Salary: $175,000.00 USD

P. Security
Location: South-Africa/U.S.A/UK
Salary: $185,000.00 USD

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS/SELECTION.
Applicants are selected on the basis of academic credentials, experience 
and other relevant factors. Successful applicants are interviewed on their 
related knowledge, skills and abilities. Application is open to all 
interested applicants from any nationality. HOW TO APPLY: Send your 
resume/CV to:employment at unusagov.org
Dr. David Cameron PhD,
Recruitment Officer
UN Headquarters
First Avenue at 26th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Fax: +1206-202-3860
 
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