National Project Coordinator World Health Organization Experience: 3 to 5 Years New Delhi, India Apply By: 04-02-2025

The mission of WHO India is to improve quality of life people in India by supporting the government in prevention and control of mental health and substance use disorders,  psychosocial issues during health emergencies, palliative care and elderly care in the country etc and strengthening health systems for UHC.

Duties:

• The National Project Coordinator – GEF Project will be responsible for the following tasks under the managerial guidance of Deputy WHO Representative and under direct supervision of NPO (Public Health & Environment):
• Liaise with MoHFW, MoEFCC, WHO HQ, WHO SEARO and other stakeholders
• Act as day-to-day national technical focal point for the project and perform daily requests for technical information and project implementation.
• Arrange regular monthly national project coordination meetings, including drafting agenda, invitation letters; communication materials; meeting reports
• Participate in virtual or in-person global, regional and in-country meetings related to the project.
• Organize national inception meeting, national capacity-building and waste management meeting in coordination with national stakeholders.
• Participate in regular progress meetings at a periodicity to be mutually agreed.
• Provide technical expertise on implementation of components.
• Conduct national situational analysis, following template and guidance provided.
• Prepare draft national phase-out plan following template and guidance provided.
• Prepare information on technical, progress and other information about the project and disseminate it through relevant channels including those of ministry of health, medical device and other technical networks.
• Provide technical support and implementation of pilots on waste management and safe disposal of Mercury as per the Bio Medical Waste Management Rules. 2016
• Support implementation of Pilots for substitution of mercury in health care devices
• Contribute to reporting requirements of the GEF projects
• Provide input to quarterly project status reports, including progress on workplan, budget reports and contribute to forecasting of expenditure.
• Prepare a summary report for mid-project and end-project review.
• Liaise with Communications team of WCO India for developing communication products related to the project
• Liase and support Regional Advisor, EH, SEARO in organizing regional workshop to disseminate the learnings from the project in India
• Provide other technical and administrative support to the WHO Country Office for India, as needed.

Education:

Essential:

• Undergraduate degree in medicine, environmental sciences or allied field

Experience: 

Essential:

• Atleast 2 years of working experience on Mercury, Bio Medical Waste Management especially with Government counterparts

Functional Skills and Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the Indian political system, economic structures, and socio-cultural landscape, and a network of professional contacts in India
• Experience in technical or scientific writing and oral presentations on health-related subjects to different audiences.
• Strong organizational and scheduling skills.
• Excellent communication, writing and editing skills.
• Excellent data management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders across different sectors.
• Excellent analytical and presentation skills.
• Competence in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
• Ability to travel domestically and to work based in New Delhi
• Work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervisions and handle multiple tasks and work well under pressure

Language Skills:

Essential:

• Proficiency in English and working knowledge of Hindi and/or one additional Indian language is preferred

Source: https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2500550