Job Description: Entry Level Opportunity | Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO (2400025)

Position Details:

• Grade: P2
• Contractual Arrangement: Temporary appointment under Staff Rule 420.4
• Contract Duration: 12 Months
• Job Posting: Jan 22, 2024, 7:23:19 AM
• Closing Date: Feb 13, 2024, 12:59:00 AM
• Primary Location: India-New Delhi
• Organization: SE/DPM Director, Programme Management
• Schedule: Full-time

Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO

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Objectives of the Programme:

• Provide quality assurance for scientific, technical, and advocacy information related to health.
• Establish mechanisms to screen and process publications in line with WHO policies.
• Implement styles, standards, and guidelines for the preparation and production of health information materials. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO
• Support SEAR professional staff and Member States in the production of high-quality information materials.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Reports Officer and overall guidance of the Director, Programme Management, the Assistant Reports Officer will: Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO

• Edit reports, technical publications, advocacy materials, and other information products.
• Ensure publications adhere to WHO guidelines, resolving editorial queries in consultation with originators and Reports Officer. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO
• Provide feasible solutions, promoting best practices, methods, and tools for high-quality editorial output.
• Assist in quality control activities and oversight of publication quality.
• Provide editorial support to Regional Committees, High-Level Preparatory (HLP), and Regional Committee Meetings. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO
• Attend to other editorial tasks as assigned by Supervisors.
• Perform any other duty as assigned within the field of competence.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in English Literature, Journalism, publishing, or a closely related field. (Master’s degree is desirable) Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO
• Experience: At least two years of relevant editing experience in editing publications or journalism. Experience in an international organization, preferably WHO/United Nations System, is desirable.
• Skills: Excellent editorial and language skills (writing, editing, proofreading) in English; knowledge of publishing practices. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO

WHO Competencies:

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Ensuring the effective use of resources

Language Skills:

Expert knowledge of English.

Remuneration:

• Annual base salary starting at USD 50,377.
• Variable post adjustment (currently USD 1633 per month for the duty station indicated above).
• Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO

Additional Information:

• This vacancy may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test and/or an asynchronous video assessment may be used as a form of screening.
• WHO is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO
• WHO has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA).

Application Instructions:

• In the event of an interview, candidates will be required to provide scanned copies of the required degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) in advance. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO
• WHO contracts are conditional on members of the workforce confirming that they are vaccinated as required by WHO before undertaking a WHO assignment. Assistant Reports Officer Opportunity at WHO
• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

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