Job Opening at Federal Ministry of Youth Development for Technical Officer

Federal Ministry of Youth Development - Following the approval of His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and in line with youth empowerment programme thrust under the Transformation Agenda of Mr. President, the Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD) in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) invite applications from suitably qualified young Nigerians to participate in the Junior Professional Officers’ Programme (JPO-P)

The Junior Professional Officers’ Programme (JPO-P) was established in 1963 to provide young professionals pursuing a career in development with hands-on experience in multilateral technical cooperation. It is funded with donations from donor countries. Currently, there are 19 sponsors comprising 16 countries from Europe and 3 from Asia. The programme is administered by the JPO Service Center in Copenhagen. Denmark and initially for one year with possibility of extension for another one year, depending on satisfactory performance making a total of two years objective of the programme

Job Title: Technical Officer (Communications)

State of Origin: Borno State
Agency: WHO
Programme/Department: Gender, Equity and Human Rights Team
Country and Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland
Duration of assignment: One Year Renewable based on satisfactory performance

General Information
Programme/Department: Gender, Equity and Human Rights Team
Country and Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland
Duration of assignment: One Year Renewable based on satisfactory performance

Objective of the WHO Programme/Department:
The goal of WHO in mainstreaming Gender, Equity and Human Rights is to support Headquarter clusters and regional units to address the underlying social and economic determinants of health through policies and programmes that enhance health equity and integrate pro-poor, gender-responsive and human rights based approaches. This is WHO's strategic objective 7. To this end, the GER Team is supporting specific objectives including:

Objective 1: To improve WHO staff and member state's awareness, knowledge and skills on gender, equity and human rights more specifically on issues such as organizational change, programme and policy development, equity and gender based analysis of health data.

Objective 2: Increase the number of WHO countries and member states that effectively implement GER responsive interventions through the setup of systematic planning, monitoring and accountability mechanisms; and,

Objective 3: To improve health outcomes and increase the number of countries policies and programmes that address Gender Equality, Equity and Human Rights issues through direct technical support to countries using flagship programmes such as the UNSG Strategy on Women's and Children's Health as entry points.

Assignment Summary:
Under the supervision of the Team Leader for Gender, Equity and Human Rights, the JPO assist in developing internal and external communications products, including reports, proposals, and all documents as determined by the team leader, and has supports the implementation of the communications strategy, including department website, social media and other communications tools and products.

Duties, Responsibilities and Output expectations

• Specifically, the JPO will:
• Qualifications and Experience:
• Education:
• Work experience:Skills required for the assignment:
• Minimum:WHO competencies required for the assignment:

Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note:

• All Vacancies sorted by State (Applicants are to apply for vacancies in their state of origin)

Application Deadline: 31st December, 2013 by 11:59pm