National Professional Officer (Policy %26 Legislation)

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Purpose of the Position
Within the context of the WHO Country Office, the incumbent will support the growing need regarding review and adaptation of the existing health policies, as well as development of new health regulation in scope Ukraine's legislative approximation towards the EU integration.

Job Description
Under the leadership of the Head of WHO Country Office and supervision of the responsible Technical Officer within the Health Programmes division at the WCO, the incumbent will provide technical support and facilitate the implementation of country activities in the area of Health Policies, Governance and Partnerships Coordination from Kyiv Duty Station. A certain level of independence in decision-making is envisaged once the probationary period has successfully passed, as the individual is to maintain regular contact with national and international counterparts and to represent organization in the regular follow-ups. In particular, the incumbent has to exercise judgement in adapting or modifying relevant WHO guidelines and EU acquis to the country context. Given that health is included across several chapters of the EU acquis, within the scope of duties, the incumbent will support cross-office coordination and alignment of activities in the areas of public health, blood safety, health financing, AMR tobacco control, thus, a wide range of contacts within the organization is expected.

Organizational context
Under supervision and guidance of responsible Technical Officer, regular contacts are maintained with country health authorities (at own level of responsibilities) to provide and obtain necessary information, coordinate project implementation and support activities related to facilitation of the health sector coordination mechanisms. Upon request from HWO, the incumbent can be e