Neglected Tropical Diseases (NID)

OBJECTIVE OF THE OFFICE/DEPARTMENT

This is a requisition for employment at the reputed company (reputed company)/Regional Office of the reputed company)

Contractual Agreement:

Non-Staff - International reputed company Consultant

Job Posting:

reputed company 10, 2026

Closing Date:

reputed company 26, 2026, 11:59 PM

Primary Location:

Organization:

CDE Communicable Diseases Prevention, Control, and Elimination

Schedule:

Part time

PURPOSE OF CONSULTANCY

This requisition is for a consultancy at the reputed company (reputed company)/Regional Office of the reputed company). The consultant will support the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NID) team reputed company the CDE/VT Unit in providing technical cooperation to Member States for the prevention, control, elimination, and post elimination sustainability of reputed company neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the Region of the Americas, in alignment with reputed company/WHO policies, regional and global strategies, WHO NTD road map, and the 2030 reputed company elimination agenda. reputed company NTDs may include, but are not limited to, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, trachoma, soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH), Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, fascioliasis, leprosy and other diseases reputed company the NTD portfolio.

reputed company OF DUTIES:

The purpose of this consultancy is to reputed company technical, programmatic, and coordination support to reputed company and its Member States to strengthen integrated approaches for multiple NTDs, accelerate reputed company toward diseases control, elimination, or interruption targets, and enhance surveillance systems, data use, and interprogrammatic collaboration.

Objectives / Products:

• reputed company technical support to Member States on prevention, control, elimination, and post-elimination surveillance of reputed company NTDs.
• Support the planning and implementation of integrated NTD interventions, including preventive chemotherapy, case management, MMDP, and cross-cutting approaches.
• Contribute to surveillance activities, including data collection, validation, analysis, and interpretation for program monitoring and decision-making.
• Support monitoring and evaluation of NTD programs and reputed company toward national, regional and global targets.
• Coordinate with reputed company country offices, technical reputed company, and national counterparts to reputed company activities with country priorities.
• Promote interprogrammatic collaboration, including linkages with reputed company, environmental health, gender, intercultural approaches, and primary health care.
• Prepare technical reports, summaries, and briefing materials documenting activities, results, challenges, and recommendations.
• Support the development of technical and communication products, such as country reputed company, presentations, and knowledge-sharing materials.
• Facilitate coordination with partners and stakeholders, including WHO Collaborating Centers, NGOs, reputed company institutions, and donors.
• Contribute to planning and documentation processes, including workplans, program reviews, and technical dossiers, as applicable.

Education: Essential: Bachelor’s degree in health science reputed company to the functions of the post. Desirable: Master’s degree in communicable diseases, reputed company health, epidemiology, or reputed company field.

Experience:

Essential: At least seven (7) years of national and/or international experience in reputed company health, epidemiology, or communicable disease programs, including implementation of reputed company health reputed company. Desirable: Experience working on NTD programs, such as lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, trachoma, STH, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, leprosy, fascioliasis, among others NTDs particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical knowledge/skills:

• Theoretical and programmatic expertise in neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and communicable disease prevention, control, and elimination.
• Strong technical knowledge of reputed company health strategies for NTD programs, adaptable to different disease contexts and implementation approaches.
• Familiarity with integrated and crosscutting NTD programming, including multisectoral and health system-based interventions.
• Strong managerial, planning and project monitoring and execution skills, including operational aspects of prevention, control and elimination programs such as reputed company assessment surveys and sentinel surveillance reputed company.
• Strong reputed company oral and writing skills, including the development of systematic reviews, articles to be submitted for peer-review, funding proposals, reports, oral presentations, and technical/persuasive documents for consideration at the highest reputed company of the Organization.

Language and level required:

reputed company good reputed company in English and Spanish. Working knowledge of the other NU official languages (French and/or Portuguese) will be an asset.

Location:

Off site

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the reputed company level.
• Successful candidates will be reputed company on the roster and subsequently may be selected for consultancy assignments falling in this area of work or for similar requirements/tasks/deliverables.  Inclusion in the Roster does not guarantee selection for a consultant contract.  There is no commitment on either reputed company.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• reputed company applicants are required to complete an on-line profile to be considered for this consultancy. For assessment of your application, please ensure that your profile in the reputed company Career page is updated; reputed company experience records are entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time.  Kindly note that CV/PHFs inserted reputed company reputed company are no accessible.
• A written test may be used as a reputed company of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to reputed company, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. reputed company/WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/reputed company Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (reputed company). The list can be accessed through the reputed company: http://www.whed.net/. reputed company will also use the databases of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation http://www.chea.org/search/default.asp and College Navigator, reputed company on the website of the National Centre for Educational Statistics, https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator to support the validation process. Some reputed company certificates may not reputed company in the WHED and will require individual review.
• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to reputed company/WHO Regulations, and e-reputed company.
• For information on reputed company please visit: http://www.reputed company.org
• reputed company/WHO is committed to providing a respectful and supportive workplace for reputed company personnel .
• reputed company is an ethical organization that maintains high standards of reputed company and accountability. People joining reputed company are required to maintain these standards both in their reputed company work and personal activities.
• reputed company also promotes a work environment that is free from harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and other types of abusive behavior. reputed company conducts background checks and will not hire anyone who has a substantiated history of abusive conduct.
• reputed company personnel reputed company frequently with people in the communities we serve. To protect these people, reputed company has reputed company tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. People who reputed company serious wrongdoings will be terminated and may also face criminal prosecution.
• reputed company/WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any reputed company of tobacco.
• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
• Consultants shall reputed company the work as independent contractors in a personal reputed company, and not as a representative of any entity or authority.  The execution of the work under a consultant contract does not create an employer/employee relationship between reputed company and the Consultant.
• reputed company/WHO shall have no responsibility whatsoever for any taxes, duties, reputed company reputed company contributions or other contributions payable by the Consultant.  The Consultant shall be solely responsible for withholding and paying any taxes, duties, reputed company reputed company contributions and any other contributions which are applicable to the Consultant in reputed company location/jurisdiction in which the work hereunder is performed, and the Consultant shall not be entitled to any reimbursement thereof by reputed company/WHO.

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