| Job Location: | Kabul |
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| Nationality: | National |
| Category: | Health Care Management Training |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Salary: | |
| Vacancy Number: | Vacancy Announcement No. VA/Health Section/10/2024/015 |
| No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
| City: | Kabul |
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| Organization: | UNODC Office, Kabul |
| Years of Experience: | • With master’s degree 3 years and with bachelor’s degree 5 of professional work experience in drug demand reduction such as prevention of illicit drug use, treatment and care of drug use disorders and recovery support for those with drug use and drug use |
| Contract Duration: | 12 Months (with possibility of extension, subject to availability of fund) |
| Gender: | Male/Female |
| Education: | • Master’s or bachelor’s degree in medicine, health or social sciences, public health, psychiatry, psychology, or other relevant studies is required. |
| Close date: | 2024-11-07 |
Forty years of war, recurrent natural disasters, chronic poverty, and drought have left million people in Afghanistan in need of humanitarian assistance. With large scale illicit drug production posing a significant threat both domestically and abroad, the country is also facing a significant drug use problem as one in three households have been affected by drug use. This is a serious challenge in a country with limited drug treatment options.
Sub-programme 3 of UNODC Country Programme for Afghanistan aims at addressing drug use, drug use disorders and related HIV/AIDS and other co-morbidities as part of the humanitarian response in Afghanistan, with a special focus on vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents, females with drug use and populations in closed settings.
Sub-programme 3 has been supporting Afghanistan to strengthen drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, and harm reduction programs based on scientific evidence, human rights and gender consideration by developing: 1) comprehensive and effective drug policy and system; 2) coordination among stakeholders; 3) technical tools (e.g. national guidance, clinical protocols, psychosocial protocols); 4) capacity building of national policy makers, public health officials, health and drug treatment professionals, social care and education providers, as well as criminal justice and law enforcement officers.
Capacity building of national drug treatment professionals, health practitioners, aid-workers, community members, social care and education providers, relevant UN agency staff and other partners, is one of UNODC core strategies and interventions to strengthen and scale up drug use prevention, treatment and care, rehabilitation and recovery support, and harm reduction programs based on scientific evidence, human rights and gender consideration for those in needs in Afghanistan.
Under the overall guidance of the Representative of the UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan (COAFG), and direct supervision of Programme Coordinator for Drug Demand Reduction and HIV Prevention, COAFG and additional technical guidance from the team of Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS), the National Training and Project Officer will work on provision of tailored technical assistance and capacity building on drug use prevention, treatment and care to relevant partners and institutions, assist overall coordination of health and drug demand reduction programmes of the UNODC, and support other relevant tasks in promotion of evidence and human-rights-based approaches.
COMPETENCIES:
Professionalism: Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations.
Planning & Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignment; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
Teamwork: Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity, including gender balance.
Creativity: Ability to actively seek to improve programmes/services, offer new and different options to solve problems/meet client needs.
Communication: Excellent and effective communication (verbal and written) skills, including ability to assist in preparing reports and conduct presentations with the use of common software applications by clearly formulating positions on issues, articulating options concisely conveying maximum necessary information, making and defending recommendations; diplomacy and tact; ability to convey difficult issues and positions to senior officials.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMNTS:
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The application comprises a one-page cover letter explaining your interest and suitability for the post, and a UN Personal History Form (P11), which can be downloaded from https://www.unodc.org/coafg/en/work-opportunities.html
Interested and qualified Afghans national candidates should email their applications (indicating on the subject line the vacancy number and the title of the position applied for) to unodc-afghanistanvacancies@un.org
Please note that incomplete Personal History Form (P.11) & applications received after the closing date (07 November 2024) will not be given consideration.
Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for test and/or competency-based interview.
Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.