Organizational setting and reporting relationships: The advisor will work within the International Development Programme of the Division of Programmes of the Inter‑Parliamentary Union. In performing her/his duties, the advisor will report back to the Programme Manager for International Development.

Accountabilities: Within delegated authority, the Project Officer will probably be accountable for the next:

• Support the implementation of the IPU 2022-2026 Strategy throughout the strategic targets with explicit concentrate on the coverage space Sustainable improvement for all.
• Organize and implement, in cooperation with focused parliaments, the varied actions to strengthen parliamentary capacities and engagement on well being, significantly for marginalized populations, and on common entry to well being.
• Support the Programme’s work across the World Summit of the Committees of the Future and the United Nations Summit of the Future.
• Provide help to preparation of IPU publications within the space of worldwide improvement.
• Provide help to the Secretary of the IPU Advisory Group on Health.
• Support IPU’s engagement with companions, specifically within the areas of well being and meals safety/vitamin.
• Support the group of SDG regional and world seminars and occasions.
• Monitor undertaking expenditures inside accredited funding and hold administrative data of undertaking actions.
• Draft exercise reviews on the implementation of the undertaking for submission to donors and IPU governing our bodies.
• Identify alternatives for cooperation with related entities and initiatives, and suggest steps to implement such alternatives.
• Provide, as requested, different help in areas related to IPU’s work on worldwide improvement.

Key deliverables:

• Capacity-building actions are carried out in at the very least 5 parliaments.
• Work plans with WHO and PMNCH are applied.
• Briefing notes and speeches are offered for the Secretary General’s and IPU officers’ high-level engagements on well being.
• Third report on implementation of the accountability framework for the IPU decision on common well being protection (UHC) is produced.
• Relevant actions are organized on the IPU Assemblies.
• Parliaments are mobilized round key world occasions on well being and improvement (World Health Assembly, World Health Summit, related UN summits and high-level conferences).
• The handbooks on UHC, world well being safety, meals methods and vitamin, and girls’s, kids’s and adolescents’ well being respectively are promoted and utilized in related actions.
• Narrative and monetary reviews to donors are compiled and submitted.
• Contribution is offered to the IPU Impact Report.

Work implies frequent interplay with the next:

• Parliamentarians, Secretaries General/Clerks of parliament, parliamentary employees
• Officials from the United Nations and different accomplice organizations
• Members of the IPU Secretariat.

Competencies:

• Professionalism: Good information of worldwide well being points and present political affairs. Knowledge of the functioning and construction of nationwide parliaments.
• Planning and organizing: Demonstrated organizational abilities; capability to determine priorities and to plan and monitor personal work plan and meet deadlines. Demonstrated use of initiative in facilitating the manufacturing of a posh work product. Personal attributes of self-motivation, tact, sound judgment and a preparedness to simply accept accountability.
• Communication: Ability to put in writing and to speak orally in a transparent and concise method.
• Technological consciousness: Advanced information of MS Office; superior use of the web together with using social media instruments.
• Teamwork: Aptitude for human contacts and resourcefulness. Team spirit. Adaptability to various working environments and circumstances.
• Commitment to steady studying: Willingness to maintain abreast of latest developments within the related fields and to develop personal abilities.
• Languages: Fluent English and French. Knowledge of a 3rd UN language is fascinating.

Dates and circumstances:

The consultancy will run from 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2024 (331 working days). The advisor will probably be based mostly on the IPU Headquarters in Geneva with the potential of teleworking upon settlement.