Deadline: Immediate applications preferred for immediate placements
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Program invites interested candidates with at least two years of work experience to become UN Volunteers (Short & long term) to work in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in the framework of the international response to the Ebola crisis. Candidates will be provided return airfare; monthly living allowance to cover housing, basic needs and utilities; settling-in-grant; life, health and permanent disability insurance.
Types of Assignments
- Short-term: 3-6 Months
- Long Term: 1 year
Required Profiles/Expertise
- Medical Doctors with experience in Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, particularly with experience in haemorrhagic fevers.
- Nurses with experience in infectious diseases.
- Senior Midwives with supervisory, management and coordination experience
- Midwives with clinical experience, training and/or community outreach experience
- Medical Logisticians
- Laboratory Technicians
- Hygienists
- Public Health Specialists, in particular with experience in Behavior Change Communication.
- Nutritionists with experience in community outreach
- Response Monitoring Coordinator (Health)
- Other areas of expertise needed
- Field Crisis Management Officers
- Data Collection and Coordination Information Management Officer (including with GIS)
General Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must have professional background in the health sector- at least 2 years of work experience.
- Applicants must be at least 25 years of age.
- Applicants should have proficiency in English for assignments in Liberia and Sierra Leone. English and French for assignments in Guinea.
- Candidates must be willing to work on the assignments immediately to address the need.
- Please check specific criteria for mentioned positions in the Call document.
For more information, please visit UN Volunteers: Call for Applications in Response to the Ebola Crisis.
