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Health Position Available Overseas - Maldives
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Position:  Health Educator
Country :  Maldives
When    :  ASAP
Agency  :  UNFPA (recruited by WUSC on behalf of the United Nations

Volunteers Programme)

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) as the Canadian cooperating
agency for the United Nations Volunteers Programme, invites CVs from
interested health educators for this UNV position.

For further information regarding field of expertise, qualifications,
additional skills, personal characteristics, language requirements,
operational and others tasks, please contact:
  UNV Recruitment, WUSC
  Box 3000, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario  KlY 4M8
  Fax:  (613) 798-0990

Benefits:  The successful candidate will be provided with the
following:
air transportation, health and life insurance, a monthly living
allowance,
baggage and settling-in allowance, accommodation, and a resettlement
allowance upon completion of the contract which is of a one-two year
duration.

Interested applicants should send a covering letter and CV.

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16th International Congress of Nutrition, Montreal July 27-August 1,
1997
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The International Union of Nutritional Sciences will host the 16th
International Congress of Nutrition in Montreal, Canada July 27 to
August 1, 1997. "From Nutrition Science to Nutrition Practice for
Better
Global Health" will be the theme of the event, which attracts several
thousand nutrition scientists, practitioners and educators from around
the
world every four years.

The 16th International Congress is being sponsored by the National
Research
Council of Canada, the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences, the
Canadian
Dietetic Association, Agricultural Institute of Canada and the
Canadian
Institute of Food Science and Technology.

For more information please contact:
  OMNI
  1616 North Fort Myer Dr., Suite 1100, Arlington, Virginia   22209,
USA
  Tel: (703) 528-7474 ; Fax: (703) 528-7480, E-mail: [log in to unmask]
  WWW: http://www.jsi.com/intl/omni/home

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Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization
Vacancy Notices
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Post Title:  Personnel Officer; Level: P.2
Post Number: .0251
Duty Station: Washington, D.C.
Tenure; Two Years, First Year Probationary Period
Division/Program/Office: Department of Personnel (APL)

Basic Salary: US $31,914 at single rate, US $33,990 staff member with
primary dependant (per annum net of taxes).
Post Adjustment: US $9,447 at single rate, US $10,061 staff member
with
primary dependant (per annum net of taxes).

Minimum Requirements:
Education: University degree in Law.
Experience: Four years at the national or two years at the
international
level of professional experience of a legal nature which preferable
included work in personnel administration labor law and employee
appeals
or related areas of work.
Languages:  Very good knowledge of English and Spanish.
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Post Title:  Health Systems and Services Advisor; Level: P.4
Post Number: 4.5386
Duty Station: Panama, Panama
Tenure:  Two years, first year probationary period
Division/Program/Office: Health systems and Services
Development (HSP)

Basic Salary:  US $45,413 at single rate, US $48,824 with
primary dependents (per annum net of taxes).  Post
Adjustment:  US $15,531 at single rate, US $16,698 with
primary dependents (per annum net of taxes).
Hardship/Mobility:  US $2,030 at single rate, US $2,706 with
primary dependents (per annum net of taxes).

Minimum Requirements:
Education:  University degree in one of the health sciences with a
master’s
degree in public health, health services administration, or a field
related
to public health.
Experience:  At national level:  Seven years of experience in
activities
related to public health, policy development, research and situation
analysis, monitoring of health services systems, information systems,
training, and/or research.
At international level:  Two years of experience in technical
cooperation
activities in the areas of health planning, human resources
development,
policy, and research.
Languages: Very good knowledge of Spanish with a working knowledge of
English.

For more information regarding the above positions, please contact:
Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
525 Twenty-Third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037 USA
Tel: (202) 861-3396 ; Fax: (202) 861-3379
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