Consultant - Violence and Injury Prevention, Manila, Philippines

Purpose of the Consultancy

WHO is seeking a consultant to lead a situational assessment on preventing violence against children across countries of the WHO Western Pacific Region. The successful candidate will liaise with national governments and multisectoral stakeholders across the region through WHO country offices to support data collection. Data collected will be published in the second WHO Global status report on preventing violence against children. The successful candidate will also support the NCD Prevention and Health Promotion (PND) team in implementing other activities of violence and injury prevention and alcohol control in the regional office.

Background

Globally, it is estimated that one billion children have experienced emotional, physical or sexual violence in the past year. Violence can lead to death, physical injury and disability, and a wide range of immediate and life-long behavioural, physical and mental health problems.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Target 16.2 set out the target of “ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children”. To chart countries’ progress including their implementation of the evidence-based intervention package INSPIRE, WHO develops Global Status Report on Preventing Violence against Children. The Report will support countries to re-assess their position on violence prevention; catalyse further prevention action and identify gaps in national responses to violence that need to be addressed. The first of this series was published in 2020, and the second and third are planned in 2025 and 2030 respectively.

Similar data exercise has been done for other injury prevention programmes, such as road safety. A large amount of data has been collected from WPR countries for the 5th Global Status Report on Road Safety released in December 2023. An in-depth analysis of data from WPR countries would help us spearhead our support to address country specific issues and explore solutions for common challenges faced by the region.

The PND unit of the Division for Healthy Environments and Populations (DHP) at WHO WPRO aims to reduce major risk factors of noncommunicable diseases and decrease injuries, violence and alcohol associated harms across the region. The successful candidate will support the work of PND team including coordinating the data collection on violence against children; analyse the data collected on road safety and support the delivery of evidence-based interventions in priority countries in this region in the areas of violence prevention, road safety, alcohol control and given their close interlinkage.

Deliverables

Under the supervision of the Technical Officer, Alcohol Control and Injury and Violence Prevention (AIV) programme, the consultant will perform the following activities:

Output 1: Coordination of data collection in the Western Pacific Region for the second WHO Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children.

Deliverable 1.1- a cohort of national data focal points from all WPR countries is established and regular communications with this group is maintained.

Deliverable 1.2 – orientation and relevant trainings are provided to national data focal points,

Deliverable 1.3 – country questionnaires completed.

Output 2: Development of Fact Sheets on Road Safety of the Western Pacific Region based on data collected for the global report including country-level data for all participating WPR countries.

Deliverable 2.1- Fact Sheets on Road Safety of the Western Pacific Region developed and finalized.

Deliverable 2.2- Country profiles for all participating WPR countries completed.

Output 3: Updated analysis on the WPR countries’ gaps in road safety, with latest available data

Deliverable 3.1 - an updated analysis of country gaps against the Global Plan for Decade of Action (2021- 2030) and proposed interventions for each country

Output 4: Support priority countries in implementing planned activities in violence prevention and other areas covered by the AIV programme.

Deliverable 4.1 – Support provided to countries in attending the Ministerial Conference on Violence against Children.

Deliverable 4.2 - Ongoing support provided to countries in implementing activities covered by the AIV programme.

Qualifications, experience, skills and language

Educational Qualifications

Essential: University degree in public health, social science or related field from a recognized university

Experience

Essential: Minimum five years of experience in public health research

Desirable: Experience in data collection, compilation and analysis work with WHO

Technical skills and knowledge

Essential: Data management; Excellent writing skills

Desirable: Data analytical skills

Languages and level required

Expert knowledge of English (read – write – speak)

Location

Off-site

Travel

The consultant is expected to travel.

Remuneration and budget

Remuneration: Payband level B - USD 7,000 (monthly)

Expected duration of contract: 8 months, 1 May to 31 December 2024

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