Health Economist

Contract

This is a P-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 118,352 USD and 152,590 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

- To technically cooperate with Member States towards formulating evidence-based health financing strategies aimed at universal health coverage and based on equity, efficiency and financial protection.

- To develop capacity to improve the knowledge base in health financing and use of analytical tools for health financing policy analysis and formulation.

- To strengthen Member States' capabilities in designing, managing and evaluating health financing policies and programs.

- To promote the use of economic principles and tools to improve health system performance.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Provide technical support and guidance to countries in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national health financing policies and strategies.

2. Promote and develop health economics tools such as costing, cost analysis, public financial management, health economic evaluation, national health account etc. and support their uptake and implementation in countries including by direct participation or as an instructor in workshops and training courses.

3. Provide technical advice to the Member States in .development of financial protection policies and strategies through the provision of policy advice and guidance on various financial protection approaches and modalities; e.g., social health insurance, community health insurance, etc.

4. Develop and implement trainings/research/orientation programmes in the related areas for capacity building of national and regional capabilities in Health Economics and Financing, including Financial Protection Programs.

5. Undertake research, compile and evaluate a variety of data and information related to health financing best practices and provide policymakers with information so that they can make decisions in regard to national health strategies and health financing reforms.

6. Make proposals for improvements of existing health expenditures statistics and national health accounting systems, especially in respect of their sustainability.

7. Serve as a technical resource to respective authorities concerning health economics and financing in the country(ies); respond to inquiries and provide detailed and technical advice concerning related principles, practices, issues, measures, techniques and procedures in the related areas.

8. Liaise and coordinate national counterparts, technical departments at HQ and with donor and development partners (UN and bilateral) to harmonize recommendations on policies and strategies related to health financing and resolve issues or concerns.

9. When delegated represent WHO at various meetings.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in Economics or health related field and Masters Degree in Health Economics or Health Systems or related field. Desirable: Doctoral degree in Health Economics

Experience

Essential: At least 7 years combined experience at national and international levels in working on health financing or social protection methods or costing or National Health Account. Desirable: Experience in teaching health economics. Experience in working with bilateral or multilateral organization

Skills

- In-depth knowledge of country situation with regard to health economics and financing capacities with good understanding of financial protection arrangements; e.g., social health insurance, and relevant countries' needs, priorities and policies, along with WHO's policies, practices, guidelines and procedures in the related areas and ability to apply them in the country office setting.

- Ability to identify issues, formulate opinions, make conclusions and recommendations.

- Ability to review and revise policies and objectives of assigned program and activities.

- Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.

- Excellent mathematical and analytical skills. • Public speaking techniques. • Excellent drafting and communication skills.

- Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work.

- Team leadership/management skills and time management skills

WHO Competencies

Enhanced WHO Global Competency Model:

https://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Moving forward in a changing environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French. Intermediate knowledge of Arabic.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 74,913 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 1917 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line through Stellis. For assessment of your application, please ensure that: 1 -Your profile on Stellis is properly completed and updated; 2- All required details regarding your qualifications, education, training and experience are provided; 3- Your experience records are entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time. Kindly note that CVs/PHFs inserted via LinkedIn are not accessible.

• A written test may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO's workforce adheres to the WHO Values Charter and is committed to put the WHO Values into practice.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.

• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.