Health Economist (Data Management and Analysis)

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 137,951 USD and 180,636 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

COVID-19 has taken lives and exacted a toll on individuals, families, communities and entire nations. The pandemic has overwhelmed health systems and badly shaken economies around the world, showing that health and economic outcomes are interdependent. Its effective and efficient control will require sustained public health measures and access to affordable, safe, efficacious, assured quality vaccines, along with therapeutics, diagnostics and other health products. Owing to the unprecedentedly high demand, many countries are facing extreme difficulties in accessing essential medical supplies such as personal protective equipment, mechanical ventilators and diagnostics for COVID-19 disease. It is expected that access to novel COVID-19 health products, once they are available, will most likely be limited by short supply due to insufficient manufacturing capacity coupled with extraordinarily high demand. The world is responding with unprecedented efforts to accelerate the development and production and to ensure equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics for COVID-19 disease. The recently established Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is currently the largest global collaboration working to accelerate development and production and to ensure equitable access to new COVID-19 technologies. The WHO Secretariat, following both long-standing and recent mandates from WHO Member States, is being tasked with developing the basis to ensure fair, equitable and timely access to scarce novel or repurposed COVID-19 health products. WHO hosts a support structure known as the ACT-Accelerator Hub. The hub ensures the cross-cutting functions for the ACT-Accelerator.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Under the supervision of the technical lead for Access and Allocation the incumbent is expected to :- Contribute to the development ofaccess and allocation methodologies related to COVID-19, as requested- Support development of the reference tables for new data models/ analysis (COVID-19) in order to make recommendations on ways forward in combating COVID-19.- Provide technical input and guidance into the design, development, and maintenance of WHO databases and visualization platforms related to access to medicines and health products, as requested- Analyze and report on data related to access to medicines and health products, as requested, including for the interactions with the SDG Indicator 3.b.3- Support data validation and data loading of historical and current data related to access to and allocation of medicines and health products- Support development of guidance documents and protocol related to access and allocation monitoring methodologies- Support activities related to optimization of WHO MedMon and related data visualization platform;- Perform other related duties, as assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: First university degree related to health economics, statistics, health financing, or epidemiology. Desirable: Advanced university degree in one of the fields above.

Experience

Essential: A minimum of 5 years work experience in the application of health economics with demonstrated experience in the application of econometric or statistical methods to solve public health problems. Demonstrated exposure at the international level. Desirable: Experience working in another international organization, and/or UN agency, and/or academic institution.

Skills

Essential: o Demonstrated skills and knowledge in the application of econometric or statistical methods to public health problemso Knowledge of health economic principles related to access to medicines; o Advanced quantitative analysis skills using at least one of the three software: STATA, SPSS, R, or SAS; o Good skills in developing methodologies related to the measurement of access to health productso Excellent communication and language skills, as reflected in a track record of presentations at national and international workshops and seminars. o Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.o Strong skills in the use of data platforms, such as XMARTo Strong collaboration skills with international multi-stakeholder Desirable: Acquaintance with the common medicines and vaccines databases, as well as WHO monitoring tools, such as MedMon, PIEMEDS

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond Producing results

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Desirable: Beginners knowledge of French. Beginners knowledge of WHO official language.

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 62,120 (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 4519 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.

• 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.

• *For WHO General Service staff who do not meet the minimum educational qualifications, please see e-Manual III.4.1, para 220.