Health Systems Planning Officer

Overview

Provide technical support in health system strengthening

You have:

• University degree in health services administration, public health management, public health or related field.
• At least 2 years' experience in areas of health system strengthening, health management or public health
• Excellent knowledge of English.
• Expert knowledge of Arabic.
• Excellent communication and drafting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively.
• Good knowledge of international quality standards.

Contract

This is a NO-B contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 4,580 USD.

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Position number: 418588

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To ensure that effective WHO country presence is established to implement WHO country cooperation strategies that are aligned with Member State's health priorities, sustainable development agendas and harmonized with the United Nations country teams and partners to improve health outcomes and progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform the following duties: 1) Ensure that WHO global and regional policies and guidelines on health system strengthening are translated into implementation of national policies and programmes. 2) Provide technical support to the Ministry of Health in implementing its National Health Strategy in areas pertaining to health system strengthening. 3) Conduct situation analysis, desk review of health trends; undertake gap analysis in relevant health system areas, to guide the development of relevant technical reports and policy documents as required. 4) Work with the Ministry of Health, other health partners and institutions to facilitate timely implementation of programmes and plans related to health systems, according to WHO policy and guidelines. 5) Participate in the development of plans for capacity building for priority health interventions and strengthening of governance. 6) Update/submit draft adaptations of relevant national guidelines, materials and tools related to health service delivery. 7) Support the Ministry of Health efforts to ensure information sharing among health stakeholders through supporting the functions of task forces and/or thematic groups. 8) Develop and maintain a database for WHO on core health indicators to be used in regular reporting for WHO various reports and to monitor project implementation on strengthening health systems towards universal health coverage and assist in preparing progress reports and new project proposals as appropriate. 9) Conduct analysis of health care financing strategies aimed at providing input for improving of healthcare financing and suggest recommendations on methods for improvement of data collection and national health accounts. 10) Provide technical support to establish and roll out programme monitoring mechanism including mid-year and annual reviews, to record progress and identify potential bottlenecks to be addressed. 11) Ensure proper and timely handling and monitoring of consultants' briefing, agenda, facilitation of the missions, evaluation and follow up on recommendations. 12) Represent WHO in meetings and relevant missions as appropriate.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in health services administration, public health management, public health or related field. Desirable: Postgraduate qualification (s) in the areas of health policy, health services, health financing, good governance in medicine

Experience

Essential: At least 2 years' experience in areas of health system strengthening, health management or public health Desirable: Work experience with UN Agencies

Skills

1. Excellent communication and drafting skills. 2. Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively. 3. Understand challenging and multidisciplinary settings. 4. Good knowledge of international quality standards.

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
• Knowing and managing yourself

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Excellent knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Arabic.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at JOD 37,761 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

• 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 under relevant sections. 3- Your experience records are properly entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time.

• 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 prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.

• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

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

• This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this country will not be considered.

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