Strategic Health Information Technical Officer

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Head of the WHO Country Office or the Director, Technical Cluster in the Regional Office, the UN Volunteer will perform the following duties:

• Generate needed data and statistics such as birth, death and its causes as well as surveillance data through demographic and health surveys.
• Support in analysis of existing data and statistics in order to discern trends and patterns and build attribution and prediction models for the direction of health in the country. The emerging information shall be consolidated in periodic publications.
• Support the generation of evidence to guide in decision making, through development of health policy briefs, documentation of good / best practices, writing health blogs on key events, and other methods for evidence sharing.
• Support the work on innovative approaches to ensuring strategic health information is available, specifically focusing on functioning of health observatories in the country/Regional Office and harmonizing the work on digital health.
• Support strengthening of health information systems, particularly in assessing state of health information systems, and supporting initiatives to address gaps in the capacity to generate, analyse and use health information for decision making.
• To perform other related responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

A degree in a health-related field, which includes training in Biostatistics, Demography, Public Health or Epidemiology.

Required experience:

36 Months

Experience remark:

At least 3 - 5 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in generating and using strategic health information, specifically in generating health data / statistics, analysis of data.

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• French(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Portuguese(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise:

Other health related experience

Area of expertise details:

Strategic health information, specifically in generating health data / statistics, analysis of data.

Fluency in spoken and written English or French or Portuguese is required.

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

EN

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Application deadline: 07-02-2021