Team Lead - Precision Public Health Metrics (PPHM)

Contract

This is a P-5 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 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 172,512 USD and 216,197 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Precision Public Health Metrics (PPHM) Unit is part of and contributes to the work of the Universal health coverage/Communicable andnon-communicable diseases (UHC/UCN) cluster in the WHO African region. The strategic agenda of the cluster is to reduce disease burden in the WHO African Region, by guiding disease control agenda in Africa, and using analytics to inform strategic investments and tailored interventions for disease control, thus contributing to 3 disease control outcomes at country-level: improved disease programme governance; improved interventions coverage; and improved services quality. Investments towards these outcomes are guided by comprehensive whole of society, people-centered,and integrated approaches to disease control. The comprehensive whole of society approach entails investments around: (a) coherent implementation of triple response - technical response: implementing diseases specific normative guidance, promoting intervention mixes and deploying medical commodities; health systems response: building capacities of district service delivery systems in disease mapping and stratification, interventions tailoring, and sector/subsector planning; and multi-sectoral response: addressing socio-economic and environmental determinants of diseases through mobilizing non-health sectors, communities and stakeholders; (b) disease control partnership of public and private sectors, health and non-healthsectors; and (c) community involvement intargeted high risk communities, focused on managing determinants of diseases, health services demand creation and accountability by local health stewards. Thepeople centered, integrated approaches to disease control involves investments around: (a) integrated guidance ondisease control for each health service delivery platform, a move away fromstand-alone disease specific guidance; and (b)integrated and efficient disease control investments in strengthening thecapacity of appropriate health services delivery platforms throughde ployment of appropriate technologies and analytics to guide stratification of disease risks across population groups in order to develop and deploy comprehensive packages of interventions appropriate for each population group and health service delivery platform, as well as monitor population access, coverage and impact to leave no one behind.The specific objectives of the UCN cluster to which the PPHMUnit contributes, are to: (i) provide leadership on disease control coordination, partnership and resource mobilization; (ii) contribute to the development of WHO disease control technical products, services and tools including adoption of new technologies and innovations; (iii) support generation and use of strategic information for action and decision making including optimizing investment; and (iv) provide or facilitate provision of technical support in deployment of WHO technical products and services and institutional capacity building, including support to national disease programmes and regulatory authorities.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Leadershipon disease control coordination, partnerships and resource mobilizationInitiate and lead innovative and enhanced resource mobilization targeting both traditional and new donors in order to increase the capacity of WHO country offices and countries to deliver resultsEnsure people-centred approachesacross the life course to address the priority health problems of different population sub-groups through building and coordinating a competent and committed team of PPHM experts in the development and implementation of regional PPH policies, strategies, programmes and strategic initiatives for disease control in the region. This will be done in in collaboration with other WHO technical clusters, and partners, in an integrated manner in the context of Universal Health Coverage;Oversee the development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the team's strategy and operational plan and provide high quality leadership, epidemiological, analytic and coordination support the work of the team;Provide leadership and manage the staff under his/her responsibility; ensure their performance, continuous development and engagement, promoting a culture of working across boundaries, while promoting the principles of equity, and value for money, integrity and arespectful workplace in accordance with the Organization's policies, rules, procedures, and values; Drive the team members' collaboration with other clusters and programmes to ensure that PPHM interventions are integrated in strategies onuniversal health coverage, primary health care, sexual and reproductive health,and communicable diseases; Lead application of analytics to drive improvedstrategies across the UCN cluster.2.Developmentof WHO disease control technical products, services, and toolsLead development and deployment of functionale-platforms including operational manuals, for sub-national stratification of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and annual disease control agenda setting and investments guidance (publication of respective country annual disease outlook with district disease profiles);Lead the development of common geo-registries and meta data and harmonization of current multiple data platforms as necessary;Coordinate the development and dissemination of scientific papers on PPHM related policy and planning initiatives and innovations.3. Generationof analytics-driven strategic information for disease control agenda settingand interventions tailoringLead in monitoring socio-political and health situations in member states, facilitating political and social analysis for disease control action in the region, including impact of climate change and human and natural disasters; Lead the mainstreaming of research and innovation in disease control including monitoring and containment of biological and other threats to available disease control interventions; Provide advanced analysis support to UCN Teams and as relevant to other clusters in the Regional and Country officesLead in strengthening the capacities of UCN teamsin the data-to-action processes; Lead global ancillary data assembly (climate, biodiversity, genomics, socio-economic etc)Support disease and health programme teams to implement analysis for sub national tailoring of public health interventions incountriesWork with various WHO departments and partners to track biological and other threats to progress in disease control4. Technical support and institutional capacitybuilding for disease control supportLead country capacity building for use of analytics to drive diseases control agenda setting and to guide investments including use of triangulated data on disease occurrence (incidence andmortality), interventions coverage, health services access, and determinants information for disease stratification and tailoring of national policies and operational responses in member states.Lead development of annual disease outlook reports that implement country deep dives aligned with the African Health Observatories and various WHO global reportsLead country capacity development in analysis and surveillance systems strengthening Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: Advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in Epidemiology, Geoscience/GIS, Biostatistics, Health Demography or Public Health or equivalent. Desirable: PhD in Epidemiology, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Health Demography or Public Health.

Experience

Essential: A minimum of ten (10) years' progressive experience in epidemiology, biostatistics, Health demography orpublic health with a particular emphasis in communicable diseases.Demonstrated capacity to manage large datasets and produceadvanced analysis. Demonstrated track record of publications in peer reviewedjournals.Ability to undertake analysis in R, Stata or equivalentstatistical packages. Desirable: Knowledge of infectious disease epidemiology, statistics, publichealth and operational work in the WHO African Region. Experience in spatial temporal analysis and working with routineinformation and surveillance systems. Experience in spatial analysis and mapping.

Skills

Leadership,management and supervision skills to effectively lead the PPHM team and developcollaborative across the UCN cluster, other AFRO regional office entities,country offices, WHO HQ and ministries of health and external partners.Advanced knowledge of epidemiology and disease surveillance. Strong statistical analysiswith demonstrated ability to analyse and interpret complex datasets and presentfindings clearly and concisely. Experience inelectronic surveillance systems and other digital solutions in health.Ability towork quickly and willingness to deliver products under time pressure and shortdeadlines. Self-starter, self-motivated, self-managerWillingness and capacity to take responsibility, ability to juggle many tasks concurrentlyand prioritize workload in a pressured environment with competing demands andhigh expectationsExcellent interpersonal skills, including integrity, good judgment, team working anddiplomacyKnowledge ofoffice software applications, development of websites and online data portals, experience in the application of mobile based surveillance systems and surveillance in mobile and migrant populations.Ability toundertake analysis in R, Stata or equivalent statistical packages.Advanced database programming and development skills to build and customize data-driven applications and other tools to automate data processing.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond Creating an empowering and motivating environment### Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Intermediate knowledge of French. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of Portuguese. The above language requirements are interchangeable.

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 90,664 (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 4805 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.

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