Technical Officer (Maternal Health)

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 168,113 USD and 216,746 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing supports a world where by 2030, every woman, newborn, child, adolescent and aging person in every setting realizes their rights to physical and mental health and well-being. This will be achieved by supporting WHO's General Programme of Work and universal health coverage for all. The department provides support to countries with a focus on high burden countries to ensure evidence-based policies and strategies are inplace to achieve universal access to high quality health services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and ageing (MNCAH&A), and increase coverage and quality of effective MNCAH&A interventions among pregnant women, newborns, children, adolescents, young adults and older people, and to create mechanisms to measure the impact of those strategies.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Coordinate WHO's technical advisory group on maternal and newborn health monitoring and measurement - Mother and Newborn Information for Tracking Outcomes and Results (MoNITOR), including developing strategic priorities, coordinating advisory group meetings, and strengthening harmonized measurement of maternal and newborn health;

Coordinate development and finalization of global health estimates for maternal and newborn health;

Coordinate the development, pilot testing and finalization of standardized patient forms and registers to monitor maternal health processesand outcomes;

Support the updating and further development of the MCA's technical strategic approach, guidance and tools to improve measurement and monitoring of maternal and newborn health including for the ENAP and EPMM initiatives;

Provide high-level, specialist technical support with a focus on regions and countries to advance MCA's work in the area of maternal and newborn measurement;

Build capacities and provide technical assistance to the regions and countries in the area of maternal and newborn health monitoring and measurement, support implementation of key strategies and interventions aimed at improving monitoring and measurement; working in collaboration with other WHO programs, Regional Offices and partners;

Coordinate, facilitate and monitor departmental projects related to maternal and newborn measurement including participating in the MCA cross-cutting monitoring and evaluation team; and monitor implementation of planned activities including preparation of technical reports;

Liaise with other UN Agencies, donors, research and academic institutions and other relevant partners to advance the MCA agenda on maternal and newborn measurement and its translation into global, national and/or subnational policies and programmes;

Advocate and mobilize resources for WHO's work on maternal and newborn measurement; and Performs all other related duties, as assigned.

Main achievements expected include:

Guidance and tools to support monitoring and measurement of maternal and newborn health updated or developed, including for ENAP and EPMM.

Capacities built for monitoring and measurement of maternal and newborn health in selected countries.

Best practices distilled and sharing of learning across countries facilitated.

Maternal and newborn health monitoring and measurement activities coordinated.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: A Master's level university degree in public health, epidemiology, monitoring/evaluation or related public health discipline from a recognized university.

Desirable: Advanced university degree in medicine, publichealth, epidemiology or related discipline.

Experience

Essential: A minimum of 7 years of progressive responsibility at the national and international levels in the field maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, public health, monitoring and evaluation, research. Experience in monitoring and evaluation and support or managing initiatives, collaborations or relations with external stakeholders; experience in management of projects and supporting health assessments, reporting and learning systems, capacity building for maternal andnewborn health measurement and monitoring; experience in managing partnershipsand coming to consensus on complex topics; experience with data analysis;experience with developing or contributing to global health estimates;producing well-written documents, requiring excellent verbal and written communication skills. At least 10publications.

Desirable: Experience in developing maternal and newborn indicator guidance materials and tools.

Skills

Strong knowledge of global health issues with in-depth knowledge of issues related to monitoring and measurement of maternal and newborn care, including programmatic monitoring through routine data systems and generating global health estimates.Ability to identify priorities, develop technical guidance and tools in the field of maternal and newborn monitoring and measurement, and to build consensus on indicators, meta-data, and data collection tools.Proven ability in contributing to measurement initiatives.A good communicator with skills to present information clearly, both orally and in writing and able to make judgments using available evidence with ability to work within and contribute to a team.Ability to identify priority issues to improve maternal and newborn measurement, in particular in the context of low- and middle-income countries and national/sub-national monitoring for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.Good knowledge of and experience in engaging a diverse group of international, regional and national stakeholders, including professional associations.Proven ability in convening or facilitating events at national and international levels.Demonstrated ability in convening multiple groups and attaining consensus on technical issues related to monitoring and evaluation.Skills and experience in developing proposals for resource mobilization, and in writing, editing of reports, technical guidance or advocacy materials.Demonstrated skills in project implementation and monitoring.

WHO Competencies

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Driving the Organization's Position in Health Leadership

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French. Intermediate knowledge of WHO 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 75,602 (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 5147 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.

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