Technical Officer- Primary Health Care and Global Health Initiatives (PHC-GHI)

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 137,911 USD and 177,807 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

A. Division Mandate:

For the Future: Towards the Healthiest and Safest Region outlines a vision for WHO work with Member States and partners in the Western Pacific. Strong, resilient, sustainable health systems are integral to delivering the four thematic priorities. Up to 60% of people living in some countries in the Region do not have access to safe, quality and affordable health services and medicines. One in five families spend 10% of their income on health care. This threatens individuals, families, communities and economies.

The Division of Health Systems and Services (DHS) will contribute to taking forward the vision of, and the thematic priorities in For the Future. DHS will support Member States with high quality advice and assistance on health financing, health workforce, medical products, quality and safety, law and governance, women and children, rehabilitation, surgery and health services including primary health care (PHC) so that they can build resilient, responsive and sustainable health systems.

B. Unit Mandates:

Health Policy and Service Design (HPS) HPS supports Member States to develop and implement policies, strategies, and plans and service delivery design, including primary health care, to strengthen governance, financing, health workforce in order to ensure access to needed promotive, preventative, curative, rehabilitative and palliative services without financial hardship.

Essential Medicines and Health Technologies (EMT) EMT supports Member States to strengthen pharmaceutical systems and regulations, including for traditional medicines to ensure equitable access to quality-assured, safe and effective therapies and health technologies and works along with other programmes to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance in the Western Pacific Region.

Maternal Child Health and Quality Safety (MCQ) MCQ supports Member States to improve health systems to provide the best and safest possible health facility services to all people, regardless of race, beliefs, gender, economic and social condition and to ensure universal health coverage serves all people, starting from women and children.

Health Law and Ethics (HLE) HLE supports Member States to understand, develop and implement quality and ethical legal frameworks for health. Grounded in human rights and international good practice standards, legal frameworks for health guide transformative policies and innovative programming.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Under the direct supervision of the Health Policy and Service Design Coordinator with the general guidance of the Director of Health Systems and Services, the incumbent will have the following responsibilities:

1. Coordinate the regional work on primary health care and provide technical support to Member States in designing and implementing reforms in alignment with the regional framework on the future of primary health care (PHC) in the Western Pacific;
2. Provide technical support to Member States and partners in health sector analysis, coordination and development of policies, strategies and plans with an emphasis on PHC and people-centred services;
3. Provide technical support to Member States in the Region in designing, implementing and monitoring health system strengthening interventions that are funded through global health initiatives (GHI) like the Gavi Alliance;
4. Coordinate and facilitate evidence generation on primary health care, equitable people-centred service delivery, essential public health functions and the interaction with public health programmes in the Region, through collaboration with networks and partners, such as universities and research institutes;
5. Establish effective collaboration on primary health care implementation as a platform for integration with priority public health programmes through joint planning and engagement with relevant technical divisions in the Regional Office, and partners such as the Gavi Secretariat;
6. Coordinate with HQ and country offices to support PHC and UHC initiatives including through the UHC Partnership and similar efforts;
7. Collaborate within DHS and with other technical divisions to promote a corporate comprehensive support to Member States on PHC, including essential public health functions;
8. Participate in the preparation of the work plan, budget, implementation reports and donor reports, including managing WHO collaborating centres in related technical areas; and
9. Perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: Master’s level university degree in health sciences or health-related field such as public health, health policy, planning and management from a recognized university.

Experience

Essential: Minimum of seven years’ international experience in the field of equitable health, people-centred health services planning and management and/or experience working with the GHIs and other partner agencies. Desirable: A minimum of three years' international experience in lower-middle income countries. Experience in the implementation of integrated health systems and/or GHIs.

Skills

• Good knowledge on health policy and PHC approach to health system development.
• Good understanding of the various GHIs providing health system strengthening support.

WHO Competencies

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

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.

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 3037 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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• 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.

• 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.