Request for expression of interest:

Energy Policy Specialist

Geneva Switzerland,

World Health Organization

The Interventions for Healthy Environments (IHE) unit’s, of the Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, objective is to promote health sector interventions, as well as interventions in economic sectors (e.g. housing, transport, energy) that reduce environmental health risks, promote better health, and optimize the health co-benefits of sustainable development /climate change mitigation policies.

As part of its Household Air Pollution and Health programme, IHE activities aim to build the capacity of the health and other relevant sectors to protect public health from household air pollution caused by the use of inefficient and polluting fuels and technologies in the home. Accordingly, WHO is currently developing a number of tools and resources to support country partners and other stakeholders to implement the WHO Guidelines of indoor air quality: household fuel combustion. Some related activities include :

• The development of the “Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)” which provides guidance on the tools and resources needed to develop and implement policies on household energy that protect public health

• Monitoring the household energy access situation and its health impacts through the WHO databases on household energy use and its health impacts

• The development of a policy database that captures both historical and current policies on household energy and/or household air pollution, and when available measures its impacts on health

Currently, WHO is seeking an international expert in energy policies to work in cooperation with the IHE team and other experts to design a set of assessment tools for the development of country profiles. Each country profile aims to be a rapid assessment which describes a country’s experiences and readiness to address household energy and its health risks. Each country profile will:

1. summarize the energy needs of households, the types of fuels and technologies accessible and/or used by households, and map out the local resources, markets and infrastructure for household energy;

2. estimate the population exposure to household air pollution and its associated disease burden at the national level and/or state level;

3. evaluate the social, economic and behavioural factors (e.g. knowledge, attitudes, risk perception, household income, gender differences, cultural practices, etc.) contributing the choices of different fuels and technologies used by households;

4. document the historical and current policies for and/or related to household energy use, household air pollution and/or its health impacts, and outline national and/or local government strategies/policy frameworks related to household energy use, if any.

The selected candidate will be responsible for developing a set of tools, and templates to be used in a country to research energy policies and their impacts/effectiveness; outline the energy resources and infrastructure for household energy use; and map out the relevant stakeholders in a country, particularly in relation to the energy value chain.

Upon completion of the tools, the selected candidate will support remote trainings for national professionals on how to use the tool, as well as make in-country visits to help finalize a draft country profile and participate in a stakeholders visit to the country.

Expected deliverables will include:

(a) a finalized set of tools and templates needed to gather and synthesize the information to develop draft a country profile on household energy and health.

(b) conducting webinar remote trainings and provide support to national consultants on the tools and steps needed to be complete a country profile

(c) completion of 2 in-country field visits to support the national consultants with the development of the respective country profile and plan for the stakeholder visit to review the draft report and meet relevant stakeholders

Duration of Work and Required Travel:

The selected candidate will be expected to complete a total of 32 days of work between March 2017 and November 2017. To complete the work, the candidate will be expected to:

• Work 2 to 3 weeks in Geneva at WHO HQ* (during end of March and beginning of April 2017)

• Work 1 week in 2 different countries (a total of 2 weeks in-field) *, later in the year, dates TBD

* Travel costs including flights and per diem will be covered by WHO

Qualifications and Skills required:

• Sound understanding and experience with energy policy analytics and policy evaluation particularly in low and middle income country setting;
• Understanding of policy decision-making processes and engaging/advising governments or other stakeholders on policies;
• Practical experience developing tools and/or templates to evaluate or assess policies
• Understanding of the challenges and intricacies of multi-sectoral policies;
• Understanding the economics of energy policies and how this influences their implementation and effectiveness
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and oral;
• Desirable: Working knowledge of Spanish

Experience:

• Identifying stakeholders working in different sectors related to household energy use (e.g. Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Finance, etc), and mapping their respective roles
• Evaluating the strengths, and weaknesses of an energy value chain in a country and evaluating different energy policy scenarios
• Conducting a “needs assessment” and/or stakeholder mapping in a low or middle-income country
• Desirable: Preparing tools and/or information resources for extracting and analysing information on energy policies and providing related trainings

The World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva now invites eligible individuals to indicate their interest in undertaking this work to develop tools and support the development of health and household energy country profiles. Interested parties must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the above tasks: curriculum vitae, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, examples of relevant reports or publications, etc. The final candidate will be selected through a competitive process in accordance with WHO’s operating policies and procedures.

Contact:

Expression of interest must be received no later than 16:00 (CET) on Thursday 16 March 2017. The expressions of interest are to be delivered electronically to Heather Adair-Rohani (adairrohanih@who.int) and Michael Hinsch (hinschm@who.int) with the mention “Expression of Interest – Energy Policy Specialist ” in the email subject.

Request for expression of interest:

Environmental Health Specialist

Geneva Switzerland,

World Health Organization

The Interventions for Healthy Environments (IHE) unit’s, of the Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, objective is to promote health sector interventions, as well as interventions in economic sectors (e.g., housing, transport, energy) that reduce environmental health risks, promote better health, and optimize the health co-benefits of sustainable development /climate change mitigation policies.

As part of its Household Air Pollution and Health programme, IHE activities aim to build the capacity of the health and other relevant sectors to protect public health from household air pollution caused by the use of inefficient and polluting fuels and technologies in the home. Accordingly, WHO is currently developing a number of tools and resources to support country partners and other stakeholders to implement the WHO Guidelines of indoor air quality: household fuel combustion. Some related activities include:

• The development of the “Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)” which provides guidance on the tools and resources needed to develop and implement policies on household energy that protect public health;

• Monitoring the household energy access situation and its health impacts through the WHO databases on household energy use and its health impacts;

• The development of a policy database that captures both historical and current policies on household energy and/or household air pollution, and, when available, measures its impacts on health.

WHO is seeking an international expert in environmental health policies to work in cooperation with the IHE team and other experts to design a set of assessment tools for the development of country profiles. Each country profile aims to be a rapid assessment which describes a country’s experiences and readiness to address household energy and its health risks. Each country profile will:

1. summarize the energy needs of households, the types of fuels and technologies accessible and/or used by households, and map out the local resources, markets and infrastructure for household energy;

2. estimate the population exposure to household air pollution and its associated disease burden at the national level and/or state level;

3. evaluate the social, economic and behavioural factors (e.g. knowledge, attitudes, risk perception, household income, gender differences, cultural practices, etc.) contributing the choices of different fuels and technologies used by households;

4. document the historical and current policies for and/or related to household energy use, household air pollution and/or its health impacts, and outline national and/or local government strategies/policy frameworks related to household energy use, if any.

The selected candidate will be responsible for developing a set of tools, and templates to be used in a country to research the environmental health policies and their impacts/effectiveness; outline the resources and infrastructure to address the health impacts of household energy use; and map out the relevant stakeholders in a country, particularly in relation to the dissemination and monitoring of the adoption and impacts of clean household energy fuels and technologies.

Upon completion of the tools, the selected candidate will support remote trainings for national professionals on how to use the tool, as well as make in-country visits to help finalize a draft country profile and participate in a stakeholders visit to the country.

Expected deliverables will include:

(a) a finalized set of tools and templates needed to gather and synthesize the information to draft a country profile on household energy and health;

(b) conducting remote webinar trainings and provide support to national consultants on the tools and steps needed to complete a country profile;

(c) completion of 2 in-country field visits to support the national consultants with the development of the respective country profile and plan for in-country stakeholder visits to review the draft report and meet relevant stakeholders.

Duration of Work and Required Travel:

The selected candidate will be expected to complete a total of 32 days of work between March 2017 and November 2017. To complete the work, the candidate will be expected to:

• Work 2 to 3 weeks in Geneva at WHO HQ* (during end of March and April 2017);

• Work 1 week in 2 different countries (a total of 2 weeks in field) *, later in the year, dates TBD;

* Travel costs including flights and per diem will be covered by WHO

Qualifications and Skills required:

• Sound understanding and experience developing or evaluating environmental or public health policies related to household energy use, particularly in low and middle income country settings;
• Understanding of policy decision-making processes and engaging/advising governments or other stakeholders on policies;
• Understanding of the challenges and intricacies of multi-sectoral policies decisions;
• Understanding of the socioeconomic, behavioural and cultural factors influencing household decision-making, particularly related to household energy use and how this can be harnessed to enhance the effectiveness of policies and programmes;
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and oral;
• Desirable: Working knowledge of Spanish.

Experience:

• Working on the development and/or implementation of environmental or public health policies related to household energy use, particularly in low and middle income country settings;
• Evaluating the strengths, and weaknesses of policies and programmes in a country, particularly from a public health and/or environmental lens;
• Conducting a “needs assessment” and/or stakeholder mapping in a low or middle-income country;
• Modelling of policy scenarios to estimate environmental and/or public health impacts;
• Developing tools and/or templates to evaluate or assess policies;
• Desirable: Preparing tools and/or information resources for extracting and analysing information on environmental and/or public health policies and providing related trainings.

The World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva invites eligible individuals to indicate their interest in undertaking this work to develop tools and support the development of health and household energy country profiles. Interested individuals must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the above tasks: curriculum vitae, description of similar completed assignments, experience in similar conditions, examples of relevant reports or publications, etc. The final candidate will be selected through a competitive process in accordance with WHO’s operating policies and procedures.

Contact:

Expression of interest must be received no later than 16:00 (CET) on Thursday 16 March 2017. The expressions of interest are to be delivered electronically to Heather Adair-Rohani (adairrohanih@who.int) and Michael Hinsch (hinschm@who.int) with the mention “Expression of Interest – Environmental Health Specialist ” in the email subject.

The objectives of WHO's Health Laboratory Technical Officer is to optimize WHO technical and policy support to health authorities in Somalia in the area of Health Laboratories with special focus on undertaking laboratory components of Malaria indicator survey (MIS) 2017.

Duration: 6 Months (01 April to 30 September 2017.

Duty station: Mogadishu with frequent travels to Garowe and Hargeisa - Somalia

Salary Grade - P3

Terms of reference;

Under the direct supervision of Medical Officer – MCE program and WHO Representative for Somalia, the incumbent will coordinate laboratory components for MIS with the following specific/assigned duties:

1. Participate in planning, preparation and coordination meeting with Health Authorities (SCS, PL & SL) for MIS 2017 for Somalia.

2. Coordinate and undertake training programs for laboratory staff involved MIS.

3. Establish and sustain Laboratory Quality Management System for health laboratories taking part MIS in all zonal administrations in Somalia.

4. Provide guidelines on procurement of laboratory supplies, screening kits, reagents and equipment used in MIS.

5. Provide on-job training for the laboratory staff in operation of complex laboratory equipment’s (Real-time PCR) and performing diagnostic tests.

6. Develop national supervisory and monitoring systems to ensure proper implementation of laboratory activities.

7. Ensure timely collection, compilation and reporting all laboratory data during the survey.

8. Provide technical support in the development of SOPs and diagnostic testing for infectious diseases in the Public Health Reference Laboratory - Mogadishu.

9. Perform supportive supervision in selected health facilities in Somalia.

10. Perform any other duties assigned by the organization head in the area of Health Laboratories and Blood Safety.

Education (Qualifications): Essential:*****University degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences from a recognized Institution with M.Sc. specialization in Infectious Disease or similar field.

Experience -At least five years’ work experience in medical laboratory practices in clinical or research facility.

Desirable: Previous working experience with WHO and Knowledge of WHO mandate and goals and or experience in UN organizations/agencies or international institutions.

Interested applicants should submit their detailed CVs to ibrahime@who.int

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The incumbent will develop and implement a resource mobilization strategy for the country/incident based on the needs expressed in the incident management plans. To research existing and potential donors; develop proposals, donor briefings, reports and updates; ensuring compliance with WHO and donor requirements. Coordinate the overall and day-to-day activities to secure rapid and sustainable funding for the effective implementation of the incident management operations and ensure accurate, timely reporting.

Essential Requirements: An advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in social sciences, international relations, political sciences, business, communications, marketing, management or economics from an accredited/recognized institute. At least seven years’ related experience, at the national and international level, in resource mobilization and external relations. Documented achievements in fundraising activities, part of which supporting humanitarian emergency or health outbreak response and recovery activities. Proven experience in writing resource mobilization proposals, donor reports and related documents.

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The incumbent will lead WHO’s information and planning team and supervise the respective functional areas, at the country level. Provide authoritative advice to the emergency team on risk analysis, needs assessment, strategic and operational planning policy, procedures and best practices, monitoring, project management, information and data management.

Essential Requirements: An advanced university degree (Master’s level or above) in information management, public health, epidemiology, statistics, applied maths, business administration, public administration, or economic sciences complemented by training in information management from an accredited/recognized institute. At least seven years of related experience in strategic planning, monitoring, needs assessment, project management, data/information management and dissemination in the public health sector or health development sector, at national and international levels, part of which in emergency management or humanitarian context in leadership positions. Experience in developing and promoting collaborative partnerships.

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The incumbent will manage the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Cholera disease prevention and control activities. This includes developing operational plans, dissemination of risk communication messages, the strengthening of early warning and surveillance system.

Essential Requirements: An advanced university degree (Master’s level or above) in medicine, epidemiology, public health or health related field from an accredited/recognized institute. At least seven years of related experience, at the national and international levels, in health operations, with proven experience in managing outbreaks and health emergencies, with specific focus on cholera outbreak response strategy, risk assessment and on-going analysis of outbreak evolution and the effectiveness of the response to it.

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The incumbent will have overall responsibility in the coordination of planning, management, adaptation and implementation of strategies and work plans for the particular incident, including deciding on the ordering and the release of resources. The incumbent will manage the operational and technical components with WHO headquarters, establish clear lines of communications, ensure proper documentation of the incident, including the provision of situation reports and action plans. Essential Requirements: An advanced university degree in health-related field, management, emergency, humanitarian, disaster management or related field from an accredited/recognized institute. At least 10 years of related experience in emergency management and operations, with proven experience in emergency response. Substantial experience at both national and international levels in leadership positions, capacity-building and their implementation. Experience in developing and promoting collaborative partnerships and/or experience in developing countries. Substantial experience in efficient human and financial resource management.

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In 2014, WHO launched the 1st Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis C infection. In 2016, an update to the guidelines was developed and a guideline development committee met to develop new recommendations that were not included in the 2014 guidelines. The Global Hepatitis Programme (GHP) of WHO aims to update the HCV treatment guidelines and disseminate these by the end of 2017. It will follow the same format as in 2016.

The 2017 HCV treatment guideline development process will include a Guideline Development Committee (GDG), who will provide guidance on PICO questions via a series of scoping meetings and teleconferences from April 2017 to December 2017. The release of the final document is anticipated by the end of 2017.

The 2017 HCV treatment update process has already started and PICO questions are under development and fairly well established. The Guideline Development Group has been nominated.

Objectives of the assignment:**

The consultant will assist WHO/HIV/GHP with technical and project management expertise to support the 2017 HCV treatment guideline development process.

Main Tasks:

The main objective is to provide technical and project management support to the GHP Team lead who heads the Secretariat for the 2017 HCV treatment guideline development process. The outlined tasks and deliverables for this contract are:

1. Develop and regularly update, an overall concept and detailed work plan for the elaboration of the normative Guidelines.

2. Support the development of scoping documents and prepare the initial GRC planning proposal and final GRC submission of the HCV treatment guideline document.

3. Prepare back ground documents, draft presentations, and minutes for the meetings of the HCV treatment guideline WHO Steering Group and monitor the implementation of agreed action points. Ensure accurate and accessible filing on the meetings.

4. Facilitate the systematic reviews and data synthesis on HCV treatment and service delivery approaches by drafting terms of reference for systematic reviews (other work may include modelling, literature reviews, values and preferences etc.) needed for normative and implementation guidance. Ensure the cohesiveness of various components (including the complementarity of PICO questions).

5. Prepare the discussion documents for the teleconferences and meetings with the Guidelines Development Group, draft agenda’s and develop minutes. Support other subgroup meetings as required. Ensure accurate and accessible filing on the meetings and teleconferences.

6. Facilitate internal and external communication on the HCV treatment guideline process and ensure updated mailing lists and contact database.

7. Prepare communications for the Team Lead for stakeholders based on the roles assigned in the work plan, from groups and contributors, and ensure that an accurate filing system is maintained.

8. Draft mock-ups for the guideline chapters and conduct a technical editing and quality control of all components, as well as ensure adherence to a joint format and style. Track the contributions to be handed in. Provide technical input on agreed upon chapters as requested by the GHP coordinator.

9. Draft six-monthly UNITAID grant reports related to the normative guidance development.

10. Facilitate support to the guideline publication and products in terms of lay-out and printing production checking and proof reading.

11. Support GHP in convening a group of implementation experts on hepatitis service delivery or other defined areas to reach consensus on implementation science research gaps. Prepare back ground documents, draft agenda’s, and produce minutes of the meetings.

12. Propose a mechanism to monitor the implementation of guidance to identify focus/early adopter countries to enable adoption of existing WHO recommendations. Compile best estimates of the key indicators of the cascade of testing, care and treatment (core indicators C2, C6, C7 and C8) in the focus countries. This will be done in collaboration with our Strategic Information unit and the country intelligence system.

Key requirements for this consultancy:

Essential Education:

Master University Degree in Medicine and/or Public health

Desirable Education:

Project management certificate

Essential Work experience:

Five years of public health work experience of which at least four years in the field of HIV or Hepatitis.

Desirable Work experience:

Experience in systematic reviews, guideline development, and in WHO will be an asset. Experience in Hepatitis guideline development will be an asset.

Skills and Competencies:

• Good communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated capacity to write and communicate in English
• Ability to work as part of a team, and high level of interpersonal skills to work with Ministry of Health officials and partners
• Good organisation skills

Additional information:

The place of performance of the work under the Contract shall be on site, within the WHO premises at WHO headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland).

The implementation of the assignment may require international travel; costs for such travel will be borne by WHO according to its rules and regulations. The contractor has to be legally entitled to work in the country or countries where the work is to be carried out, and is expected to be in the possession of an unrestricted passport.

This consultancy will be initiated for 12 months, and for 12 days per month. Upon successful completion, it may be prolonged up to a maximum of 24 months as agreed upon by both parties following the conditions in the first part of the contract (but adjusted based on annual inflation) and pending on the availability of resources and performance.

No later than 30 May 2017 (17:00 CET), the bidder shall complete and return by either email or hard copy to WHO (only when this step is completed the bidder is regarded as a prospective bidder):

a) Covering letter signed by the respective authority.

b) Proposal (including, but not restricted to, technical and financial documents).

c) 2017HTMHIV008 RFP Confidentiality Undertaking form completed/signed.

d) 2017HTMHIV008 RFP Acknowledgement form completed/signed as confirmation of the bidder's intention to submit a bona fide proposal and designate its representative to whom communications may be directed, including any addenda.

e) 2017HTMHIV008 RFP Acceptance form completed/signed.

f) 2017HTMHIV008 RFP Completeness form completed/signed.

Documents to be downloaded from https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/57039.

A prospective bidder requiring any clarification on technical, contractual or commercial matters may notify WHO via email at the following address no later than 23 May 2017 (17:00 CET).

• Email for submissions of forms and/or proposal: pdifin@who.int

  (use subject: Bid Ref 2017/HTM/HIV/008)

• Mailing address for submission of proposal:

  World Health Organization --- ­­­­Mr. Jerome Peron --- HQ/HIV, PDI/FIN, D45034 --- Bid Ref: 2017/HTM/HIV/008 --- 20, Avenue Appia --- CH-1211 Geneva 27

  Refer to https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/57039 for additional information.

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The incumbent will have overall responsibility for overseeing and managing the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the health operations. This includes overseeing the communicable diseases programmes, dissemination of risk communication messages, strengthening of early warning and surveillance systems, delivery of quality health services and undertaking of operational and scientific research to improve interventions.

Essential Requirements:

Advanced university degree (Master’s level or above) in Medicine, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Systems/Services Administration or Management or related field from an accredited/recognized institute.

A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience, at the national and international level, managing health operations, with proven experience in managing outbreaks and/or health emergencies. Related experience in managing human and financial resources.

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The incumbent will provide technical guidance to the Ministry of Health and other partners in strengthening surveillance and response for priority diseases, conditions and events in the context of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) and for capacity building of national experts, in compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005).

Essential Requirements:

An advanced university degree (Master’s level or above) in Epidemiology, Statistics, Database Management or Public Health from an accredited/recognized institute.

At least seven years related experience, at the national and international levels, in quantitative epidemiology and the implementation of public health surveillance, outbreak investigation and response in humanitarian settings. Previous experience in implementation of (IDSR).

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The incumbent will act as the focal point for risk communication; overseeing that risk communications principles and practices are integrated into and implemented in all phases of the incident management cycle, that partners are coordinated, that high quality risk communications products and are developed and disseminated proactively and that people’s fears, concerns, misinformation and false rumours are proactively tracked and addressed.

Essential Requirements:

Advanced university degree (Master’s level or above) in social sciences, behavioural sciences, development sciences, communications or public health from an accredited/recognized institute.

At least seven years of related experience, at the national and international levels, in risk communication, health promotion, emergency management, part of which working in disease outbreaks or health emergencies. Proven experience in in the development and implementation of risk communications strategies and plans.

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The incumbent will provide technical, operational and coordination support on all aspects related to community engagement; ensure that community engagement is considered and planned throughout all phases of the incident management cycle and integrated within the risk management and risk mitigation procedures.

Essential Requirements:

First university degree in health promotion/health education, development, sociology, or medical anthropology from an accredited/recognized institute.

At least seven years of related experience, at the national and international levels, in risk communication, health promotion, emergency management, part of which working in disease outbreaks or health emergencies. Proven experience in in the development and implementation of risk communications strategies and plans.

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The incumbent will facilitate the development of the strategic response plans as well as the WHO operational plan, outlining the activities and resources (staffing, equipment, funding) required for WHO to perform its role as the lead technical agency in health emergencies, and more specifically as the leader of the Health Cluster in humanitarian emergencies and outbreaks. This includes collection, evaluation, processing, and dissemination of relevant information for the effective operational and strategic management of the emergency incident.

Essential Requirements:

First university degree in public health, management, business or public administration or other social sciences from an accredited/recognized institute.

A minimum of five years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in planning, developing, managing and monitoring technical programmes or operations or financial reporting, in a public health or humanitarian international context. Demonstrated experience in coordinating with and reporting on the work of diverse teams and financial resources at international level.

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The incumbent will provide technical support in planning, monitoring, evaluating, and implementing the health logistics activities with a focus on medical facilities set up and management, organization and support of mobile health activities, logistical support to vaccination campaigns, patients transportation, laboratory support (including sample transportation) and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) for the health facilities, in the context of the WHO’s emergency preparedness, recovery and response operations.

Essential Requirements:

First university degree in Health (medicine, nursing), Pharmacy or other related field from an accredited/recognized institute, with training certification in Health Logistics.

At least five (5) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in the design and implementation of health logistics assessment and/or the design and management of related projects in emergency situations. Experience in developing and promoting collaborative actions with national authorities.

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In the last five years the Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics & Neonatal Care project (CEmONC) has made significant gains and contributed to the overall reduction of maternal and neonatal mortalities in South Sudan. The five years period of the project with no cost extension of additional year and half will phase out at the end of this year 2017. It is now time to take an independent stock of the project activities including achievements, challenges and above all to document lesson learnt for future projects. The project has bring together the knowledge and expertise required from the perspective of CEmONC services at a practical operational level in the field and introduces the concept of the Maternal Waiting Homes, the first time ever in South Sudan, helping to bridge geographical gaps in addressing one of the delays that contributes to maternal mortality in the country.

During the last two months of the project implementation (from August – September 2017) the project will conduct an evaluation to determine progress in the realization of the overall and specific project objectives, expected results and ongoing activities. The evaluation process will be based on the project framework and scope. Based on the results a Final Evaluation Report will be produced.

It is intended that the evaluation will be carried out by an expert consultant with background and experience in maternal child health services. This external evaluation will look at project impact, M&E and lessons learned for future initiatives.

1.Goal and objectives of the external evaluation

Goal:

An independent external evaluation will be carried out at project end phase to evaluate the effectiveness of the project in terms of its objectives

Objectives:

· Deliverables

1. The evaluator will prepare an evaluation report that describes the evaluation and puts forward the evaluator’s findings and recommendations

2. A verbal presentation and explanation of results will be made by the evaluator to the team lead upon receiving the written report.

· Scope of the work

o The evaluator will review and analyse existing project documents provided by the Project team.

o The process of evaluation will include conducting of interviews and focus group discussions with representatives from the project team in WHO, partner organisations and collaborating agencies from NGO as well as the Ministry of Health. The evaluation will assess the immediate effect of the project

o External evaluation will also review the project management component. The evaluator will be required to attend the final Steering Committee meeting/Project review workshop to contribute to discussions pertaining to the external evaluation and its findings.

2.Method

While maintaining independence/neutrality, the evaluation will be carried out using a participatory approach, which seeks the views and assessments of all stakeholders involved . The evaluation will make use of the results of previous evaluations of this project.

3.Evaluation Time Frame

August – September 2017 (8 weeks in total) **

Composition and requirements of the consultant** · 5 years or more experience in managing Reproductive maternal neonatal child health projects or carryout an evaluation for similar project Education : Master or equivalent in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Health sciences or related field Knowledge of programming, project cycle management and monitoring and evaluation Experience in projects monitoring and evaluation Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience in producing high quality written reports Fluency in English

Elements for submission** The documents to be submitted and expressions of interest should include : CV/ resume Example of previous work done on evaluation of projects

Interested candidate are encouraged to send application ( Cover letter and CV) to:

denaries@who.int with copy to pauls@who.int and gargarm@who.int

1.Type of assignment: Short term Consultancy

2.Project Title: Strengthening Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and New-born care

3.Duration of Initial Contract: 5 months

4.Location, Country Juba, Republic of South Sudan with extensive field mission, remote locations

5.Expected starting date: Immediately

6.Brief Project Description: The project aims to make available 24/7 comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics & New-born services in 6 referral hospitals in South Sudan through institutional and organizational capacity building, improvement in capital assets, strengthening referral and provision of medical and ancillary supplies.

7.Host Agency/Host Institute: WHO, South Sudan

8.Organizational Context:

South Sudan is among 40 counties in the world with very high maternal mortality and some of the world worst health indicators. The Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics & Neonatal Care (CEmONC) Project supports the Ministry of Health and contributes to the overall reduction of maternal and neonatal mortalities. The project has had significant health and socio-economic impact, resulting from improved access to quality health care for rural populations.

Currently the project operates in six states hubs of Bor, Kuajok, Wau, Torit, Aweil and Yambio. It supports the states referral hospitals to provide emergency comprehensive obstetrics and neonatal care services. The project deployed international obstetricians and UNV midwives to provide technical supports to these hospitals in capacity building and real hands on training for local staffs. The monitoring and evaluation specialist will report to the overall project manager and work very closely with the project team. He/she will create a database for the project and helps analyze the data from the field. Overall he/she will provide support in developing and writing quarterly, annual, end of project and special reports. The M&E Officer will be one of the core team members and plays a vital role in collecting, analyzing, and sharing information that is important for the organization and the donor to make informed (evidence based) strategic decisions. Fundamental to the job is the ability to present information in a way that is easily understood by all.

9.Type of Assignment Place: Assignment without family

10.Description of Tasks:

Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the project manager and project officer the incumbent reporting, monitoring and evaluation officer will undertake the following responsibilities:

Specific Requirements

a) Develop a comprehensive robust data base system as a main repository for capturing all project data.

b) Provide database for production of key information products and support Project Officer to write quarterly, annual and end of project reports.

c) Assist in the production and updating of information products such as reports, charts and info-graphics by turning data into graphical products to convey messages and a storyline

d) Compare Health Management Information System (HMIS) data from the Ministry of Health with overall project data so as to determine impact of the project on the entire health system and continuum of care

e) Assist with training of project and Ministry of Health staff in data collection and other data and M&E tools

f) Visit 6 sites in the field for additional information for end of project report writing and establish data collection systems

g) Complete a filed assessment and desk review of the project activities and write a comprehensive end of project report

Results/Expected Outputs:

a) Clean the organizations health data, manage and develop the organizations database and analyse project information for further dissemination

b) Implement innovative information management systems for the project

c) Contribute to writing projects reports such as annual and end of project reports

d) Contribute to development of visibility and advocacy materials for the project e.g. brochures, script for video, success stories etc.

e) Any other tasks that may be required (within reason) to achieve the objective of this assignment

Conduct field visits to the 6 sites with the aim to provide project reports and first-hand information to the organization and all stakeholders.

12. Profile Requirements:

a) Qualification and experience:

Essential: The incumbent should be dynamic with good communication and writing skills. Preferably degree in Health Informatics, statistics or Biostatics. However degree in related field such as health sciences, Public Health is also desirable.

Essential: 5 years of professional experience with an emergency response or a development program.

Essential Technical Skills:

· Strong knowledge of Excel and preferably MS Access or other databases.

· Understanding of GIS/Cartographic outputs and ability to collect and organize data to support their production (potentially to be produced by others);

· Ability to present information in understandable tables, charts and graphs

· Data storage and file management expertise

· Assessment, Survey, and Monitoring and Evaluation expertise

· Communications and technical writing using both graphic and narrative presentations

· Information Technology skills

Desirable: Demonstrable experience of working in conflict African country in the last 2 years

Languages:

• Excellent knowledge of English, with the ability to work in another UN language.
• Other Skills (e.g. IT): Excellent knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc) with an emphasis on Excel and other epidemiological research application.

b)Skills:

Demonstrate knowledge in Communication, writing and data analysis skills.

c)Competencies and values:

Producing results (core)

Fostering integration and teamwork (core)

Building and promoting partnerships across the Organization and beyond (managerial)

Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences (core)

Competencies: Functional

1. Very good communication and writing skills

2. Good monitoring, evaluation and analytical skills

The documents to be submitted with expressions of interest include :

CV/ resume

Example of previous work done on evaluation of projects

Interested candidate are encouraged to send letter of application and resume to

justinw@who.int with copy to pauls@who.int and gargarm@who.int

As an integral component in the delivery of quality maternal and child health care in hospital is to establish an adequate standard for medical records. Medical records should be stored in a secure manner that allows access to authorized personnel only and safeguarded against loss or destruction and are maintained according to state requirements. However rapid assessment of in-patient medical records in six maternity hospitals in South Sudan shows noncompliance to standards and procedures. In some hospitals there are no records available for in patients whilst in other hospitals they are not organized and stored in manner that allows easy retrieval. If continuity of care for patients is to be assured, it is vital to keep good medical records, whether they are handwritten or electronic. Health professionals and others are able to use adequate medical records to reconstruct the essential parts of each patient contact, without the need to refer to memory.

Presently WHO supports the Ministry of Health in six tertiary hospitals providing comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics & Neonatal Care services with the overall goal of reducing maternal and neonatal mortalities through institutional and organizational capacity building. One of the essential components of the project is to support the establishment of standard in patient record system for the maternal & child health units in each of the six tertiary hospitals. The emphasis is on building a manual system but some discussions can be included on computerized applications which may be used as an adjunct when considering the introduction of some basic computerized systems later.

In consonance with this WHO is seeking for a qualified medical record consultant for the period of 4 months.

The aim of the consultancy is to help medical/health record workers in these hospitals to develop and manage the medical record/health information service in an effective and efficient manner.

1.Description of Tasks:

Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the project manager and project officer the incumbent will undertake the following responsibilities:

Specific requirements

1. Carryout a rapid assessment of at least 3 hospitals medical records (primarily Maternal Child Health Unit) and determine the gaps, bottlenecks, challenges and address quality issues such as poor documentation and incomplete medical records

2. Work very closely with the state M&E focal point, Hospital Director General (DG) and the hospital record clerk to provide guidance and support in the development of the medical record systems

3. Work with the hospital management or State Ministry of Health to identify a person who can be trained to support systematic health records of patients in maternity

4. Provide capacity building for the hospital record clerk

5. Implement and maintain a master plan for the hospital record system

6. developing medical/health record policies, such as the retention of medical/health records, access to patient care information, privacy, confidentiality and the release of patient information;

7. Review of medical records to ensure that they are accurate, clinically pertinent, complete and readily available for continuing patient care, medico -legal requirements, and medical research;

8. Provide training for medical staffs on the importance of medical records and ensure staffs learn to complete all the medical records of patients under their care by recording a discharge diagnosis and writing a discharge summary (where required) for each discharged patient within a specified period of time;

9. Develop SOPs for management of medical records

10. Maintains medical records operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes

11. Initiates medical record by searching master patient index; identifying existing patient records or need to assign a new number; interacting with registration areas and physicians' offices for information verification; processing or creating the record folder.

12. Visit 6 sites in the field for additional information for end of project report writing and establish data collection systems

13. Write a comprehensive report

Results/Expected Outputs:

1. One person identified and trained in each hospital to continue with the management of MNCH in-patient record

2. An initial assessment report completed and share with project team outlining problems and recommendations

3. A master plan for the MNCH record system is developed and implemented

4. Medical staff trained to support record management

5. A sustainable in-patient record system is developed

. Profile Requirements:

a) Qualification and experience:

Essential: The incumbent should be dynamic with good communication and writing skills. Preferably degree in Hospital administration, Health Informatics, statistics or Biostatics. However degree in related field such as health sciences, Public Health is also desirable.

Essential: 5 years of professional experience with an hospitals record department

Essential Technical Skills:

· Strong knowledge of Excel and preferably MS Access or other databases.

· Have experience in hospital management functions

· Data storage and file management expertise

· Assessment, Survey, and Monitoring and Evaluation expertise

· Time Management, Organization, Attention to Detail, Quality Focus, Professionalism, Productivity, Documentation Skills, Written Communication, Data Entry Management, Equipment Maintenance, Supply Management

· Medical Records Technician Skills and Qualifications:

· Capacity building skills

Desirable: Demonstrable experience of working in conflict country in the last 2 years

Languages:

• Excellent knowledge of English, with the ability to work in another UN language.
• Other Skills (e.g. IT): Excellent knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc) with an emphasis on Excel and other epidemiological research application.

b)Skills:

Demonstrate knowledge in Communication, writing and data analysis skills.

c)Competencies and values:

Producing results (core)

Fostering integration and teamwork (core)

Building and promoting partnerships across the Organization and beyond (managerial)

Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences (core)

1. The documents to be submitted with expressions of interest include :

2. o CV/ resume

3. o Example of previous work done on evaluation of projects

4. Interested candidate are encouraged to send letter of application and resume to

justinw@who.int with copy to pauls@who.int and gargarm@who.int

As part of the Country Support Team, the consultant has a key role in supporting the team to establish an information system for country support in collaboration with vSHOC efforts to set up an operational information management platform, perform health information analysis for use in different information products and contribute to the drafting of relevant documents.

BACKGROUND

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) is to help countries, and to coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

The Emergency Operations Department (EMO) of the Health Emergencies Programme is responsible for ensuring that emergency-affected populations have access to timely and effective health services. This includes ensuring a strong emergency management system (based on incident management), effective and inclusive coordination mechanisms, joint assessments and planning by partners, implementation of operations and services according to agreed standards, and strong logistics and operational support. A strong information management and intelligence is a key factor to make more informed strategic decisions on prioritization of emergency response operations.

WORK TO BE PERFORMED

Output 1: Operational Information management system for the country support is set up in the vSHOC.

Activity 1.1: Support the EOC team with the provision of operational information products and deliverables for graded and protracted crises to ensure that the information management system is up and running.

Activity 1.2: Facilitate support to Regional and Country Offices in harmonizing and strengthening data management, information products and systems as part of the implementation of best practices, including capacity building and missions.

Activity 1.2: Collect and maintain country specific information to keep operational information products of the team on track and up to date, contribute to drafting relevant information products (sitreps, briefing notes, reports, creating factsheets, etc).

Activity 1.2: Perform health information analysis for use in different information products.

Activity 1.3: Participate in any other activity that may be required to strengthen team’s capacity in the health information management.

Output 2: Overview of new global developments is produced on the weekly basis.

Activity 2.1: Support the country support team with global event monitoring including on-going emergency response monitoring in protracted settings

Activity 2.2: Harmonize data management and information products.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

University degree in Information Management, Public Health, Business or Public Administration, communication or related fields

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Essential: At least five years experience in information management, monitoring and needs assessment or work in emergencies.

Desirable: Experience with WHO, UN Agencies or NGOs or good understanding of the inter-agency collaboration.

Skills / Knowledge: Good analytical and writing skills, knowledge of data management software

Language requirements: English

WHO is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, send your CV and cover letter to DUMONT-FILLON, Dorothée at dumontfillond@who.int

Individuals are invited to submit a proposal for consultancy services relating to the provision of support to the Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Health (RMNCH) technical working group in the development of EMT minimum standards for RMNCH . The services required by the World Health Organization (WHO) are more fully described in the Terms of Reference attached to this this Request for Proposals (RFP).

Work to be performed

Perform secretariat functions for the EMT RMNCH Working Group (RMNCH WG)

• Deliverable 1.1: Coordinate and conduct the 1^st RMNCH WG face to face meeting, equivalent to 6 working days
• Deliverable 1.2: Draft minutes of the 1^st RMNCH WG face to face meeting, and circulate among its members and the EMT Strategic Advisory Group members within 10 working days of the meeting and equivalent to 6 working days
• Deliverable 1.3: Coordinate and conduct the 2^nd RMNCH WG face to face meeting, equivalent to 6 working days
• Deliverable 1.4: Draft minutes of the 2^nd RMNCH WG face to face meeting, and circulate among its members and the EMT Strategic Advisory Group members within 10 working days of the meeting and equivalent to 6 working days

Support the development of the Emergency Medical Teams minimum technical standards and recommendations for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.

• Deliverable 2.1: Produce a draft framework of minimum reproductive and maternal health interventions and commodities for EMTs in sudden onset disasters and emergencies, and equivalent to 18 working days, by:

  • Including relevant WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, PAHO, IAWG, MSF technical guidelines and national guidelines;
  • Indicating EMT level of care (Type 1 fixed and mobile, Type 2, Type 3 and Specialist cell teams); and
  • Meeting with EMT secretariat and relevant WHO staff members in Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MCA), and other departments as needed
  • Coordinating with Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) Collaborative Centre and MCA focal point for newborn and child health content

• Deliverable 2.2: Produce the final manuscript, equivalent to 18 working days, of the Emergency medical teams minimum technical standards and recommendations for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health Specific requirements

Qualifications required:

• Essential: A first university degree in healthcare or health science or fields related to Maternal and Child Health

• Desirable: An advanced degree in any of the fields related to Maternal and Child Health
  Experience required:

• Essential: Five years of experience relevant to the position, inclusive of at least two years in clinical experience in Maternal and Child Health, ideally in a low-resource setting;

• Desirable: Experience working with emergency medical teams or non-governmental organizations.
  Skills / Technical skills and knowledge:

• Experience in writing technical documents for use by clinical teams. Language requirements:

• Excellent knowledge of English essential.

The proposal should be prepared and submitted in the English language and should include the following information:

• Short CV
• Cover letter
• Sample writing material (e.g.: technical document )
• Proposed approach/methodology;
• Proposed time line; and
• Financial proposal.

Proposals should be submitted to WHO in writing no later than 10^th September 2017 at 17:00 hours by email at the following address: emteams@whot.int

Simultaneously with submitting a proposal, please enter or update (as appropriate) your details in the Personal History Form in the WHO eRecruit system: http://www.who.int/employment/en/

1.BACKGROUND

In 2016, the WHO published the WHO methodology for a global programme on surveillance of antimicrobial consumption. The purpose of this publication was to provide a common methodology for monitoring antimicrobial consumption across countries and a common metric for reporting antimicrobial consumption at the global level. This would allow monitoring of consumption trends over time at the national level, as well as facilitating comparisons between countries.

Consumption data can serve several purposes, e.g.

• Relate exposure to antimicrobials to the development of antimicrobial resistance

• Serve as early warning signs of changes in exposure and utilization of antimicrobials, and thereby allowing timely interventions

• Monitor outcomes related to the interventions

• Raise awareness among prescribers, consumers and policy makers, and be used to inform national policy.

The WHO has worked closely with Member States to disseminate the methodology and train national staff in implementing surveillance systems on antimicrobial consumption. An electronic training can help facilitate the learning process and disseminate the methodology to a wider audience. This is especially relevant if new recruits do not have access to in-person training, or if participants in the trainings are not the technical personnel collecting the data. Additionally, the training modules supplement the in-person training workshops; they can be viewed as repetition of the content if distributed in connection with or after the training.

It is expected that the monitoring of the antimicrobial consumption data will soon be incorporated in the WHO Global AMR Surveillance System (GLASS) data-sharing platform. After the incorporation process, national teams reporting antimicrobial consumption will submit data directly to the GLASS platform. The last module of the training will introduce the Global Surveillance System (GLASS) and summarize how to submit and utilize data at the GLASS platform.

2.Purpose of the work:

To develop 6 training modules on the WHO methodology for surveillance of antimicrobial consumption that facilitate the dissemination of the methodology to Member States and supplements the learning process, and to format the modules for remote downloading and make the content accessible offline.

3.Work to be performed:

Objective 1: To develop six training modules on the WHO methodology for surveillance of antimicrobial consumption in English (Table 1).

Outputs

Output 1.1 Develop detailed outlines of all six training modules on the WHO methodology for surveillance of antimicrobial consumption

Output 1.2 Deliver the training modules in their final form and record them in a downloadable format

Planned timelines:

Start date: 01/12/2017

End date: 16/02/2018

4.Key requirements for this assignment:

Characteristics of the provider:

• Experience with developing training modules and teaching

• Understanding of the antimicrobial use and consumption

Language requirement

· English – expert level (reading, writing, speaking

5.Additional information:

All work under this consultancy will be home-based and carried out at the contractor’s usual place of residence.

The implementation of the assignment may require international travel; costs for such travel will be borne by WHO according to its rules and regulations. The contractor has to be legally entitled to work in the country or countries where the work is to be carried out, and is expected to be in the possession of an unrestricted passport.

Please refer to this link for all required documents: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/62698

1. Submission of proposals: No later than 20 October 2017 (17:00 CET), the bidder shall complete and return by email to WHO (only when this step is completed the bidder is regarded as a prospective bidder):

a) Covering letter signed by the respective authority. b) Proposal (including, technical and financial documents). c) RFP Confidentiality Undertaking form completed/signed. d) RFP Acknowledgement form completed/signed as confirmation of the bidder's intention to submit a bona fide proposal and designate its representative to whom communications may be directed, including any addenda. e) RFP Acceptance form completed/signed.
f) RFP Completeness form completed/signed.

A prospective bidder requiring any clarification on technical, contractual or commercial matters may notify WHO via email at the following address no later than 15 October 2017 (16:00 CET).

• Email for submissions of forms and proposal: iauinfo@who.int (use subject: Bid Ref HQ/HIS/EMP/IAU/2017/003)