Gender, Equity, and Human Rights Officer

Update

The WHO country office in Guinea-Bissau is implementing the Programme Budget 2024-25 contributing to the vision that promotes “the universality of access to services at all levels of health, by promoting solidarity of all by guaranteeing the right to health and contributing to the financing of health care and ensure of equity in the distribution of resources and the utilization of services, the safeguarding of human dignity and the preservation of the physical and moral integrity of users and providers “. WHO is also supporting the implementation of the National Health Development Plan 2023-2028 which seeks to accelerate progress toward universal health care coverage, ensuring that no one is left behind in Guinea-Bissau.
The Gender, Equity and Human Rights Officer will support efforts to mainstream gender in all project activities delivered by WHO and national counterparts. The incumbent will also monitor and capture gender-sensitive data and promote the integration of human rights-based approaches in WHO programming and across all projects.

This United Nations Volunteers (UNV) assignment is part of WHO’s project Peace building in support of Health sector governance.

Under the direct supervision of the Health Planning Advisor/, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Life course Team lead, the UN Volunteer will contribute to the attainment of the SDGs 3 and 5 associated to Universal Health Coverage and Pilar 3: Healthier populations.

The UN Volunteer will be responsible to:

1. Support generation of strategic information to address priorities under Healthier populations Pilar including fostering intersectoral collaboration addressing risk factors and behaviour change.

2. Support capacity building initiatives in collaboration with national institutions including research initiatives and support the implementation of WHO gender and youth activities in accordance with existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

3. Support WHO project teams to deliver activities – including planning, implementation, and reporting as well as documenting relevant case studies.

4. Monitor and capture gender-sensitive data and other relevant information for integration into project outcomes, and indicators and further support project teams in data analysis and annual work plan development.

5. Organise activities and provide support to strengthen capacity of project implementation partners—government counterparts and CSOs, target groups both at the national and regional levels and organize trainings, workshops to facilitate delivery of workplan activities.

6. Support the development of gender sensitive Information, Education and Communication (IEC materials to support project implementation efforts).

7. Ensure completion of technical reports, annual reports in line with Program Budget Workplan in a timely manner.

He/she is also expected to contribute to delivery of UNDSCF 2022-26 Outcome on Human capital development through the Strategic objectives relevant to Health and its social determinants.