Senior Public Health Specialist

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Description

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• The incumbent will perform all or part of the following, and other related responsibilities as required by the needs of the office.
• Work under the guidance of the head of the WHO country office
• Provide technical and managerial leadership to the programme in one or more areas of Healthier Populations (UHC/HP), i.e., Adolescent Health and Development; Health Promotion and Social Determinants of Health (HPD); Nutrition and Food Safety (NUT); Tobacco and Reduction of Other Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors (TNR); Violence, or Injuries and Disabilities (VID), ensuring that the activities are carried out efficiently and effectively.
• Directly provide, and/or coordinate the provision of, specialist technical advice and support to the Ministry of Health to strengthen the national health system through the formulation, and implementation of work programmes under the (UHC/HP) portfolio, in consultation with national counterparts.
• Develop and propose national strategies, policies, and public health development initiatives to improve the planning and management of existing health promotion/public health systems for implementation in collaboration with the national authorities.
• Oversee and coordinate work plans and budgets, including resource mobilization, and monitoring the implementation of planned activities, for the HP work programme.
• Serve as the lead technical resource concerning the multi-sectoral integration of Healthier Populations programmes and mainstreaming of cross-cutting themes, such as health equity, social justice, and elimination of exclusion.
• Lead, coordinate and implement programmes for capacity building in health promotion/public health systems and the management and financing of the systems.
• Generate innovative proposals for the extension of health-care networks and the development of mechanisms of social health protection.
• Guide the adaptation and implementation of evidence-based norms, standards, guidelines, and tools in the broad health promotion programme areas.
• Lead, coordinate, conduct research, and disseminate information on best practices and partners’ experiences in implementing programmes for sustainable, health promotion/public health systems.
• Mobilize and optimize resources for the respective projects and programmes including through partnerships with donors and development partners (United Nations/multilateral, and bilateral).
• Represent WHO in designated forums and function as a technical advisor to the public concerning sustainable health systems in health promotion that contribute to health equity, and elimination of exclusion.

• Advanced university degree (master’s level) in a relevant field (such as public health).

• A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible work experience relevant to the position (in developing and implementing public health, capacity-building policies/strategies and programmes) a significant part of this to have been obtained at an international level. A minimum of 4 years of experience in Healthier Population programmes.
• Demonstrated professional experience working at the country and/or regional level providing technical advice and services to Member States and other partners on public health programmes. Experience managing diverse teams

• The development of innovative approaches and solutions in Healthier Populations’ (HP) health systems’ capacity building.
• Technical aspects of HP health systems development and management at country level.
• Facilitation of consensus and participation in resource mobilization activities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including for reports, presentations and technical documents.
• Ability to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, projects and programmes
• Conducting research, analysis data and results, and design studies.
• Review and revision of policies and objectives of assigned programme and activities.
• Innovation, integration, synthesis and communication of complex health-policy concepts and ideas.

• Expert knowledge of English.

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