Overview
Provide technical support and mobilize expertise for the development and implementation of national health policies, strategies, and plans to strengthen the country’s health system, moving towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Key Responsibilities
- Provide and mobilize technical advice to the government and national stakeholders on the design, implementation, and evaluation of national health policies for health system strengthening to move towards universal health coverage (UHC).
- Strengthen the capacity of national stakeholders to organize and lead an effective health policy dialogue and reform the implementation process.
- Develop an aligned, service-delivery vision to strengthen public health and primary care services.
- Transform health financing arrangements for universal health coverage, including improving governance and accountability.
- Align other critical system functions such as human resource and accessible policies for medicines and technologies, as well as strengthened governance arrangements.
- Improve and implement a monitoring and evaluation framework for health systems strengthening.
- Provide models and approaches in evidence- informed, health policy implementation and health systems’ strengthening.
- Identify synergies and networking between the WHO country office and other UN organizations, non-state actors, and international donors.
- Establish and strengthen links and partnerships with public and private institutions, non- governmental agencies and scientific bodies.
- Demonstrate the impact of reforms on health outcomes and UHC through facilitating impact evaluations.
Required Experience
- A minimum of seven years of work experience relevant to the position (such as in health-sector policy, strategy development, and planning), with some of it obtained in an international work environment.
- Specific experience required in health financing.
- A minimum of four years of experience is required in a governmental institution or international organization serving either (i) resource-limited countries or (ii) middle-income countries.
- Experience in health sector assessments analyses, evaluation, and reporting.
- A track record in consensus building and enlisting cooperation by diverse national stakeholders.
- Some of the above-listed experience to have been obtained at an international level.
Qualifications
- Essential: Advanced university degree (master’s level) in public health, health systems/services administration, health management or health related field or formal, equivalent qualifications in International/global health policy or in similar fields.
- Desirable: Post-graduate training or specialization in health systems and/or health planning, management, or health economics.
