Consultant – Rehabilitation (Strengthen Health Information Systems for Rehabilitation) at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

To contribute to the development of technical tools to strengthen health information systems for rehabilitation and contribute to their implementation. 

Deliverables

Objective 1: Finalizing the RHIS-rehabilitation toolkit.
Outputs:

• 1.1 Pilot test the training materials: a trainer’s Guide and accompanying training material with dashboard exercise by conducting training sessions in countries and obtaining feedback.
• 1.2 Publish training materials including a trainer’s Guide and a dashboard exercise.
• 1.3 Develop a rehabilitation patient tracker for inclusion in DHIS.

Objective 2: Developing and pilot test global tracer indicator for rehabilitation.
Outputs:

• 2.1 Publish discussion paper on effective coverage of rehabilitation.
• 2.2 Conduct expert consultations on data collection of effective coverage of rehabilitation through population-based surveys.
• 2.3 Draft scientific publication for peer-review journal on data collection of the effective coverage of rehabilitation through population-based surveys.
• 2.4 Conduct surveys, in which the variables needed to collected information for the effective coverage of rehabilitation can be included, identified.

Objective 3: Developing the second edition of the Rehabilitation Indicator Menu, Second Edition.
Outputs:

• 3.1 Develop draft revised menu.
• 3.2 Conduct expert consultations on the draft menu.
• 3.3 Identify of global and regional rehabilitation indicators.
• 3.4 Finalize and publishing second edition of the Rehabilitation Indicator menu including global and regional indicators.

Objective 4: Providing technical guidance to countries for the implementation of WHO ‘Routine Health Information Systems- Rehabilitation toolkit’.
Outputs:

• 4.1 Provide technical guidance to 5 countries for the implementation of WHO ‘Routine Health Information Systems - Rehabilitation toolkit’, including a reporting readiness assessment, definition of country facility indicators, training on data entry and analysis.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in public health or a related field.

Desirable: 

• University degree in a rehabilitation science, such as rehabilitation medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, prosthetics and orthotics, or similar.

Experience

Essential:

• Over 10 years of experience in rehabilitation.
• Demonstrated experience in project management and collaboration.
• Previous experience working with health information systems.
• Demonstrated experience writing scientific publications.

Desirable: 

• Demonstrated experience in writing technical documents.
• Previous experience with WHO or other UN agencies.
• Experience working in low- or middle-income countries on implementation of projects/programmes related to rehabilitation or public health.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Advanced technical knowledge in public health and rehabilitation.

• Excellent skills in evidence synthesis and appraisal.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Closing Date: May 9, 2023,