Consultant – Vision and Eye Care at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

To contribute to the planning and development of a competency-based framework for eye care, focused on high demand purposes such as refractive error care, and to the planning and development of evidence-based vision and eye health screening handbook covering relevant periods across the life course.

Deliverables: 

Objective 1: Contribute to the planning and development of an adapted competency framework for eye care, focused on high demand purposes such as refractive error care.

Outputs:

• 1.1 Collaborate with the WHO Vision and Eye Care Programme to establish a technical working group to contribute to the development of the adapted eye care competency framework;
• 1.2 Contribute to the development of a draft eye care competency framework focused on refractive error care;
• 1.3 Contribute to the development of an operational plan for the pilot testing of the adapted framework in 2 countries from 2 WHO regions.

Objective 2: Contribute to the planning and development of evidence-based vision and eye health screening handbook covering relevant periods across the life course.

Outputs:

• 2.1 Collaborate with the WHO Vision and Eye Care Programme to establish a technical working group to contribute to the development of the screening handbook;
• 2.2 Contribute to the development of a draft vision screening handbook and organize a peer review process to obtain expert feedback.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• First University degree in one of the specialties of eye care.
• Advanced university degree in public health or a related field.

Experience

Essential:

• Over 5 years of experience in an eye care related field.
• Demonstrated experience in project management and collaboration in the field of public health.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Closing Date: Jan 37, 2023