Jobs at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

To contribute to various activities within the biosafety and biosecurity team including the following critical areas:

• WHO biosafety risk assessment tool development.
• Virtual Reality (VR) immersive training modules management.
• Electronic infectious substances shipping training (eISST) course management, including enrollment and update of its database system.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1: 

• Sense check the draft WHO biosafety risk assessment tool and amend as necessary.
• Perform internal test running of the risk assessment tool and further develop as required.
• Contribute to the conversion of the risk assessment tool into App format.

Expected by: 31.01.2023.

Deliverable 2:  

• Contribute to the development of the VR training modules alongside the VR package service provider ensuring accurate inclusion of biosafety information. 
• Test run the end products.

Expected by: 31.03.2023

Deliverable 3: 

• Facilitate the eISST course enabling smooth access and operation of the online training package.     

Expected by: 28.04.2023

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• University degree in health-related, biological or medical sciences.

Desirable: 

• Qualification in a biosafety-related course.

Experience

Essential:

• At least 3 years of experience in microbiology, biomedical research, high containment or related.

Desirable:

• Experience in teaching or training. 
• Working experience in resource-limited countries and/or WHO.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Knowledge in laboratory biosafety and/or biosecurity.
• Presentation skills.
• Proven capacity in networking sensitively, cooperatively and productively with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven project facilitation skills.

Closing Date : Nov 14, 2022

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Purpose of consultancy

The consultant will contribute to the preparatory work towards the release of health expenditure data on the Global Health Expenditure Database. More specifically:

• WHO Health Accounts Production Tool (HAPT), in particular extracting data and proposing solutions to production teams to handle difficulties they may encounter with the study files. 
• WHO Health Accounts Database Management System (DMS), in particular extracting data, building/editing reports and fixing any bugs.
• Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED), in particular with the preparation and publication of health accounts data, country profiles, etc. to the public web portal.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1 – HAPT – Expected by June 2023.

• Activity 1.1: Troubleshoot all corrupt studies or bugs brought to WHO’s attention.
• Activity 1.2: Investigate any HAPT or HAAT bugs identified by end users or health accounts team.
• Activity 1.3: Conversion of HAPT files into CSV files.

Deliverable 2 – DMS – Expected by June 2023.

• Activity 2.1: Extract data as per specifications given by the WHO team.
• Activity 2.2: Quality check of data issues within DMS.
• Activity 2.3: Investigate and correct any bugs or errors with DMS.

Deliverable 3 – GHED – Expected by April 2023.

• Activity 3.1: Publish health accounts data on GHED.
• Activity 3.2: Publish full data download file and country profiles.
• Activity 3.3: Investigate and correct any bugs or errors with GHED.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• University degree in computer programming, or related field.

Experience

Essential:

• At least five years of working experience related to computer programming.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge on the Prognoz Platform, HAPT and DMS.
• Knowledge of the Global Health Expenditure Database.

Closing Date : Nov 15, 2022

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Purpose of consultancy

To facilitate  the preparatory and implementation phases of the WHO PPH treatment trial, according to ICH Guidelines and HRP standard operating procedures.

Deliverables

The consultant will facilitate the preparation and conduct the trial mentioned above, ensuring that the trial milestones are achieved in a timely manner and as per trial budget.

During the Trial setup the consultant is expected to:

• Contribute to the preparation of the trial documents, including protocol, data collection forms and manual of operations.
• Draft trial documents for WHO scientific and ethics reviews and liaise obtaining approvals.
• Provide technical guidance to countries during preparion of the submission packages to local Institutional Review Boards and Drug Regulatory approvals processes, including country adaptation of informed consents.

During the Trial implementation the consultant is expected to:

• Monitor CRO’s activities and identify events during the conduct of the trial that might impact on achievement of trial milestones. Work jointly with the trial manager in implementing solutions to ensure that the trial is conducted as per budget and timelines.
• Provide technical guidance to the trial team in the preparation of information notes. 
• Assist the technical unit in the close-up of trial sites by ensuring that countries’ trial master files are complete and that source documents are correctly archived.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• A first-level university degree in social or medical sciences with training in obstetrics and gynecology.

Desirable: 

• Postgraduate degree in health care research.

Experience

Essential:

• At least 6 years of relevant experience in obstetrics and gynaecology, including at least 3 years of relevant experience in collaborating in clinical research studies. 

Desirable:

• Experience in maternal health research, including postpartum hemorrhage. Experience at the national and international levels.
• Experience at the national and international levels.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Effective communication, organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to work independently and to effectively prioritize tasks.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people from different cultures.
• Multitasking and execution skills.
• Proficiency with computer skills.

Closing Date : Nov 9, 2022

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Purpose of consultancy

To update the Status of Tobacco Production and Trade in Africa Report, country fact sheets and global infographic for publication in 2023.

Deliverables

The consultant will carry out data analysis and collate the information in a print ready format as well as will suggest further refinement of the report and country factsheets, as well as a global infographic to summarize findings.

The consultant will provide the final analysis and a written manuscript for peer-review by 15 December 2022.

• Objective 1: To review data bases such as WHO, FAO, UN COMTRADE, World Bank to generate the information needed to update the country factsheets and the African report
• Objective 2: To conduct an analysis of the results for generating key messages for communications / advocacy, on latest tobacco growing and trade trends globally, regionally and at national level
• Objective 3: To produce a manuscript for peer-review and contribute to a full WHO report, global infographic and country factsheets.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

Minimum first university degree in epidemiology and/or data management or related area. 

Desirable:

Advanced university degree in epidemiology and/or data management or related area.

Experience

Essential:

At least 5 years of proven experience in conducting systematic reviews and writing research reports.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the related WHO rules, regulations, procedures, and practices.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Knowledge of tobacco production and trade
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment to produce results under pressure and meet deadlines.
• High level of analytical and communication skills with attention to detail.

Closing Date : Nov 7, 2022