🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ World Health Organization (WHO) – 7 Positions

Job Title: Consultant - Data Analysis and Visualization

Job ID: 2409681
Location: Anywhere
Job type: Full-time
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 1 - 11 months
Organization: HQ/FCV Humanitarian Intervention WHE
Travel: The consultant is expected to travel.

Purpose of Consultancy

• Facilitate the timely production of high-quality, data-centric descriptive reports and infographics for countries using the Health Service Availability and Monitoring System (HeRAMS).
• Maintain and further develop the existing codebase for descriptive data analysis and data quality assurance.

Background

• To support countries with continuous analysis and dissemination of HeRAMS results, the HeRAMS support team has developed a suite of products and services designed to assist countries in monitoring data quality, conducting detailed descriptive analyses, and producing comprehensive descriptive reports.

Deliverables
Output 1: Development of HeRAMS standard descriptive reports and infographics:

• Deliverable 1.1: Produce HeRAMS standard descriptive reports and other descriptive analyses based on country requests.
• Deliverable 1.2: Review existing workflows, identify areas for improvement, and develop an enhanced process to ensure the quality and accuracy of products. (First draft expected by March 2025)
• Deliverable 1.3: Design and pilot new, complementary data centric information products based on country request.

Output 2: Configuration and development of data quality monitoring tools:

• Deliverable 2.1: Adapt existing data quality scripts and templates for new countries implementing HeRAMS.
• Deliverable 2.2.  Review existing templates and contribute to the development additional templates to support countries with monitoring and enhancing data quality. (First draft by June 2025)

Output 3: Maintenance and documentation of data analysis scripts:

• Deliverable 3.1: Identify and ensure the timely resolution of bugs and errors reported by team members.
• Deliverable 3.2: Contribute to the development of comprehensive documentations for scripts and workflows, including detailed inline comments and user-friendly SOPs tailored for non-technical users. (Expected by June 2025)

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• First university degree in data science or a related field with strong focus on data analysis and quantitative methods including but not limited to statistics, epidemiology, finance or quantitative economics.

Desirable:

• Postgraduate degree in a related discipline.

Experience:
Essential:

• At least 3 years of relevant experience in data analysis in public health with demonstrated experience using R.

Desirable:

• Experience in data analysis on the monitoring of health services.
• Experience working with WHO or other UN/International Agencies in related areas.

Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:

• Advanced knowledge of R.
• Basic knowledge of Adobe suite with particular focus on Adobe InDesign.
• Basic knowledge of ArcGIS Pro.

Desirable:

• Basic knowledge of PowerBI.
• Intermediate knowledge of Python.

Languages and level required:
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Remuneration

• Band level A: USD 3,955 - 6,980 per month.

Application Closing Date
24th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Artificial Intelligence Specialist Consultant Roster

Job ID: 2409669
Location: Anywhere
Job type: Full-time
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 1 - 11 months
Organization: EU/CPS Division of Country Health Policies and Systems
Travel: The consultant is expected to travel.

Purpose of consultancy

• To enhance the capacity of the Data, Evidence and Digital Health (DDH) programme and support its work, a roster of qualified specialists/consultants in artificial intelligence (AI) is being established.
• This roster will feature a diverse group of experts, representing various technical domains, regions, genders, and levels of experience.
• In this context, AI encompasses all current and emerging domains and sub-domains, including but not limited to Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Expert Systems, Robotics, and Data Science.
• These areas will be applied across various health contexts, such as clinical diagnosis and decision support, care delivery, health promotion, health systems, health information systems, and public health.

Background

• Strengthening Digital Health is a key priority identified in the European Programme of Work (EPW)1.
• The Data, Evidence and Digital Health programme (DDH), part of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems (CPS) at the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe), coordinates the digital health flagship.
• It provides technical and policy guidance on the safety and efficacy of digital health solutions, while ensuring that health equity, gender equality, equity, and human rights remain central in their implementation.
• Through its work, the DHH supports countries to leverage the use of digital technologies to improve the interface between people and health services, enhance health system performance, and strengthen critical public health functions, including disease surveillance, early warning, and risk assessment.
• The DDH unit also monitors and measures progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Triple Billion Goals, while developing and implementing a measurement framework for the EPW.
• It offers strategic direction, technical assistance, and tailored support to countries to strengthen their capacity to generate timely, credible, reliable, and actionable data.
• Additionally, the unit seeks to develop new approaches and methodologies for the use of new digital technologies in healthcare, such as telemedicine and big data, to complement traditional methods for measuring and monitoring health status and health system performance.
• The key priorities for the DDH unit are outlined in the Regional Digital Health Action Plan for the WHO European Region 2023–2030 (RC72)2.

Deliverables

• Experts on the roster will collaborate with WHO Europe technical units, country offices, and partners to support the development of data and digital health products, with a particular focus on AI implementation across the identified health contexts.
• They will provide consultancy to strengthen all areas relevant to and impacting the implementation of responsible and ethical AI at the national level for countries of the WHO European Region. This includes expertise across a range of socio-political, technical, and operational aspects of AI in health, such as:
• AI strategy, policy, governance, legislation, regulation, and financing
• National and cross-border sourcing for training, testing, and validating AI models
• Application of standards and data quality measures to AI, facilitating its reliability, accuracy and transparency
• AI computing architectures (native, cloud, and quantum computing)
• Security of AI systems
• Research, ethics, gender, equity, and human rights considerations in AI operations
• In achieving the scope of work outlined in the objectives above, the consultant will deliver a portfolio of the following products and activities tailored on a case-by-case basis to an individual request for support made by the DDH programme:

Provide assistance to the Data and Digital Health Programme and WHO Country Offices on strengthening AI strategy and governance in countries, including:

• Support the development of policies and guidelines related to the ethical and responsible use of AI in health, in alignment with WHO's strategic objectives;
• Conduct assessments that evaluate existing and proposed strategy/policy/action plans of AI along with situational analyses and baseline evaluation of AI implementations;
• Conduct mapping and analysis of existing and proposed governance models, along with the regulatory and legislative frameworks for AI, in the WHO European Region;
• Provide expert and specialized advice and technical leadership on the attainment of programme objectives and execution options, developing concrete proposals and implementation plans for concrete actions;
• Conduct research and analysis on emerging trends, opportunities, and challenges in the field of AI and health to inform policy development;

Provide technical guidance and support related to the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of AI services and applications and their integration into existing national health system and public health environments, including:

• Provide support and guidance to implementing teams in the country to ensure the success of implementation and scale-up of AI activities;
• Provide technical assistance and support to countries in developing their own AI strategies and frameworks for health;
• Provide guidance to countries on the development of regulatory and legislative frameworks supporting implementation and scaling of AI and that enshrine gender, equity, and human rights.

Support implementation of capacity-building activities in countries to strengthen knowledge of AI, and the data and data subsystems used to train, test, and validate AI. This includes:

• Design and/or delivery of capacity-building workshops in countries to address the planning, implementation, management, resource requirements, governance, and integration of AI as part of national health system transformation programmes;
• Develop and deliver training programs, workshops, and capacity-building initiatives to enhance understanding of AI technologies among WHO staff and Member States;

Promote and strengthen collaboration for AI with partners operating at the national and regional levels and through multi-country/multi-stakeholder AI networks hosted by WHO Europe. This includes:

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including governments, academia, industry partners, and civil society organizations, to gather input and build consensus on AI policy priorities;
• Support with organizing and facilitating events and workshops to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between experts and stakeholders in the field of AI and foster international cooperation and collaboration as well as the exchange of expertise.
• The exact format of each individual support request is to be agreed on a case-by-case basis between CPS/DDH and the consultant prior to the commencement of any work.

Qualifications, experience, skills, and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• First university degree in science/computer science/data science, digital health, public health, or medical informatics.

Desirable:

• Relevant AI specialized training and/or additional university degree in any of the above fields.

Experience
Essential:

• Minimum of five years combined national and international work experience in designing, implementing, managing, and/or assessing health AI programmes and services including the design and implementation of strategy and policy for AI in health.

Desirable:

• Experience in management and oversight of complex AI and/or enterprise digital service implementation and operation in large-scale healthcare or public health environments.
• Experience in designing and conducting workshops for a multi-stakeholder audience.
• Experience in public health or working with health ministries in delivering rolling programmes of work to achieve national health policy objectives.

Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:

• Technical knowledge in one or more AI domains/sub-domains
• Expertise in the assessment, planning, development, and implementation of digital transformation projects and programmes for national health systems and AI solutions.
• Knowledge on how to integrate gender, equity, and human rights considerations into digital environments and AI solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of international regulation and directives affecting the design of AI solutions and the data subsystems supporting its training, testing, and validation.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of and/or certification in an internationally recognized project management methodology.
• Ability to provide technical feedback and to engage senior health policymakers in constructive dialogue when needed.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate complex issues and assess conflicting opinions.
• Excellent writing skills for developing clear and comprehensive assessment and recommendation reports.
• Knowledge of public health principles, healthcare management, and health service delivery.
• Experience working with national and international agencies involved in AI, data, and digital health.

Languages required:
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of Russian.

Remuneration

• Remuneration will depend on the nature of work including in terms of responsibilities, complexity, required degree of specialization by the work to be performed.
• It will also depend upon the knowledge, qualifications, experience and skills required and applied in accordance with WHO’s national or international consultant’s pay band ranges.

Application Closing Date
11th February, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Consultant - Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Surveillance

Job ID: 2409455
Location: Anywhere
Job type: Full-time
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 9.5 months
Organization: HQ/EHI High Impact Epidemics WHE
Travel: The consultant is expected to travel.

Purpose of consultancy

• To facilitate and coordinate epidemiological technical support to countries for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) surveillance and disease burden estimation.

Background

• The WHO RSV surveillance project leverages the capacities of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) to monitor the geographic spread, seasonality, disease burden and genetic evolution of the RSV.
• With the licensure of RSV prevention products by regulatory authorities, WHO intends to strengthen capacities for integrated surveillance and RSV disease burden estimation in low- and lower-middle income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia to better inform the development and introduction of RSV prevention products as they become widely available and affordable in the coming years.

Deliverables

• Deliverable 1: Finalize RSV surveillance dashboard.
• Deliverable 2: Finalize list of participating countries.
• Deliverable 3: Finalize RSV data management plan.
• Deliverable 4: Organize project orientation workshop for countries.
• Deliverable 5: Develop RSV disease burden estimation training materials.
• Deliverable 6: Integrate RSV in weekly monitoring reports of respiratory activity.
• Deliverable 7: Develop RSV integrated surveillance protocols.
• Deliverable 8: Develop RSV disease burden estimation protocols.
• Deliverable 9: Develop and test RSV sentinel site scoping, assessment tools.
• Deliverable 10: Finalize RSV fact sheets for 6 countries.
• Deliverable 11: Finalize RSV fact sheets for 19 countries.
• Deliverable 12: Develop RSV draft manuscripts.
• Deliverable 13: Finalize RSV manuscripts.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• Advanced University degree in epidemiology, statistics, public health.

Experience:
Essential:

• At least 8 years of work experience in disease surveillance, disease burden preferably for RSV, influenza, or other respiratory viruses.

Desirable:

• Work experiences with GISRS at national level.

Skills/Knowledge
Essential:

• Excellent skills in epidemiological surveillance, statistics, writing and communication.

Desirable:

• Excellent skills in monitoring, evaluation of surveillance programs.

Languages and level required
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of French

Remuneration

• Band level B: USD 7,000 - 9,980 per month

Application Closing Date
24th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Consultant - Surveillance on Meningitis

Job ID: 2409625
Location: Anywhere
Job type: Full-time
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 1 - 11 months
Organization: HQ/EHI High Impact Epidemics WHE
Travel: The consultant is expected to travel.

Purpose of consultancy

• To provide technical expertise to deliver on the surveillance pillar of the defeat meningitis by 2030 roadmap at all levels of the organization by enhancing e-surveillance implementation and disease surveillance standards.

Background

• In 2020, the WHA adopted the defeating meningitis by 2030 roadmap. Within this roadmap, three visionary goals were set: 1) to eliminate bacterial meningitis epidemics, 2) to reduce cases of vaccine-preventable bacterial meningitis by 50% and deaths by 70%, and 3) to reduce disability and improve quality of life after meningitis due to any cause. The consultant will focus their work on the first two goals of the roadmap, specifically within the pillar of disease surveillance.

Deliverables

• The consultant is expected to conduct most activities within the contract with little supervision while working collaboratively with the rest of the meningitis teams in HQ and the region.
• Deliverable 1: develop the meningitis SMART guidelines in conjunction with the Surveillance Systems Department by the end of the consultancy.
• Deliverable 2: throughout the consultancy, coordinate the DHIS2 developers group by coordinating the development of the technical products and the administrative procedures of the developers group.
• Deliverable 3: implement jointly with AFRO the DHIS2 the implementation of the DHIS2-developed dashboards for automatic sitreps and ICG requests in four countries in the AFRO region.
• Deliverable 4: implement jointly with EMRO the implementation of the e-surveillance dashboards in two countries in EMRO.
• Deliverable 5: by the end of the consultancy, write a manuscript for a peer-reviewed publication about the e-surveillance project with examples from the countries.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• A first university degree in epidemiology, demography, statistics, health sciences, medicine/veterinary sciences or a related discipline that includes quantitative methods.
• An advanced university degree in a health-related field or epidemiology.
• Completion of a field epidemiology training programme (FETP).

Desirable:

• PhD in one of the above-related areas.

Experience:
Essential:

• Five to seven years of relevant experience at national and international levels, including demonstrated roles in implementing public health surveillance and data analysis methods.

Desirable:

• Experience working with WHO, especially at the regional or national level.
• Experience using DHIS2, with a main focus on developing DHIS2 dashboards and questionnaires. If no experience with DHIS2 is available, experience with other dashboards, electronic data collection tools, and statistical software (R, Stata, SAS) would also be desirable.

Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:

• Management of surveillance systems and development of surveillance workflows and questionnaires.
• Survey setting skills to develop sampling strategies and associated questionnaires.
• Use of statistical software for data analysis such as R.

Languages and level required:
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.
• Intermediate knowledge of French.

Desirable:

• Expert knowledge of  French.
• Intermediate knowledge of Arabic or Spanish.

Remuneration

• Band level B: USD 7,000 - 9,980 per month
• Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited).

Application Closing Date
24th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Consultant - Senior Technical Support Global Initiative to Support Parents

Job ID: 2500073
Location: Anywhere
Job type: Part-time
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 4 months
Organization: HQ/PVL Violence Prevention

Purpose of consultancy

• To contribute to scaling up the efforts of Global Initiative to Support Parents.

Background

• The Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) aims to increase access to parenting and caregiver support so that every child can receive the support they need during the first two decades of life and across the life course. GISP works with governments, civil society partners, researchers, donors, and other partners to ensure all parents everywhere get the support they need when they need it.
• GISP is coordinated by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), Parenting for Lifelong Health at the University of Oxford, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). GISP works with partners to scale parenting support worldwide through taking the following collective actions:
• Scale: Invest in proven, cost-effective parenting interventions while building capacity to sustain delivery of the services.
• Innovate: Design new digital and hybrid approaches that leverage technology to lower costs, increase uptake and reach underserved populations.
• Generate Evidence: Test innovation through real-world trials, optimization studies on core components, and implementation research across contexts at scale.
• Advocate: Investing in advocacy for the uptake of parenting interventions through policy advocacy and public and private financing.
• GISP consists of multiple working groups of the coordinating agencies (including technical, advocacy, communications, and senior management groups), regional organizing teams, and a Donor Advisory Group. GISP is coordinated by a Global Coordinator on behalf of all agencies to support GISP’s ongoing maintenance and platform. With coordinating partners’ grants continuing into future years, there is need for a sustained GISP coordinator for the first four months of his/her contract.

Deliverables
The consultant will be responsible for the following key tasks:

• Develop and finalize country parenting pledges analysis for GISP partners and potentially the GISP website.
• Contribute to the Common Elements project with Harvard University and develop the next steps of the initiative in collaboration with GISP partners and Harvard University.
• Facilitate the planning and implementation of GISP's quarter 1 townhall/webinar.
• Facilitate GISP in-person annual meeting and follow-up.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• First university degree especially related to parenting or a similar field.

Desirable:

• Advanced university degree especially related to parenting or a similar field.

Experience:
Essential:

• 5 to 10 years of work experience in a similar role, including partner coordination and working at global level.

Desirable:

• Experience in building and managing partnerships to advance collaboration strategies.

Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:

• Strong negotiation skills and ability to build consensus and manage conflict of interest
• Strong conceptual/analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and information and produce coherent reports and frameworks
• Exceptional writing and verbal skills for communicating with broad and diverse stakeholders
• Project management and organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Knowledge and experience with international organizations and/or global partnerships
• Ability to work autonomously combined with experience working remotely and in support of programs abroad
• Proven ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail when working to tight deadlines
• Passion for WHO’s mission to end all forms of violence against children

Languages and level required:
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic

Remuneration

• Band level B: USD 350 - 499 per day.
• Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited).

Application Closing Date
24th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Consultant - Coordinator Global Initiative to Support Parents

Job ID: 2409967
Location: Anywhere
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 11 months
Organization: HQ/PVL Violence Prevention

Purpose of consultancy

• To contribute to coordination, advocacy and accountability efforts of the Global Initiative to Support Parents.

Background

• The Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) aims to increase access to parenting and caregiver support so that every child can receive the support they need during the first two decades of life and across the life course. GISP works with governments, civil society partners, researchers, donors, and other partners to ensure all parents everywhere get the support they need when they need it.
• GISP is coordinated by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), Parenting for Lifelong Health at the University of Oxford, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). GISP works with partners to scale parenting support worldwide through taking the following collective actions:
• Scale: Invest in proven, cost-effective parenting interventions while building capacity to sustain delivery of the services.
• Innovate: Design new digital and hybrid approaches that leverage technology to lower costs, increase uptake and reach underserved populations.
• Generate Evidence: Test innovation through real-world trials, optimization studies on core components, and implementation research across contexts at scale.
• Advocate: Investing in advocacy for the uptake of parenting interventions through policy advocacy and public and private financing.
• GISP consists of multiple working groups of the coordinating agencies (including technical, advocacy, communications, and senior management groups), regional organizing teams, and a Donor Advisory Group. GISP is coordinated by a Global Coordinator on behalf of all agencies to support GISP’s ongoing maintenance and platform. With coordinating partners’ grants continuing into future years, there is need for a sustained GISP coordinator through the end of 2025 to ensure continuity and sustainability of GISP.

Deliverables
The consultant will be responsible for the following key tasks:

• Facilitate coordination of inter-agency core partners through scheduling meetings, note taking, agenda development, and follow-up on decision points and action points.
• Facilitate coordination of the GISP Donor Advisory Group, including overall membership, quarterly meetings, and communications between coordinating partners and donors.
• Facilitate coordination of GISP’s learning initiatives, including webinars.
• Facilitate coordination of global events and support with coordination of regional events and country-level events where needed.
• Maintain GISP’s internal knowledge management system and coordinate maintenance of GISP’s website and external knowledge platform.
• Develop, track, and report on key metrics to monitor and track GISP’s activities. Lead on drafting narrative reports on GISP’s progress and coordinate partners’ inputs into reports.
• Facilitate the collection, curation, and organization of parenting related resources and information from partners for the knowledge platform.
• Establish and maintains relationships with GISP partners, including global, regional, national, and cross-sectoral stakeholders.
• Contribute to new business development for joint activities with partners by coordinating proposal development processes.
• Contribute to the development of communications products and actively disseminates outputs from GISP’s collaborative efforts, ensuring that GISP’s partners and members are well informed and are given opportunities to actively engage in deepening these collaborative efforts.
• Coordinate joint advocacy efforts with partners, identifying opportunities for joint webinars, joint calls to action, joint advocacy efforts at high level meetings, and other relevant opportunities.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• First university degree especially related to parenting or a similar field.

Desirable:

• Advanced university degree especially related to parenting or a similar field.

Experience:
Essential:

• 3 to 5 years of work experience in a similar role, including partner coordination and working at global level.

Desirable:

• Experience in building and managing partnerships to advance collaboration strategies.

Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:

• Good negotiation skills and ability to build consensus and manage conflict of interest
• Strong conceptual/analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and information and produce coherent reports and frameworks
• Exceptional writing and verbal skills for communicating with broad and diverse stakeholders
• Project management and organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Knowledge and experience with international organizations and/or global partnerships
• Ability to work autonomously combined with experience working remotely and in support of programs abroad
• Proven ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail when working to tight deadlines
• Passion for WHO’s mission to end all forms of violence against children.

Languages and level required:
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.

Remuneration

• Band level A: USD 3,955 - 6,980 per month
• Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited).

Application Closing Date
27th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Consultant - Influenza Severity Assessment

Job ID: 2409965
Location: Offsite: Home-based
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Contract Duration: 11 months
Organization: HQ/GIP Global Influenza Programme WHE
Travel: The consultant will be required to travel

Purpose of consultancy

• To coordinate the development of a robust framework for assessing the severity of influenza globally. Additionally, to 1) undertake regular analysis of the seasonal influenza and other respiratory virus surveillance data to understand trends and advance the incorporation of severity assessments from countries and the global assessment into regular global influenza and other respiratory virus situation updates and 2) facilitate epidemiological technical support to countries for RSV surveillance.

Background

• Influenza severity assessment is crucial to guide the timing and scale of interventions during seasonal epidemic and pandemics due to influenza.
• With Member States and partners, WHO updated global guidance for severity assessment during an influenza pandemic (PISA) in 2024, considering lessons learned and changes to surveillance objectives and systems.
• Countries implement PISA methods themselves, can incorporate in their own respiratory virus surveillance reports, and can report their assessments on a weekly basis to WHO’s global data platform on respiratory virus surveillance (Respimart). These country assessments can be used to arrive at regional and global assessments and situation updates which are complementary to other surveillance information gathered at national, regional and global levels.
• A global severity assessment is anticipated to be derived from multiple sources of epidemiologic, virologic and clinical information, including but not limited to case-based data reported to Respimart, national PISA assessments informed from stable surveillance systems reported to Respimart, time-limited, intensive special studies and investigations and advanced analytics (modelling and statistical methods), as outlined in the draft pandemic surveillance guidance.
• There is a need for a global framework that outlines how and when these sources of information can inform global severity assessments in the case of an influenza pandemic and that can be practiced during seasonal influenza epidemics.
• The expanded GISRS leverages its capacities to monitor the geographic spread, seasonality, disease burden and genetic evolution of non-influenza viruses of pandemic or epidemic potential such as the RSV. With the licensure of RSV prevention products by regulatory authorities, WHO intends to strengthen capacities for integrated surveillance and RSV disease burden estimation in low- and lower-middle income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia to better inform the development and introduction of RSV prevention products as they become widely available and affordable in the coming years.

Deliverables

• Develop Global training materials and tools for implementation of PISA framework,
• Adapt PISA database to the updated PISA framework and migration of historical PISA data to the new framework,
• Develop a comprehensive Global Influenza Severity framework that defines synergies of PISA, pandemic and epidemic modelling, clinical severity, disease burden, impact on health systems, special studies to assess global severity during an influenza pandemic,
• Assist countries in implementing national protocols for integrated surveillance and disease burden estimation.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications
Essential:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s level) preferably in infectious diseases, epidemiology, statistics, biological sciences.

Experience
Essential:

• 5 to 10 years of combined national and international relevant experience in public health.
• Proven experience with influenza and other respiratory virus surveillance.

Desirable:

• Work experience with WHO or another UN or international public health agency.

Skills/Knowledge
Essential:

• Knowledge of influenza severity assessment methods
• Excellent writing and communications skills
• Strong analytic skills and ability to analyze and synthesize information from multiple sources

Languages and level required
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English

Travel

• The consultant is expected to travel.

Remuneration

• Band level B: USD 7,000 - 9,980 per month
• Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited)

Application Closing Date
30th January, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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