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World Health Organization Consultant – Health and Migration Research Agenda Setting Switzerland WHO Jobs 2024

World Health Organization looking for “Consultant – Health and Migration Research Agenda Setting”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 17-Jul-24.

The World Health Organization has published a job vacancy announcement on 03/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Consultant – Health and Migration Research Agenda Setting to be based in , Switzerland. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: World Health Organization

Job Title: Consultant – Health and Migration Research Agenda Setting

Duty Station: , Switzerland

Country: Switzerland

Application Deadline: 17-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

• Deliverable 1: National research agenda setting in 3 to 4 countries following the six steps of the research agenda setting outlined in the Implementation Guide and Toolkit of the WHO Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement. In close collaboration with the three levels of WHO and relevant Ministries of Health:
  • Conduct stakeholder mapping and rapid baseline literature reviews.
  • Produce background documents for technical consultations (online/hybrid) or in person workshops.
  • Outline the methodology and conduct the consensus-based prioritisation process for the final research themes/questions (using either adapted Delphi methods or nominal group technique).
• Deliverable 2: Regional research agenda setting in 2 regions following the six steps of the research agenda setting outlined in the Implementation Guide and Toolkit of the WHO Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement. In close collaboration with WHO HQ and the relevant regional offices:
  • Conduct stakeholder mapping and rapid baseline literature reviews.
  • Produce background documents for technical consultations (online/hybrid) or in person workshops.
  • Outline the methodology and conduct the consensus based prioritisation process for the final research themes/questions (using either adapted Delphi methods or nominal group technique).
• Deliverable 3: WHO publications associated with research agenda setting:
  • Produce the final research agenda report write ups based on the synthesis of the evidence reviews, technical consultation findings of the national research agenda settings (one report per country).
  • Produce the final research agenda report write ups based on the synthesis of the evidence reviews, technical consultation findings (one report per region).
  • Produce one policy brief per research agenda setting (at national and regional level).
  • Produce one academic article per research agenda setting (at national and regional level).
• Deliverable 4: Global research prioritization exercises on 2 topics, following the six steps of the research agenda setting outlined in the Implementation Guide and Toolkit of the WHO Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement. In close collaboration with WHO Health and Migration and other relevant WHO departments:
  • Plan and write all technical documents for these global consensus based consultation processes which convene global experts to further define research priorities on key topics in health, migration and displacement.
  • Produce the final Global research prioritization exercise reports based on a synthesis of the technical consultations.

Requirements:

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• University degree in medicine, epidemiology, social science, environmental science or related field.
• Master’s degree in public health or equivalent.

Desirable:

• PhD in public health, epidemiology, or related field.

Experience:

Essential:

• At least 8 years’ relevant experience in implementation research and research at global and field level in public health and the development and implementation of health programmes and/or health system strengthening.
• Previous experience in research agenda setting, research capacity building at country level and expertise in migration and health.
• Experience of planning, conducting, and writing up research to peer-reviewed publications.
• Experience working with academic institutions, member states, NGOs and UN agencies.
• Field experience in country level research.

Desirable:

• At least 4 years’ experience working in conducting implementation research or research agenda setting in developing countries, related to the health of migrants and displaced populations.
• Experience of analysis of operational research and research priority setting.
• Experience of having planned and conducted consultations, workshops, focus groups, roundtables, or equivalent.
• Experience of having worked with WHO or another UN organization.

Skills:

Essential:

• Strong report-writing skills (in English).
• Ability to write, synthesize and communicate information in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills combined with the ability to multi-task and produce accurate results under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.
• Computer literacy.

Languages required:

Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of other UN official languages.