Avis de recrutement : OMS recherche un.e Responsable technique (Ressources humaines pour la santé) au Danemark.

Avis de recrutement : OMS recherche un.e Responsable technique (Ressources humaines pour la santé) au Danemark.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The purpose of this post is to advise and support European Member States, with a focus on Member States under the Universal Health Coverage Partnership, with the development and implementation of policies, strategies and frameworks to produce, attract, recruit, develop and retain the heath workforce. The incumbent will provide technical guidance on developing health labour market analysis and long-term care workforce policy, planning and forecasting. The incumbent will also support countries to build their capacities in the management of the health workforce and building sustainable health workforces for the entire health systems and more specifically for Primary Health Care.

Key duties:

Provide expert technical and operational guidance on health and care workforce health labour market analysis, policy, planning and forecasting, to improve UHC from a services delivery perspective.

Provide direct technical assistance and support to Member States, particularly Member States under the Universal Health Coverage Partnership, by preparing and leading country missions relating to policies, strategies and frameworks to produce, attract, recruit, develop and retain the heath workforce in line with the EPW objectives towards achieving UHC and using labour market framework approaches;

Lead the design and preparation of policy dialogues, multidisciplinary policy support missions, and implementation support packages using a network of strong national team and international experts;

Manage, synthetize and build the evidence base for disseminating key Regional achievements and progresses on building sustainable health and care workforces and the UHC agenda to Member States as required, including through evidence roll-out of the National Health Workforce Accounts;

Promote and advocate for building sustainable health and care workforces, and the health and well-being of the workforce, with key stakeholders and decision-makers;

Provide support in building up the health workforce team and in mobilizing extra financial resources from donors

Synergize and keep good communication with WHO technical counterparts in Headquarters on the health and care workforce, and service delivery;

Promote and develop collaborative activities with alliances, networks, professional and academic organizations aimed at disseminating and advancing the health systems-related UHC agenda, with particular reference to the health and care workforce;

Provide technical and operational support for the high-level strategic work on health systems investment and reforms for the European Region in the light of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic;

Coordinate policy work and activities with other units in the Country Policy and Systems Division in the WHO European Region, especially with the Almaty office on Primary Health Care.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree (Master’s level) in a health, social or management science relevant to the position, such as, but not limited to, public health, health systems, health economics, health administration, public management or relevant field.
Desirable: Additional university degree in any of the above fields.

Experience

Essential: At least 7 years of combined national and international experience in the areas of: health workforce analysis and planning; policy development in the area of human resources for health / health workforce management; working with ministries of health in relation to the human resources for health dimensions in the context of health systems reform; operational experience in the development and implementation of sectoral and multi-sectoral health workforce policies or governance mechanisms and approaches to improve population health and well-being. Experience in project / programme management, including resource mobilization and management of financial resources. Experience in health systems reforms towards achieving Universal Health Coverage.
Desirable: Relevant work experience in the European Union countries and Newly Independent States. Relevant work experience with WHO, the UN system, other international organizations or major stakeholders, such as the EU or OECD. Proven experience in managing large international health systems projects and grants. Experience in health systems technical support to countries.

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French,Russian,Germa.

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