Consultant - WHO MOSAIC Framework at World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant - WHO MOSAIC Framework

Job ID: 2500964
Location: Anywhere
Job type: Full-time
Contractual Arrangement: External consultant
Organization: HQ/EZD Emerging Diseases & Zoonoses EPP

Purpose of consultancy

• To develop and support implementation of WHO’s MOSAIC framework, within the context of a national program being conducted in all federative units.

Background  

• This mosaic framework demonstrates how surveillance approaches may be implemented as coordinated and collaborative systems, well-matched to specific priority objectives.
• It helps national stakeholders to identify priority surveillance objectives; identify the surveillance approaches that may be used to meet these objectives; prioritize required enhancements of existing surveillance; develop implementation plans appropriate to national context; and prioritize and align technical assistance and financial investments from partners.
• This framework will also help national authorities extend partnerships for surveillance and collaborative analyses of data across partners and sectors. Doing so will improve data for decision-making during interpandemic periods and to help ensure that surveillance is both timely and scalable in emergencies. 
• One of WHO member states will be implementing various initiatives to strengthen national capacities for surveillance of epidemic prone diseases and piloting the adaptation of the MOSAIC framework to arboviuses, including a joint initiative with the three levels of the health system working together on detection, monitoring and intervention evaluation.

Deliverables

• Deliverable 1: Report on the National Meeting to strengthen disease surveillance within the framework of the MOSAIC national plan.
  Expected by: End of the 2nd month.
• Deliverable 2: Report detailing the materials and support tools developed for subnational workshops aimed at improving surveillance using the MOSAIC methodology.
  Expected by: End of the 3rd month.
• Deliverable 3: Report on the implementation of the national plan to enhance surveillance, guided by the MOSAIC methodology.
  Expected by: End of the 5th month.
• Deliverable 4: Report assessing the performance and participation of workshop participants involved in strengthening surveillance under the MOSAIC methodology.
  Expected by: End of the 7th month.
• Deliverable 5: Summary report of the evaluations from subnational workshops and the implementation of action plans to improve surveillance in at least three (3) Federative Units.
  Expected by: End of the 9th month.
• Deliverable 6: Report on the national strategy for wastewater surveillance aimed at infectious diseases in the country level including Zika virus.
  Expected by: End of the 11th month

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

• First university degree in nursing, medicine or public health 

Desirable:

• Advanced university degree (master's level) in public health, tropical medicine, epidemiology, or a related field

Experience
Essential:

• A minimum of five years of relevant work experience in the management and/or coordination of public health areas in institutions at municipal, state, and federal levels, with a focus on the implementation of health policies and programs and responses to public health emergencies.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams and in adapting national strategies to local realities.
• Experience in carrying out timely and accurate risk analyses during the response to complex emergencies, contributing to strategic decision-making.

Desirable:

• Experience in cooperation between different levels of government, ensuring the efficiency of integrated responses.
• Experience in the improvement of the surveillance of high threat pathogens at the federal, state, and municipal levels.

Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:  

• Ability to organize and implement response actions in the different levels of the organization
• Expertise in coordinating response actions between epidemiological surveillance and health service organization.
• Ability to conduct timely and accurate risk analyses during complex emergency responses, supporting strategic decision-making processes.
• Excellence in oral and written communication, including the development of reports, technical documents, and presentations.
• Exceptional writing and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly, concisely, and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate harmoniously within a team and interact diplomatically with national counterparts, demonstrating tact, patience, and courtesy.

Desirable:

• Ability to maintain a positive and flexible problem-solving approach with a can-do attitude.
• Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work. 

Languages required:
Essential:  

• Expert knowledge of English

Desirable:

• Expert knowledge of another WHO official language.

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

Application Closing Date
25th March, 2025.