World Health Organisation Tender

Background As Highlighted In The World Health Organization, Regional Office For The Western Pacific (who/wpro)’s “for The Future” Paper, Who Has Committed To Support Countries In The Strategic Use Of Data For Regular Programmatic Reviews And Decision-making To Improve Health Services And Health Outcomes.  Over The Past Few Decades, Countries Have Made Significant Investments In The Improvements Of Data Generation And Quality From A Data Generation Perspective Rather Than That Of Data Users. The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated The Urgency For Improved Health-data Competencies At All Levels Of The Health Delivery System With An Increased Focus On Significantly Raising The Level Of Knowledge, Ability And Attitudes Towards Health-data Management Amongst The Health Data Practitioner Community. Who/wpro Recently Is Developing The Design And Delivery Of A Foundation Tool For Developing Health-data Competencies Amongst Practitioner Communities Called The Health Data Competency Framework (hdcf) For Some Priority Countries. Who/wpro Now Wishes To A) Make The Hdcf Technology (design Process And Tool) Available To Other Countries In The Western Pacific Region And B) To Build On The Current Work For Selected Countries In Designing Short-term And Long-term Capacity Building Plans To Enable Health-data Practitioners To Advance Their Technical Competence In This Field, And In So Doing To Develop And Sustain Superior Health Data-management Competence Across The Region.  This Terms Of Reference Describes The Work Tasks To Be Completed In Order To Accomplish The Two Ambitions Stated Above, And In So Doing Demonstrate Who/wpro’s Continued Commitment To Support Partner Countries In Targeting Health-data Competency Improvements In Their Health Delivery Systems.   Purpose/specific Objective Of The Activity In Order To Improve Health-data Competencies At All Levels Of The Health Delivery System, Who/wpro Is Targeting To: • Provide Technical Supports To Identify Capacity Gaps According To Systematic And Strategic Approaches Across Different Levels Of Health Delivery System. • Provide Technical Supports On Designing Short-term And Long-term Capacity Building Plans To Priority Countries To Enable Health-data Practitioners To Advance Their Technical Competence In This Field.   Description Of Activities To Be Carried Out • To Design And Create A Universally Applicable Hdcf Technology Package (design Process And Tool) Which Can Be Made Available For Use To Other Countries In The Western Pacific Region. • To Design Both Short-term And Long-term Capacity Building Plans To Practically Support And Guide Health-data Practitioners To Advance Their Technical Competence In This Field.   Methods To Carry Out The Activity Task 1: • Review The Dossier Of Materials Created During The Design Of The Hdcf For Lao Pdr • Select And Collate The Core Forms/ Templates, Mapping Documents, Concept Explanatory/ Information Materials To Be Used As The Basis For Creating The “universal Hcdf” Product. • Edit And Redesign The Core Document Suited Into A Universal Hcdf “toolbox”. • Draft A Guidelines For Hcdf Development For Use As A Process Mapping Handbook For Use By Wpro - Hr Practitioners Task 2: • Identify/select The Most Urgent/pressing Health-data Management Knowledge And Skills Gaps Identified Through The Lao Pdr Gap Analysis Exercise. • Design A Set Of Tactical (short-term) Knowledge And Skills Focused Capacity Building Approaches To Address The Knowledge And Skills Gaps Identified. These Can Be Run And Re-run Multiple Times As The Need/demand Increases. • Concomitantly, Design A Programme Of Longer-term, Strategic, Integrated, Blended-learning Based Initiatives To Build On The Foundations Created By Capacity Building Approaches (point 2 Above) To Both Embed The Initial Learning And Drive Sustainable Competence Acquisition Amongst The Health-data Practitioner Community In Lao Pdr. • Coordinate With Stakeholders On Design Features And Functionality As The Process Progresses.   Qualifications & Experience Education Essential: university Degree In Organizational Development, Statistics, Biostatistics, Or Public Health, Epidemiology And Related Area Desirable: master’s Degree In Above Areas   Experience Essential: • At Least 10 Years Experience Working In Organizational Development And Framework Development, Ideally In A Country Setting. • Previous Experiences With Capacity Building Of Staff, Building Data Literacy In Organizational Settings. Desirable: • Previous Experience With Wpro Countries   Technical Skills & Knowledge • Proven Scientific Writing Experience • Analytical Rigor And Attention To Details   Languages • Fluency In English. • Additional Languages For Countries In The Western Pacific Region Is An Advantage.   Competencies • Technical Competencies • Overall Attitude At Work • Fostering Integration And Teamwork • Communicating In A Credible And Effective Way • Respecting And Promoting Individual And Cultural Differences   Additonal Information Work Arrangement:  Home-based Duration Of Contract: 6 Months Starting November 2021    Applications Qualified And Interested Specialists Should Submit Their Cv {individual Contractors Only} And Expression Of Interest {cover Letter} To The Supply Officer Through Wp Ro Ungm At < Wproungm@who.int > By 15 September 2021.  The Cover Letter Should Outline How Their Experience And Qualifications Make Them A Suitable Candidate For This Position And Should Include Their Proposed Daily Consultancy Fee And Availability. Please Use Tender Notice No. 140915 As Subject To All Submission. only Successful Candidates Will Be Contacted.