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.
Job Title: Consultant for the Review and Update of Nigeria Health Workforce Profile
Job Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Education Qualifications
*Essential:
Master’s degree in public health, medical sciences, social sciences, health policy and management, medical/bio- statistics, ICT, human resource management or related qualifications from an accredited institution
Desirable:
Professional certification and training in data analysis and report writing
Experience
*Essential:
- At least 5 years previous professional experience in data analysis and report writing.
- At least 3 years’ experience working with implementing partners or donor agencies
Desirable:
- At least 3 years’ experience in facilitating policy dialogue, dissemination and facilitating training/workshops.
- Knowledge of Nigerian health system and proven experience building national and sub-national capacity of government, service providers and civil society organisations.
Competencies
- Teamwork
- Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
- Communication
- Producing results
- Promoting WHO’s position in health/leadership (partnership)
Functional Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge and application skills on HRH information system and evidence generation for advocacy and policy making
- Strong use of English, ICT, and Microsoft office utilization
Length of Engagement
The Consultant will be fully engaged for 45 days
| S/N | Activity | Deliverables | No. of Days |
| 1 | Active collaboration with the HRH branch of the Department of Health Planning, Research & Statistics to provide an inception report with work plan and timelines of engagement | Inception report submitted to HRH branch with plan of activities and timelines for joint approval. | 1 |
| 2 | Cleaning up data collection tools and provide support for data collection from regulatory bodies | Data collection tools cleaned upand active support provided fordata collection among regulatorybodies | 1 |
| 3 | Data collation, entering, checking for completeness and cleaning | Data collated, entered and cleaned up for analysis | 6 |
| 4 | Evaluation of the 2018 Nigeria Health Workforce Profile for lessons | 2018 Nigeria Health Workforce Profileevaluated | 3 |
| 5 | Comprehensive and detailed data analysis by the consultant according to all the relevant indicators including tables, graphs, charts etc | Data fully analysed according to all the relevant indicators including tables, graphs, charts etc | 15 |
| 6 | Data Analysis Workshop in collaboration with HRH Branch and critical stakeholders | Data Analysis workshop conducted in collaboration with HRH Branch and critical stakeholders | 4 |
| 7 | Production of a draft Nigeria Health Workforce Profile | Draft Health WorkforceProfile produced | 5 |
| 8 | Present draft Health Workforce Profile at validation meeting and facilitate validation meeting with critical stakeholders | Draft report of Health Workforce Profile validated | 2 |
| 9 | Finalisation of the Health Workforce Profile with inputs, comments, suggestions, and recommendations from the validation meeting | Health Workforce Profile finalised with inputs, comments, suggestions, and recommendations from the validation meeting | 4 |
| 10 | Production of a final version of the 2021 Nigeria Health Workforce Profile and report writing of the updated Health Workforce Profile | A final version of the 2021 Nigeria Health Workforce Profile produced and a comprehensive consultancy report on the updated Health Workforce Profile produced and documented | 3 |
| 11 | Printing of the validated and endorsed Nigeria Health Workforce Profile (NHWP), 2021 | NHWP, 2021 printed | |
| 12 | Launching and dissemination of the NHWP, 2021 | NHWP 2021 launched and disseminated | 1 |
| 13 | Total |
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Closing Date: Sep 30, 2022, 10:59:00 PM
Job Features
| Job Category | Consultancy Jobs in Nigeria, Medical / Pharmaceutical / Healthcare Jobs in Nigeria, Nursing/Health Care Work/Frontline |