Health Governance Specialist

The Health Governance Specialist will provide strategic and technical leadership for the joint WHO-UNDP programme on improving access to quality medical products in Viet Nam. The role involves managing the Health Governance Portfolio, supporting joint programme implementation, strengthening donor and private sector engagement, and contributing technical inputs to WHO and UNDP health programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to the development and timely implementation of WHO Viet Nam’s health systems strengthening agenda, focusing on regulatory reform, access to quality medical products, and rational use of medicines.
• Lead WHO’s work on access to medical products including supporting development and implementation of Vaccine and Medicines Regulatory Institutional Development Plans, Medical Devices Law, and National Medicines Policy.
• Provide technical inputs to other WHO priorities intersecting with health systems governance, clinical governance, digital health innovation, and access to medical products.
• Define strategic direction and priorities of UNDP Viet Nam’s Health Governance Portfolio, ensuring alignment with national priorities and UNDP governance mandate.
• Lead design and oversight of health-governance programmes and projects, including results frameworks, implementation arrangements, risk management, and sustainability strategies.
• Provide strategic leadership across UNDP’s work on health-sector governance, access to quality medical products, digital transformation, healthy ageing, disability-inclusive care, and the care economy.
• Identify and develop financing and partnership opportunities and lead preparation of concept notes for resource mobilization.
• Manage personnel assigned to the Health Governance Portfolio and oversee portfolio-level planning, performance, budgeting, reporting, and risk management.
• Facilitate knowledge management by identifying, synthesizing, and documenting best practices and lessons learned from the project and implementing partners.
• Perform other duties within functional profile as necessary for efficient functioning of the project and organization.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Public Health, Governance, Health Innovation, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible experience in health governance, health-system strengthening, public-sector reform, health policy, regulatory systems or a closely related field is required.
• Demonstrated experience in providing strategic or policy advisory support on health governance, health-system reform or institutional strengthening is required.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, managing or overseeing complex programmes involving government and development partners is required.
• Experience in partnership development, stakeholder coordination and resource mobilization is required.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas is required: governance of medical products, health-sector integrity and accountability, digital health governance, quality of care, or inclusive systems of care.
• Experience of working in Viet Nam or in a comparable middle-income-country context is an asset.
• Experience of working within the UN system or other international development organizations is an asset.
• Experience in developing successful funding proposals or strategic partnerships is an asset.
• Experience in responsible digital transformation, data governance or regulation of digital health is an asset.
• Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams or cross-agency programmes is an asset.
• Experience and knowledge of health-sector procurement, pharmaceutical regulation or medical-device governance is an asset.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Project management certification is preferred (PMP, PRINCE2, or other similar).

Skills

• Health Governance
• Health-System Strengthening
• Public Sector Reform
• Health Policy
• Regulatory Systems
• Strategic Advisory
• Policy Advisory
• Programme Management
• Partnership Development
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Resource Mobilization
• Governance of Medical Products
• Health-Sector Integrity
• Digital Health Governance
• Quality of Care
• Inclusive Systems of Care
• Project Management
• Health Product Procurement
• Pharmaceutical Regulatory Requirements
• Medical-Device Governance
• Funding Proposals
• Strategic Partnerships
• Digital Transformation
• Data Governance

Languages

English