Technical Officer, UHC Knowledge Hub, Tokyo

The Technical Officer supports the implementation of WHO's UHC Knowledge Hub workplan, focusing on health financing policy and public financial management. The role involves capacity-building, analytical work, project management, and facilitating information sharing among partners to strengthen health financing systems in support of universal health coverage.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of WHO's UHC Knowledge Hub workplan, monitors the implementation of activities ensuring objectives and priorities are met and on track.
• Contribute to organizing and facilitating capacity-building activities focused on health financing policy and public financial management.
• Develop relevant training materials for the UHC Knowledge Hub's capacity-building initiatives, in collaboration with the WHO Geneva-based Health Financing and Economics teams.
• Facilitate information sharing among UHC Knowledge Hub partners and across WHO levels engaged in the Hub.
• Undertake special projects and initiatives, project management tasks, including preparation of annual narrative reports and monitoring of WHO's contributions to the UHC Knowledge Hub.
• Participate in visibility and coordination activities, including organization of high-level fora and other events involving senior officials from country ministries and key stakeholders.
• Conduct analytical work in health financing, public financial management, and economics, contributing to policy briefs, discussion papers, and other publication formats.
• Support smooth running of operations of administrative services including procurement of goods and services, communications, information technology of the office, and local service requirements, in compliance with WHO procedures.

Requirements

• A university degree in Business Administration, Management, economics or health economics, health policy, public health, or social sciences, with a concentration in health financing.
• Post-graduate degree in the above fields (desirable).
• Five years' experience in the field of health financing.
• Demonstrated experience in the organization, facilitation and design of training materials, capacity strengthening activities, high-level fora and meetings/conferences.
• At least 3 years of international exposure in areas directly relevant to the role as well as in training organization and project management.
• Experience in WHO/UN and international agencies (desirable).
• Experience with bilateral agencies (desirable).
• Demonstrated organizational and coordination skills.
• Good analytical and writing skills and demonstrated ability to identify critical policy issues and prepare a variety of documents and briefing materials in the field of health financing, public financial management and economics.
• Sound knowledge of established approaches to health financing in a variety of low- and middle-income as well as high-income settings.
• Proven skills in health financing system reviews, public financial management analysis and evidence gathering of what works and what doesn't to progress towards UHC.
• Tact, diplomacy and ability to motivate partners.
• Expert knowledge of English.
• Intermediate knowledge of French (desirable).

Skills

• Health Financing
• Public Financial Management
• Training Design
• Capacity Building
• Project Management
• Policy Analysis
• Health Financing System Reviews
• Evidence Gathering
• Meeting Facilitation
• Organizational Coordination
• Analytical Writing
• Health Economics
• Health Policy
• International Exposure
• Stakeholder Engagement
• English
• French

Languages

English, French