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Consultant – Integrated Global action plan development for drug resistant HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Multiple locations

  • Organization: WHO - World Health Organization
  • Location: Multiple locations
  • Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • HIV and AIDS
    • Malaria, Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases
    • Drugs, Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism and Human Trafficking
  • Closing Date: Closed

Purpose of consultancy

To provide writing expertise related to the integrated global action plan unifying drug resistance for HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs.

Background

The Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes is developing an integrated global action plan (GAP) which will unify global, regional and country actions and response to drug-resistant HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs.

Deliverables

  • Task 1: The drug resistance team will publish an integrated global action plan linking drug resistance for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs. Leveraging landscaping performed in 2022, to provide expert advice to the drug resistance team in the planning and execution of diseases specific and in-person meetings and one integrated stakeholder meeting (up to 4 meeting in total) to contribute to the writing of an integrated GAP unifying drug resistance for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs.
    • Deliverable 1.1: Minutes of the two meetings and detailed outline of integrated global action plan/ slide set.
      Timeline Deliverable 1.1: Meeting planning documents as defined above (Months 1, 2, 4, and 6).
    • Deliverable 1.2: Minutes of last two meetings and further revised and detailed annotated outline and slide set as background for the final integrated GAP (deliverable 3.3).
      Time deliverable 1.2: Meeting reports (internal and not for WHO publication (Months 3, 4, 8)).
    • Deliverable 1.3: First draft on the integrated GAP.
    • Deliverable 1.4: Second draft integrating Stakeholders comments and WHO comment.
    • Deliverable 1.5: Final draft ready for copy editing and lay out of integrated GAP unifying drug resistance for HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs.
      Timeline deliverable 1.5: Final draft integrated GAP ready for copy editing and lay out (Month 9).

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

  • Advanced university degree in medicine, science, public health, epidemiology, infectious disease control, or equivalent discipline.

Experience

Essential:

  • Over 10 years of experience in an international public health context, out of which at least five years of documented experience as a writer on high level publications as strategies and norms and standards documents.

Desirable:

  • International experience in HIV or Hepatitis or STIs DR surveillance and in the development of WHO normative guidance.

Skills/Knowledge:

Essential:

  • Good analytical and summarising skills.
  • Excellent high level writing skills.
  • Good communication and presentation skills.

Languages required:

Essential:

  • Expert knowledge of English.

Location

Off-site – Home based.

Travel

The consultant is expected to travel.

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

Remuneration:

Band level C - USD 10,000 - 12,500 per month.

Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited):

N/A

Expected duration of contract:

9 months.

Additional Information

  • This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
  • Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
  • A written test may be used as a form of screening.
  • If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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  • WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
  • WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
  • Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
  • WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.
  • WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.
  • Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority. The execution of the work under a consultant contract does not create an employer/employee relationship between WHO and the Consultant.
  • WHO shall have no responsibility whatsoever for any taxes, duties, social security contributions or other contributions payable by the Consultant. The Consultant shall be solely responsible for withholding and paying any taxes, duties, social security contributions and any other contributions which are applicable to the Consultant in each location/jurisdiction in which the work hereunder is performed, and the Consultant shall not be entitled to any reimbursement thereof by WHO.
  • Consultants working in Switzerland must register with the applicable Swiss cantonal tax authorities and social security authorities, within the prescribed timeframes (Guidelines issued by the Swiss Mission are available at: https://www.eda.admin.ch/missions/mission-onu-geneve/en/home/manual-regime-privileges-and-immunities/introduction/Manuel-personnes-sans-privileges-et-immunites-carte-H/Non fonctionnaires et stagiaires.html
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