Purpose of consultancy

To contribute to various activities within the biosafety and biosecurity team including the following critical areas:

• WHO biosafety risk assessment tool development.
• Virtual Reality (VR) immersive training modules management.
• Electronic infectious substances shipping training (eISST) course management, including enrollment and update of its database system.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1: 

• Sense check the draft WHO biosafety risk assessment tool and amend as necessary.
• Perform internal test running of the risk assessment tool and further develop as required.
• Contribute to the conversion of the risk assessment tool into App format.

Expected by: 31.01.2023.

Deliverable 2:  

• Contribute to the development of the VR training modules alongside the VR package service provider ensuring accurate inclusion of biosafety information. 
• Test run the end products.

Expected by: 31.03.2023

Deliverable 3: 

• Facilitate the eISST course enabling smooth access and operation of the online training package.     

Expected by: 28.04.2023

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• University degree in health-related, biological or medical sciences.

Desirable: 

• Qualification in a biosafety-related course.

Experience

Essential:

• At least 3 years of experience in microbiology, biomedical research, high containment or related.

Desirable:

• Experience in teaching or training. 
• Working experience in resource-limited countries and/or WHO.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Knowledge in laboratory biosafety and/or biosecurity.
• Presentation skills.
• Proven capacity in networking sensitively, cooperatively and productively with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven project facilitation skills.

Closing Date : Nov 14, 2022

Purpose of consultancy

The consultant will contribute to the preparatory work towards the release of health expenditure data on the Global Health Expenditure Database. More specifically:

• WHO Health Accounts Production Tool (HAPT), in particular extracting data and proposing solutions to production teams to handle difficulties they may encounter with the study files. 
• WHO Health Accounts Database Management System (DMS), in particular extracting data, building/editing reports and fixing any bugs.
• Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED), in particular with the preparation and publication of health accounts data, country profiles, etc. to the public web portal.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1 – HAPT – Expected by June 2023.

• Activity 1.1: Troubleshoot all corrupt studies or bugs brought to WHO’s attention.
• Activity 1.2: Investigate any HAPT or HAAT bugs identified by end users or health accounts team.
• Activity 1.3: Conversion of HAPT files into CSV files.

Deliverable 2 – DMS – Expected by June 2023.

• Activity 2.1: Extract data as per specifications given by the WHO team.
• Activity 2.2: Quality check of data issues within DMS.
• Activity 2.3: Investigate and correct any bugs or errors with DMS.

Deliverable 3 – GHED – Expected by April 2023.

• Activity 3.1: Publish health accounts data on GHED.
• Activity 3.2: Publish full data download file and country profiles.
• Activity 3.3: Investigate and correct any bugs or errors with GHED.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• University degree in computer programming, or related field.

Experience

Essential:

• At least five years of working experience related to computer programming.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge on the Prognoz Platform, HAPT and DMS.
• Knowledge of the Global Health Expenditure Database.

Closing Date : Nov 15, 2022