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Deadline of these Jobs: 15 November 2022

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Consultant – WHO Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity Advancements

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

Consultant – Release of Health Accounts Data on GHED

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


Job Info
Job Category: Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 15 November 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 02-11-2022
No of Jobs: 2
Start Publishing: 02-11-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 02-11-2066
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