Consultant – Global Health Cluster for Localization At World Health Organization (WHO)

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QUALIFICATIONS

Purpose of consultancy

To develop and implement a ‘Global Health Cluster Localization Strategy’ to strengthen participation, representation, and leadership of local and national actors in the health cluster (both at the global and country levels) in alignment with IASC Guidance.

Background

The role of local actors and communities has long been recognized as a key factor in the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance. In 2021 the IASC developed guidance for IASC coordination platforms to strengthen participation, representation, and leadership of local and national actors in such mechanisms and laid out basic activities and a framework to guide global and country-level clusters on how this may be achieved.

As the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) designated Cluster Lead Agency, the World Health Organization (WHO) hosts the Global Health Cluster (GHC) within the WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE). Global Health Cluster agencies work collectively, in support of national authorities, to provide timely, effective, and appropriate actions to minimize the health impacts of humanitarian and public health emergencies through strengthening service delivery, addressing gaps, and promoting effective leadership across 30 Health Clusters, targeting the health needs of 120 million people .  As of 1 June 2023, there are approximately 900 Health Cluster partners across all country-level Health Clusters, two thirds of which are local partners.

The Global Health Cluster is dedicated to realizing its commitments to localization plans to a define and implement a GHC Strategy on Localization.

Deliverables

• Deliverable 1: Expected by 31 May 2024
  • Facilitate the functioning of the GHC Steering Group for Localization including organizing and conducting meetings, producing regular documentation and communication including presentations to the Steering Group, minutes of meetings, and progress updates.
    Outputs:
    • Minimum 6 Steering Group meetings conducted.

• Deliverable 2: Expected by 15 January 2024
  Produce a report to understand the current status, good practice, and challenges regarding the participation, representation, and leadership role of local and national actors within health clusters at both country and global levels.
  • Undertake outreach and key informant interviews with global level stakeholders, country health clusters, and fora.
  • Undertake a document review of best practices, policies, or strategies taken to strengthen participation, representation, and leadership of local and national actors in humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
  • Conduct baseline mapping survey with country clusters on current good practices of challenges.
  • Produce case studies in two countries, perform key informant interviews, focus group discussions or workshops with stakeholders to understand good practices and challenges faced.
  • From evidence and reports produced, synthesise findings into a final report, complete with recommendations.
    Outputs
    • Minimum 15 key informant interviews completed, and a short report with synthesis of findings produced.
    • Document review completed with a short report produced.
    • Report produced reflecting findings from baseline mapping survey with country clusters.
    • 2 country missions and case studies completed.
    • Final report with recommendations produced.
• Deliverable 3: Expected by 28 February 2024
  Develop, launch, and disseminate the GHC Strategy for Localization.
  • Produce a draft GHC Strategy for Localization based on findings from activity no. 2 and with inputs from the Steering Group.
  • Review Strategy with wider stakeholders including health cluster coordinators, group of local and national actors, GHC Partners, and Strategic Advisory Group.
  • Produce final strategy.
  • • GHC Strategy for Localization published.
    • 2 webinars delivered.Launch and disseminate the GHC Strategy for Localization and prepare and deliver 2 webinars.
      Outputs:
• Deliverable 4: Expected by 31 May/ June 2024
  Implement the GHC Strategy for Localization.
  • Develop and disseminate operational tools, checklists, and monitoring frameworks to support country health clusters and GHC to understand and implement the GHC Strategy for localization.
  • Conduct 2 country missions  to develop a contextualized, country-specific Health Cluster Localization Strategy.
  • Collaborate with the GHC Focal Point for Localization and the GHC Focal Point for Capacity Strengthening to develop curricula, modules, training materials, and tools for a Simulation Exercise (SIM EX) for local and national partners on health cluster coordination and health cluster response.
    Outputs:
    • Operational tools, checklists, and monitoring frameworks developed.
    • 2 country-level support missions and workshops conducted to develop final country-specific Health Cluster Localization Strategy.
    • 2 webinars/webinars conducted at the regional or country level to support health clusters contextualize the GHC Strategy for Localization relevant to their setting.
    • Curricula modules and training materials developed for local and national partners for sim ex on health cluster coordination and health cluster response.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in public health or social science.

EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• At least 7 years of relevant experience in localization in humanitarian settings.
• Experience of the cluster approach at the global or country level.

Desirable:

• Experience in humanitarian health response.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

• Proven expertise in writing strategies or guidance and tools.
• Knowledge of IASC protocols and guidelines, tools, and policies on localization.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated understanding of the health cluster at the global and country level.

LANGUAGES REQUIRED:

Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of Arabic, French or Spanish .

LOCATION

Off site: Home-based

TRAVEL

The consultant is expected to travel.

REMUNERATION AND BUDGET (TRAVEL COSTS ARE EXCLUDED):

REMUNERATION:

Band level B – USD 7,000 – 9,980 per month.

LIVING EXPENSES (A LIVING EXPENSE IS PAYABLE TO ON-SITE CONSULTANTS WHO ARE INTERNATIONALLY RECRUITED):

N/A

EXPECTED DURATION OF CONTRACT:

7 months.

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