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World Health Organization

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1948

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🔬 Science

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Science

World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. It coordinates global health efforts, sets health standards, monitors health trends, and provides guidance in response to health emergencies and outbreaks. WHO aims to improve health for everyone, ensuring access to quality healthcare and addressing global health challenges through research, data, and policy advocacy.

📋 Description

• Integrate MHPSS into EMT national SOPs and emergency operations • Support at least six EMTs to incorporate MHPSS, referral pathways, psychological first aid, and SGBV survivor-centred referrals • Support implementation of technical standards and guidance for MHPSS Specialized Care Teams • Integrate MHPSS scenarios into simulation exercises and after-action reporting • Adapt and refine PFA and MHPSS in Emergencies training materials for Pacific EMTs • Deliver in-person and remote trainings, workshops, webinars, and network meetings • Contribute to the global EMT MHPSS Community of Practice and support Pacific focal-point participation • Lead development of MHPSS minimum-standards guidance and/or a peer-reviewed publication • Maintain sex- and disability-disaggregated activity data and report on program indicators • Contribute MHPSS content to internal and external reports and submit activity reports after relevant activities • Support MHPSS minimum data-set development, collection, database work, and analysis • Support EMT coordination centres and emergency response operations during activations, prioritizing MHPSS standards, interventions, monitoring, and evaluation

🎯 Requirements

• Essential terminal/doctoral degree in psychology, psychiatry, or a closely related field • Qualification to practise independently • At least 7 years’ relevant professional experience at national and international level • Experience focused on mental health and emergency response • Experience developing training/adult educational curricula and materials • Experience developing and/or deploying as part of a health emergency response • Demonstrated experience developing and delivering mental-health or health-emergency-response training/education • Excellent written and spoken English communication skills • Proven writing skills in English • Ability to collaborate and coordinate across multiple countries, partners, and contexts • Ability to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary environments • Strong organizational, project-management, shared-calendar, file-management, and document-version-control skills • Strong data-management skills, including Microsoft Excel and sex- and disability-disaggregated data • Strong presentation and public-speaking skills • Knowledge of SGBV identification, survivor-centred safe referral, and emergency SGBV referral-pathway design • Familiarity with DFAT’s International Gender Equality Strategy, International Disability Equity and Rights Strategy, or equivalent frameworks • Ability to work during Manila, Philippines and Suva, Fiji working hours • French language fluency is considered a strong asset • Desirable specialized training/certification in national/international health emergency or disaster response • Desirable specialized training in MHPSS in emergencies • Impeccable integrity and professional ethical standards • Must satisfy WHO vaccination requirements before undertaking the assignment • Consultants work as independent contractors in a personal capacity • WHO does not recruit smokers or users of tobacco

🏖️ Benefits

• USD 425 per day remuneration • Remote work • Part-time contract • Travel within the Western Pacific Region based on programmatic need • Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities • Gender parity and geographical diversity initiatives • WHO vaccination-related medical clearance and support • Smoke-free environment