Technical Officer (Projects) in Berlin bei World Health Organization

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Division of the Regional Director (RDD) provides the visionary leadership and, together with BOS, supports the Country Offices and all the other Divisions in the efficient delivery of the EPW through agile transformation and implementing WHO Value Charter. RDD has the overall responsibility for the planning,execution and evaluation of WHO programmes at the regional and country levels and in strengthening the alignment and joint work across the three levels of the organization. It is the safeguard of the WHO Values Charter. It encompassesthe enabling functions of resource mobilization and alliances, external relations and communications, and support to governing bodies of the European Region, in addition to organization development, staff development and learning, and transformation. It also specifically includes the representative function of WHO with the institutions of the European Union., the EURO Ombudsman who reports directly and independently to the Regional Director, and the committee on staff health and wellbeing.

The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is at the forefront of international evidence generation and knowledge brokering for health policies and systems. Its mission is to support and promote evidence-informed health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health systems and policies in Europe.The Observatory's aim is to generate evidence and broker knowledge so that policy makers can take better health systems decisions and improve population health. Its objectives include:

• Describing and analysing health systems and the changes they undergo;
• Mapping trends and making comparisons(including with relevant countries outside Europe) to support European policymaking;
• Mobilizing experience from practice across Europe to give insights into policy issues;
• Working in partnership with governments, international organisations, academics, policy-makers and practitioners to provide evidence and evidence-informed policy options to national and European policy-makers;
• Employing (and developing) a range of knowledge brokering tools to communicate effectively with policy-makers;
• Feeding evidence into the wider health policy debate.

The Observatory is a partnership hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. It includes the Governments of Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland,Norway, Spain, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; the Veneto Region of Italy and Agenas; the French National Union of Health Insurance Funds (UNCAM); the World Health Organization; the European Commission; the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The Observatory consists of a Steering Committee, senior management team and staff. Its core Secretariat is in Brussels and it has offices in London at LSE and LSHTM and Berlin (TUB).

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The purpose of this position is to contribute to technical work (research, analysis and country monitoring) and to act as focal point for Observatory projects to support European policy makers.The postholder will manage the technical and day-to-day project arrangements, liaise with funders and contribute to, knowledge brokering.

Key duties:

1. Providing technical support to evidence generation and knowledge brokering

• Carrying out background research and analysis in support of Observatory outputs
• Contributing to country monitoring (editing HiTs, SoHEU profiles, Insights and supporting HSPM)
• Supporting studies liaising with authors; drafting text; contributing to analysis; technical editing
• Supporting senior colleagues in responding to policymakers' requests including by helping to define policy questions; assembling evidence; drafting; reviewing; writing up and presenting
• Liaising directly with academics, WHO counterparts and other key agencies, as well as consulting policy makers and practitioners
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