Field Cluster Coordinator (Aden & Hodeidah) at World Health Organization

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Undertake close follow up with the Ministry of Health and other partners on the proper and timely implementation of the program activities.
• Maintain regular contact with all stakeholders in the health cluster and existing coordination mechanisms, including governmental agencies, NGOs, Community-based Organization (CBOs) and international agencies.
• Maintain records of requests, correspondences, and activities taking place in the targeted areas and submit regular reports. Conduct situational analysis and make recommendations on actions to be taken. 
• Support in collecting information from all partners to develop a regularly updated 4W (Who/Where/What/When) to ensure appropriate response monitoring. Share relevant information with stakeholders as appropriate.
• Work with Information Management Officers to prepare various maps, tools, and dashboards – often with short turnaround time – to visualize and analyze cluster response, health needs, and gaps.
• Support the disease surveillance team in outbreak investigation and response activities in the designated area. 
• Compile national and sub-national level preparedness needs as well as facilitate distribution of supplies from WHO and partners in response to specific scenarios.
• Undertake basic health needs assessments and support HeRAMS assessment to identify gaps and needs in target areas.
• Provide technical input in the development of situation reports (sit-reps), humanitarian response plan, FLASH Appeals, CERF, HF or similar proposals. 
• Support in promoting adherence to quality standards and best practices by all health cluster partners taking into account the need for local adaptation. 
• The incumbent will perform other duties as assigned by the supervisors. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Essential: A university degree in medicine or public health.
• Desirable: A study in health system would be an asset or an advanced degree in public health. 

Experience

• Essential: At least 1 year of experience at the national level in health systems coordination.
• Desirable: Experience working in the UN system.