Health Cluster Coordinator at World Health Organization

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

During deployment, the duty station may change, and duties may be modified, based upon the technical needs of the Programme. Needs assessment and gap analysis

• Manage and coordinate within the health cluster- or at inter cluster level for rapid health needs assessments, as well as participatory assessments (multi-cluster/sector initial rapid assessments and humanitarian needs overviews, post-event risk assessment, or post disaster/post conflict needs assessment); be familiar with and ready to choose from existing tools to confirm that the health cluster covers all identified humanitarian health needs of the affected population.
• Collect information from all health partners on Who's Where, since and until when, doing What (4Ws), and regularly feed the database managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA). Provide consolidated feedback to all partners and the other clusters.   

Strategic planning

• Liaise with the health cluster members on the development of the health sector components of the humanitarian needs overview (HNO), humanitarian response plan (HRP), as well as contingency planning for potential new events and other interagency planning, and ensure proper linkages with the incident management system, disaster risk reduction, relief and recovery to complement national health sector response plans.
• Ensure full compliance with national and international norms and standards, oversee that cross-cutting issues are mainstreamed in the health cluster response and implementation plans, taking into account the need for local adaptation.

Management of the health cluster:

• Ensure health partner's involvement in health sector assessments, planning, information, interventions, monitoring and quality assurance, and regularly report on health services delivered to the affected population.
• Identify urgent training needs in relation to technical standards and protocols for the delivery of key health services to ensure their adoption and uniform application by all health cluster partners.
• Ensure appropriate links among humanitarian actions and longer-term health sector plans, incorporating the concept of “building back better” and specific risk reduction measures.
• Convene and facilitate consultative and results-oriented meetings in line with the principles of partnership. Organize and conduct joint support missions to field operations.
• Contribute to the development of a functional information management mechanisms for the health cluster to facilitate information sharing as well as monitoring and reporting; ensure that the health cluster produces and disseminates to partners, donors, government and other stakeholders' regular updates, technical reports, bulletins and briefings on the health status of the affected people, response activities, achievements, challenges and the remedial actions when necessary.

Resource mobilization and funds allocation

• Manage the development of a common funding strategy and resource mobilization efforts; coordinate the initiation and submission of Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and other pooled fund proposal documents, as required, in close collaboration with the National Health Cluster Coordinator, the health cluster partners and the humanitarian country team.
• Adapt clear and transparent prioritization criteria for vetting partners' projects for inclusion in consolidated appeals and pooled funds processes.

Monitoring and evaluation

• Support the adaptation and implementation of an indicators' monitoring framework to ensure adequate implementation of the health cluster plans; ensure partners' active involvement in joint monitoring of individual and common plans of action for health interventions and peer exchange of experiences and lessons learned within the cluster partnership.

Advocacy

• Identify core advocacy concerns for the health cluster through a consultative process: develop joint cluster/ inter-cluster initiatives to ensure regular and consistent advocacy is conveyed to the RC/HC and HCT on behalf of the health cluster. Advocate for collective action, collective results, and collective accountability.
• Represent the health cluster in inter-cluster coordination mechanisms at sub-national level, contribute to jointly identifying critical issues that require multisectoral responses, and plan the relevant synergistic interventions with the other clusters concerned.
• Promote for the identified priorities in the health sector, including protection for health workers and health facilities to be included in the humanitarian agenda at all relevant levels to allow the highest possible integration of the health-related activities carried out by health cluster partners.

Capacity building

• Identify technical gaps and training needs to implement the health cluster response; and develop a plan for capacity-building in collaboration with partners.
• Support national (health system) capacity-building in emergency preparedness and response in accordance with the IASC emergency response preparedness (ERP) approach and other related guidance.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Essential: An advanced university degree (Master's level or above), in public health, medicine or international relations, social sciences or management or related field, from an accredited/recognized institute.
• Desirable: Post graduate studies or specialized training in emergency management, international aid, humanitarian principles, health system recovery, and health cluster coordination.

Experience

• Essential: At least seven years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in developing and promoting collaborative partnerships in emergency and humanitarian relief operations, including experience in managing and coordinating health programmes in chronic and acute, sudden-onset emergencies.
• Desirable: Relevant work experience in WHO, other UN agencies, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organization, relevant nongovernmental or humanitarian organizations.