National Professional Officer at WHO, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Deadline: 20 March 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of National Professional Officer  in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The duration of this post is 2 years.

The primary role of WHO is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.

Key Job Responsibilities

The National Professional Officer will perform the following functions:

• Support the health sector (MoH) to create a sustainable leadership and governance for quality planning, quality control and quality improvement at all levels of the health care system and strengthen coordination
• Develop and implement a uniform national policy and guidelines on data reporting and data use by health workers and health sector agencies for quality of care and to encourage and enable the generation and dissemination of evidence-based research results, tools and best practices on quality of care.
• Improve patient safety, client satisfaction and participation of patients and the community in quality governance structures, including implementation, monitoring and evaluation of QoC mechanisms all levels.
• Improve the capacity of relevant health workers through training in order for them to better manage identified priority health interventions for quality of care improvement.
• Improve supportive supervision and monitoring across all MOH directories, sector agencies and all service delivery sites in the public, private sub-sectors and teaching hospitals e.g. through sector-wide reviews.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• University degree (Bachelors level degree) in health sciences or health-related field such as public health, Pharmacy, health policy, planning and management from a recognized university.
• Post-graduate training in public health at MPH level; Post Graduate training in quality management in health would be an added advantage
• At least 5 years’ relevant work experience in the field of equitable, health people-centred health services planning and management and/or experience working with the global health initiatives and other partner agencies.
• Experience in the development and implementation of service quality standards at the national and international levels.
• Experience in the implementation of integrated health systems and/or global health initiatives.
• Proven expertise in health service delivery systems and in running quality of care programmes as part of national health systems policies and strategies.
• Knowledge of equitable, people-centred Integrated Service Delivery including primary health care, health systems in resource-limited environments and health systems strengthening initiatives;
• Knowledge of national health policies, strategies and plans, International Health Partnership and other health sector coordination mechanisms and partnerships;
• Programme development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to write technical reports, documents and guidelines in a clear and concise manner.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft applications.
• Excellent knowledge of English
• Working knowledge of French or other UN language

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit WHO.