Health Cluster Coordinator

Lead WHO's coordinated national health-sector response in Myanmar, working with national and international partners to protect vulnerable populations during emergencies. The coordinator directs response planning, monitoring, quality assurance and reporting, strengthens preparedness and health-system capacity, leads information-management operations and advances advocacy and resource mobilisation efforts.

• Lead a coordinated national health-sector response with partners
• Direct health-response planning, monitoring, quality assurance and reporting
• Align response planning with national plans and WHO standards
• Guide health-system capacity building for emergency preparedness and response
• Lead country-office data-management strategies and operations
• Advance advocacy and resource mobilisation for the health response

• Advanced university degree in epidemiology, public health, medicine or a directly related field
• At least ten years of relevant emergency and humanitarian-relief experience with substantial international experience
• At least three years of health-programme management and coordination experience in emergencies
• Expert knowledge of English

• Specialised training in emergency management, international aid, humanitarian response, health-system recovery or health-cluster coordination
• Relevant WHO, UN-agency, health-cluster, humanitarian-organisation or health-research experience

• Health Cluster Coordination
• Emergency Response Planning
• Health Information Management
• Humanitarian Coordination
• Capacity Building

• Duty station may be changed to Bangkok, Thailand if operational or organisational circumstances require