Technical Officer (Health Services Performance Assessment)

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Switzerland

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Switzerland

Lead the analysis of projects using quantitative and qualitative techniques to inform Member States and the Organization’s technical entities on the global situation of service delivery as a critical component of primary health care.
Assure the generation of high quality analytical reports, charts, tables, figures, presentations and other materials (including manuscripts, publications for printed and/or online dissemination, presentations, factsheets, etc.) tailored towards different audiences based on the interpretations of the conducted analyses;
Oversee the collection, processing and organization of necessary input data (structured and unstructured), utilizing data from other IHS and WHO teams, surveys, and country data sources;
Manage large data sets from a variety of data sources using programming skills, data analysis tools, and statistical software, including Excel, SQL, Python, R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, and others;
Contribute to the development of standards and tools to strengthen country data and capacities to assess and monitor health services performance.
In response to technical support requests and inclose collaboration with regional counterparts, provide technical expertise to countries in conducting analytical health reviews of progress and performance.
Contribute to other analytical efforts across the Organisation, including SDG monitoring, UHC and PHC monitoring.
Perform other related duties, as assigned.

Essential:

Bachelor’s degree in international public health, social science, or related discipline.
Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as epidemiology, demography, health economics, biostatistics, statistics, monitoring and evaluation from a recognized university.

Desirable:

Doctoral degree in health statistics, epidemiology, quantitative and qualitative research.

Essential:

Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in health measurement, epidemiology, health statistical analysis, monitoring and evaluation at the national and international levels.
Proven experience in applying research methodologies and statistical techniques (e.g., regression models, time series analysis, probability distribution models, etc).
Demonstrated ability to apply complex analytical techniques to public health issues using large data sets from various sources.
Demonstrated experience in the production of evidence based policy briefs, summaries and health reports at global and or regional levels.

Expert knowledge and skills in using analytical software such as SAS, SPSS, STATA, and coding languages such as R, and Python.
Expertise and skills in health situation analysis.
Applied knowledge of data visualisation tools such as Tableau, PowerBI an asset.
Experience in managing large and complex data sets.
Ability to engage and communicate effectively and diplomatically with external partners; commitment to collaborate effectively with other key partners in the programme areas.