Integrated Service Delivery Officer

The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Somalia operates in a highly dynamic and complex humanitarian environment. In alignment with the WHO Country Cooperation Strategy and the Federal Government of Somalia’s National Transformation Plan and its health sector equivalents, WHO supports the scaling up of the Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS). The incumbent will provide technical guidance and policy support to operationalization of the EPHS through a primary health care approach, integrating essential services across the continuum of care, and all age cohorts. The incumbent will work under oversight of the WHO representative to ensure cross cutting support to all clusters, and under technical guidance of the UHC coordinator.

Under the strategic guidance of the World Health Organization (WHO ) Representative to Somalia and the direct supervision of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC ) team lead, the UNV Specialist will perform the following duties:
• Support the design of innovative technologies for the joint delivery of the Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS ) through national standard treatment guidelines, essential medicines list, and other international standards.
• Facilitate the elaboration of licensure/accreditation, supportive supervision, and other tools for the operationalization of the EPHS.
• Guide the development of a capacity-building program for managers in planning, organization, management, and monitoring of integrated essential services.
• Support supervision and monitoring of EPHS implementation.
• Develop knowledge products relating to EPHS implementation.
• Set up and support an EPHS community of practice for Somalia