Regional Advisor

**Grade**: P5

**Contractual Arrangement**: Fixed-term appointment

**Job Posting**: Sep 3, 2024, 10:06:13 AM

**Closing Date**: Sep 24, 2024, 4:59:00 PM

**Primary Location**: Egypt-Cairo

**Organization**: EM/WHE WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE)

**Schedule**: Full-time

**OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME**:
The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries, and to coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

Emergency Operations (EMO) is responsible for ensuring that emergency-affected populations have access to timely and effective health services. This includes ensuring a strong emergency management system (based on incident management), effective and inclusive coordination mechanisms, joint in-depth assessments and planning by partners, implementation of operations and services according to agreed standards, and strong logistics and operational support. The expansion and strengthening of operational partnerships is a key priority. EMO also leads on humanitarian policy and guidance, as well as representation to key interagency bodies.

**DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES**:
1. Lead the regional epidemiological analysis on trauma; allow for continuous monitoring of trauma needs across the WCOs in the region; capture the burden of trauma on disrupted health systems; identify gaps in trauma care across the region using and adapting existing WHO tools designed for systematic assessment; identify mechanisms to monitor the impact of trauma programmes in WCOs and cross-border; and support cross-country trauma analysis.

2. Provide a coordination and liaison function across the WCOs in the region; support the establishment of WCO Trauma Working Groups; and build strategic partnerships and networks on trauma care throughout the region, including through the Emergency Medical Team initiative and the Global Health Cluster

3. Conduct national and regional in-depth trauma risk assessment and preparedness, develop a core set of trauma indicators applicable to the WCOs across the region, and improve trauma data collection at the WCOs by integrating trauma indicators within existing information tools, such as 4 Ws and the Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS);
4. Undertake country-level support missions and assist WCOs by examining, reviewing, analyzing and developing context-specific trauma referral pathways, regularly conduct in-depth assessment to the quality of the WCOs trauma care programs and ensure that all steps have been taken and due processes conducted in line with WHO's policies;
5. Lead, manage and oversee the regional Trauma Operational Advisory Team (TOpAT) to ensure functioning and delivery of the group; and that WHO trauma guidelines are applied when supporting WCOs during all stages of the humanitarian programme cycle;
6. Work closely with technical experts to standardize practice on trauma management including SOPs; provide an authoritative technical expert input on trauma specific programs at country level; and develop and conduct capacity building and training of local counterparts in WCOs, the MoHs and partners;
7. Capture lessons learnt and best practice from across the country offices and ensure that they are shared to improve practice;
8. Working closely with the regional external relation team, act as the key liaison officer to promote and partner with donors and ensure resource mobilization for the TOpAT;
9. Develop new systems and procedures related to emergency triage, mass casualty management and, if needed, provide authoritative technical expertise on adjustments based on existing capabilities;
10. Provide authoritative technical support to the WHO Academy on the mass casualty management course production, faculty development, validation, testing and improvement process on mass casualty management;
11. Develop the WHO Academy digital, hybrid and portable learning lab courses related to health emergencies and health security;
13. Manage literature review, peer review and validation processes related to course production and implementation;
14. Perform any other related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education Qualifications**

**Essential**

***Master's degree in medicine with specialization in surgery or another closely related field, public health or related field.

**Desirable**

*** **Formal specialist training in surgery, Emergency Care and Trauma management in emergencies, or clinical experience in conflict settings. Additional professional training/specialization in hospital management, training & education, and/or other related area.

**Experience**

**Essential**

At least ten years' relevant experience, combined at the national and international levels, working in disasters and resource scarce contexts and/or conducting Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) trainings and/or similar area