CON 2025 060 | Advisory and Technical Assistance Services on Public Health at IOM

Cotabato City, Bangsamoro, Philippines -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Public Health, Emergency Management, Technical Assistance, Health Systems, Data Analysis, Disaster Response, Coordination, Training, Health Governance, Information Systems, Logistics, Human Resources, Health Security, Operational Planning, ICT Infrastructure, Capacity Building

Industry

International Affairs

Description

Project Context and Scope The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s health program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) aims at strengthening the resilience and responsiveness of the region’s health system and improving access to healthcare, as part of the organization’s strategy to alleviate the driver of unwanted migration and to reduce health-related risks during displacements and migration cycle. IOM has implemented various health-related projects that contributed to better health outcomes in the BARMM. IOM’s project “Building Resilience through Inclusive Governance Healthcare Transformation in BARMM (BRIGHT-BARMM), funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), aims to enhance the local capacity of Ministry of Health (MOH) and its provinces and cities/municipalities, to pursue key and cross-cutting reforms in health systems. It will strengthen Health Systems (HS), particularly in areas of health governance and leadership, financing, and data and information, to provide a more conducive setting for implementing Safe Motherhood (SM), Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH), and Global Health Security (GHS) programs. One of the focuses of the GHS component is to strengthen the BARMM’s regional and provincial health emergency and disaster response, coordination, and management. IOM will equip and enhance Emergency Operations Center (OpCEN); provide technical assistance and training to frontline workers on maintaining and running OpCEN; and, assist in embedding OpCEN establishment and management to local disaster response and management plans, reinforcing harmonized approach to health-related emergencies in line with global and national standards. IOM will hence engage an expert on Public Health Emergency Operations to conduct a technical needs assessment that will inform these initiatives. Under the overall guidance of the Head of Sub-Office in Cotabato City, direct supervision of the National Health Programme Coordinator, and in collaboration with the technical leads, the successful candidate will produce analysis paper, including the assessment results and recommendations to enhance health emergency and disaster response, coordination, and management, and provide technical guidance to the BRIGHT-BARMM project. The objective of this consultancy is to map out resources and assess the current capacity of health emergency operations in BARMM at the regional and local levels. This includes reviewing operational plans and procedures, physical structure, ICT infrastructure, information systems and data standards, and other features of OpCEN. It will also evaluate the availability of human resources and their competency to maintain and execute essential functions of OpCEN, including efficient and timely coordination with agencies, response, information sharing, reporting, logistics, admin, and finance. Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing IOM Migration Health Unit in Mindanao / MA1161: BRIGHT BARMM Project

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will conduct a technical needs assessment to enhance health emergency and disaster response in BARMM. They will produce an analysis paper with assessment results and recommendations for the BRIGHT-BARMM project.