Unit Lead (Disability and Rehabilitation)
Role Summary
Join the WHO as a Unit Lead in Ukraine, focusing on rehabilitation and disability strategies to enhance health services for individuals with disabilities.
Key Responsibilities
To lead the WHO Ukraine Country Offices' Rehabilitation and Disability Unit, of the Health Programs team, to implement the 5-year Rehabilitation, Assistive Technologies, Long Term Care and Disability Strategy in Ukraine. To provide technical support and assist the Government of Ukraine in improving the health of people with impairments and disabilities through access to general health services as well as rehabilitation, assistive devices and disability inclusion, and to increase evidence-based policy and program decision-making through improved data and appropriate information systems.
- Provide leadership and coordination for the WHO rehab and disability team and visiting consultants, to ensure all activities are aligned with WHO's 5-year strategy and monitoring framework and that any emergency interventionspromote longer-term heath system strengthening in Ukraine.
- Provide direct technical and methodological support todevelop/strengthen rehabilitation services for key stakeholders.
- Provide technical support to strengthen WHO's approach to specialized rehabilitation for patients with traumatic and other injuries and to non-specialized rehab at primary andsecondary levels by:
- Supporting leadership of the Rehabilitation Working Group (RWG) by strengthening service mapping and identification of gaps.
- Maintainingup to date information on centres and organizations providing rehabilitation services and assistive products.
- Improving referral pathways of trauma patients, working with rehab partners and clinical stakeholders in eastern oblasts.
- In collaboration with WHO logistics and procurement teams support the provision of essential equipment and AT to raise capacity of inpatient rehabilitation settings and promote AT access in the community inmultiple Oblasts of Ukraine.
- Support recruitment and deployment of WHO consultancy and other staff, including multi-disciplinary international rehabilitation teams.
- Support development of project proposals and project implementation,monitoring and evaluation plans ensuring alignment with the WHO Ukraine 5-year rehab and disability monitoring framework.
- Support further resourcemobilization for Ukraine CO. Providetechnical support to strengthen WHO's disability inclusion strategy by:
- Providing technical support to the UN Disability Task Team (DTT) coordination body; andimplementation of the new WHO disability inclusion project in partnership withOPDs, NGOs and UN agencies.
- Identify and communicate priorities, plans, needs andconcerns related to the emergency health response, recommending coordination mechanisms, training and improvements to the country's response.
- This will include ongoing need assessments and response planning.
- Support the national rehabilitation and disability technicalofficer to influence rehabilitation and AT policy development in Ukraine.
- Contribute to the development of country and regional evidence and data on disability and rehabilitation including vision and hearing impairment.
- Oversee, enhance, implement, monitor and evaluate the European regional work on Disability and Rehabilitation.
- Develop and recommend norms and procedures concerning the technical aspects of disabilities and rehabilitation services.
- Representt he Organization in technical meetings, seminars and academic events in thearea of disabilities and rehabilitation programs.
- Perform other related responsibilities and duties within the scope ofthe work as required by the supervisors.
Eligibility Criteria
The position is aimed at improving health services for disabled individuals in Ukraine; however, it lacks details on eligibility and sponsorship.
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