Job ID
52182
Job Title
National Consultant – Primary Health Care Strategy Review, and Implementation Support
To work for
WHO | World Health Organization
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Medicine/Nursing
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Master
Responsibilities
Output 1 Review and update the PHC strategy (months 1–2)
Tasks:
1.Conduct revisions to the 2023–2027 PHC Strategy in alignment with MoH 2025–2028 plan.
2.Carry out operational feasibility assessment with MoH and partners.
3.Coordinate and facilitate a two-day national workshop in Damascus to validate assumptions and gather stakeholder input (ministries, NGOs, UN agencies, donors, civil society).
4.Integrate workshop outcomes into the final revised strategy document.
Output 2: Develop and support implementation of annual PHC action plans (months 3–6)
Tasks:
1.Develop a methodology and template for annual action plans in consultation with MoH.
2.Support Hama Directorate of Health in:
oConducting a situation analysis
oFacilitating a three-day governorate-level workshop to develop the first-year implementation plan
3.Develop PHC supervision tools and monitoring templates tailored to governorate needs.
4.Conduct a supervision mission to Hama and provide technical recommendations.
5.Prepare a consolidated lessons learned from Hama and integrate them into the national scale-up strategy.
6.Facilitate a three-day national workshop to guide expansion to all governorates.
Deliverable 1.1 and 2.1.
1.Revised PHC Strategy 2023–2027, incorporating:
Updated situation analysis
Operational feasibility assessment
2.Workshop report for the 2-day national consultation meeting.
3.Hama governorate annual PHC action plan (year 1), including detailed operationalization tools.
4.Supervision tools package (checklists, templates, guidance).
5.supervision report (Hama).
National scale-up workshop package: agenda, presentations, and final outputs.
Tasks:
1.Conduct revisions to the 2023–2027 PHC Strategy in alignment with MoH 2025–2028 plan.
2.Carry out operational feasibility assessment with MoH and partners.
3.Coordinate and facilitate a two-day national workshop in Damascus to validate assumptions and gather stakeholder input (ministries, NGOs, UN agencies, donors, civil society).
4.Integrate workshop outcomes into the final revised strategy document.
Output 2: Develop and support implementation of annual PHC action plans (months 3–6)
Tasks:
1.Develop a methodology and template for annual action plans in consultation with MoH.
2.Support Hama Directorate of Health in:
oConducting a situation analysis
oFacilitating a three-day governorate-level workshop to develop the first-year implementation plan
3.Develop PHC supervision tools and monitoring templates tailored to governorate needs.
4.Conduct a supervision mission to Hama and provide technical recommendations.
5.Prepare a consolidated lessons learned from Hama and integrate them into the national scale-up strategy.
6.Facilitate a three-day national workshop to guide expansion to all governorates.
Deliverable 1.1 and 2.1.
1.Revised PHC Strategy 2023–2027, incorporating:
Updated situation analysis
Operational feasibility assessment
2.Workshop report for the 2-day national consultation meeting.
3.Hama governorate annual PHC action plan (year 1), including detailed operationalization tools.
4.Supervision tools package (checklists, templates, guidance).
5.supervision report (Hama).
National scale-up workshop package: agenda, presentations, and final outputs.
Qualifications
- Qualifications required:
Essential
•Master's level degree in medicine, public health, health systems, health policy, or related field.
•Minimum 7 years of experience in PHC, health systems strengthening, planning, or health sector reform.
•Proven experience in strategic planning, and implementation of health strategies.
•Experience facilitating multi-stakeholder workshops and working with government institutions.
Desirable
•Experience with WHO, UN, or EU-funded health programmes.
•Experience in post-conflict health systems and PHC recovery programming.
•Familiarity with WHO PHC frameworks, Essential Packages of Health Services, and UHC planning.
- Skills / Technical skills and knowledge:
•Strong analytical competencies.
•Excellent facilitation and workshop design skills.
•Ability to work with ministries, technical experts, and subnational health authorities.
•Strong report writing, presentation, and communication skills.
- Language requirements:
English & Arabic proficiency required
Salary and Benefits
The consultancy is equal to NO-D
The salary is as per UN Salary scale
The vacancy will be closed 24 Nov 26
Contract duration 6 months
The salary is as per UN Salary scale
The vacancy will be closed 24 Nov 26
Contract duration 6 months
About us
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
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Required employees number
1
Posted On
Nov 09, 2026
Expiry Date
Dec 09, 2026
CV Language
English
