Key expert 2 and Key Expert 3: Senior public health specialists

Project title: Lot 2: ‘Knowledge Hub for expertise on Health, Social Protection and Socio-Economic inequalities’

Brief description of the project: The Hub will provide expertise and knowledge to EC HQ services and EU Delegations worldwide in the areas of addressing health, socio-economic inequalities and social protection. It will support sector-specific policy formulation in these areas, including covering Social Protection across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (SPaN) and contributing to EC participation in international initiatives.

Commencement date of the project: December 2022

Period of implementation: 48 months

Duration of the assignment: full-time 220 days/year

Requirements

For KE2 and KE3, either one full-time expert or a combination of two 50% part-time experts equalling one full-time expert can be proposed, as long as all experts meet the qualifications and skills, general and specific professional experience outlined for this position.

Qualifications and skills

Mandatory:

• Master’s degree in public health or equivalent diploma. In its absence, the master’s degree can be replaced by 5 years of professional experience in one or more of these fields, in addition to the minimum general professional experience;
• Proficiency in English, including writing official documents (at least level C1).

Asset:

• Health sector-related undergraduate studies or equivalent;
• Good command of spoken and written French (at least B2 level).

General professional experience

Mandatory:

• At least 10 years of professional experience, covering health system strengthening and disease control, including the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes and projects in the area of public health (of which at least 3 years in developing countries in the field).

Specific professional experience

Mandatory:

• Professional experience of at least 3 years with international policies and strategies related to health, demonstrated by relevant missions, assignments and/or publications in the development cooperation context;
• Professional experience of at least 5 years with the latest developments in the field of public health, including national policies and latest international developments (including governance issues), demonstrated by relevant missions, assignments and/or publications in the development cooperation context.

Asset:

• Professional experience with the policies of development cooperation agencies as well as with their programmes and processes;
• Professional experience in higher-level policy formulation and implementation related to public health