Roster of Consultants - Asia-Pacific Hub of the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH), Seoul

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Purpose of the consultancy

The purpose of this vacancy is to establish a roster of qualified consultants who may be considered for assignments supporting the Asia-Pacific Hub of the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH). Consultants will contribute to WHO regional and country support for climate-resilient, low-carbon and environmentally sustainable health systems.

The consultant will support practical country and regional action to strengthen health-system resilience to climate and environmental risks; reduce greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts from health-care delivery, including infrastructure, procurement, supply chains and health-care waste; and strengthen access to technical expertise, evidence, partnerships and financing.

Based within WHO ACE, the consultant will support implementation of regional and country priorities, facilitate knowledge exchange and peer learning, and document practical approaches, results and lessons to inform WHO policy and technical cooperation, investment and scale-up across the Region.

Successful candidates may subsequently be selected for consultancy assignments in one or more areas of work described below. Inclusion in the roster does not guarantee selection for a consultancy contract and creates no commitment on either side. Each assignment will be governed by separate terms of reference specifying the scope, deliverables, duration, location, travel and remuneration.

Background

Climate change is increasingly affecting health and placing additional pressure on health systems across the Western Pacific Region. Extreme weather, rising temperatures and other climate and environmental hazards threaten health infrastructure, supply chains, the health workforce and continuity of essential services. Health systems must therefore become more resilient while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and wider environmental impacts.

The WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health (WHO ACE) supports Member States to translate global climate and health commitments into practical action. In line with the WHO ACE Strategic Plan 2025-2030, this includes technical cooperation, evidence and guidance, capacity building, partnerships and investment for climate-resilient, low-carbon and environmentally sustainable health systems.

ATACH is a WHO-hosted, Member State-led platform supporting implementation of climate and health commitments. The Asia-Pacific ATACH Hub, based within WHO ACE in Seoul, connects Member State priorities with technical expertise, tools, partners and financing opportunities; facilitates regional cooperation and peer learning; and captures implementation experience to inform policy, investment and scale-up.

There are three main workstreams:

1. Building climate resilient and sustainable health systems and health care facilities

2. Building low-carbon health systems

3. Foresight and Intelligence for decision making

Deliverables

Output 1: Implement the ATACH-hub workplan

• Work with WHO country offices and technical teams to identify Member State priorities, implementation challenges and opportunities for technical cooperation related to climate-resilient, low-carbon and environmentally sustainable health systems.
• Support Member States through WHO country offices in the design and implementation of priority actions.
• Map relevant ATACH, WHO and partner initiatives, tools and examples related to climate resilient and low carbon health systems to country priorities.
• Support regional and country-level dialogue on practical pathways to reduce emissions across procurement, production, packaging, transport, storage, use and end-of-life management of health products.
• Coordinate technical contributions to guidance, policy briefs, webinars and other knowledge products.

Output 2: Compile and develop country and partner case studies

• Identify and prioritize examples of health system initiatives, and support publishing case studies that describe the context, intervention, implementation process, partners, results, enabling factors, challenges, lessons learned and potential for replication or scale-up.
• Engage Member States, WHO teams and partners to collect, verify and synthesize quantitative and qualitative information.
• Maintain an organized case study repository and prepare cross-case synthesis of common lessons, gaps and recommendations.
• Ensure documented claims are evidence-based, appropriately attributed and cleared by contributing countries and partners before publication or dissemination.

Output 3: Support communication, knowledge exchange and uptake

• Prepare presentations, briefing notes, web content and other communication materials to share ATACH-hub activities and case study findings.
• Organize or support webinars, peer-learning sessions and technical discussions on all areas of ATACH.
• Contribute regional evidence and examples to ATACH events, global publications and major climate and health milestones.
• Support dissemination and use of case studies in country dialogue, technical cooperation, partnership development and resource mobilization.
• Develop key publications for delivery each year.

Output 4: Strengthen ATACH Hub coordination and country support

• Participating in relevant global ATACH working groups and initiatives.
• Coordinate Western Pacific regional and country inputs to ATACH processes, events, communities of practice and knowledge-exchange activities.
• Support Member States to engage with ATACH partners and members, identify priority implementation needs, and access relevant technical resources.
• Maintain a regional database of country participation, priorities, technical assistance needs, planned activities and progress.
• Coordinate with WHO headquarters, regional offices and technical teams to promote coherent support, consistent messaging and two-way exchange between global and regional levels.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential

• Band Level A: University degree in public health, health systems, environmental health, engineering, climate change, sustainability, supply-chain management, procurement, economics, international development or another field relevant to the assignment.
• Band Level B: Advanced university degree in a relevant field.

Desirable

• Relevant specialist training or certification
• Strong record of technical or scientific publications.

Experience

Essential:

• Band Level A: At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in one or more roster areas. Demonstrated experience contributing to technical projects, analysis, coordination, implementation, capacity building or knowledge products at national and/or international level.
• Band Level B: 5 to 10 years of relevant professional experience in one or more roster areas, including experience providing technical support, project leadership, policy advice or programme coordination at national and/or international level.

Desirable:

• Experience at national and/or international level; work with government, WHO, another UN agency, development partners, civil society, academia or the private sector; and experience in low-resource or climate-vulnerable settings.
• Experience with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams
• Experience on leadership of complex technical products, projects or stakeholder processes.

Skills and knowledge

• Strong technical knowledge in at least one area of expertise covered by the roster.
• Ability to analyse and synthesize complex information and produce clear, accurate, evidence-based and audience-appropriate outputs in English.
• Strong project coordination, planning, stakeholder engagement, facilitation and knowledge-management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work to agreed deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams and to build constructive relationships with diverse partners.
• Proficiency in standard office applications. Additional proficiency in reference-management, statistical, qualitative, data-visualization or digital collaboration tools may be required for particular assignments.

Languages

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
Desirable: Intermediate or expert knowledge of another United Nations language and/or a language relevant to the assignment.

Place of assignment and travel

Assignments are onsite at WHO ACE in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Consultants are responsible for meeting applicable visa requirements and may request visa-support documentation where appropriate.

Travel

The consultant is expected to travel.

Remuneration:

Band level A – USD 3,955 – 6,980 per month.
Band level B - USD 7,000 - 9,980 per month.

An additional living expense will be paid for the first 15 days of the contract

Additional information

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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Reference used for roster structure

The purpose of this vacancy is to develop a list of qualified candidates for inclusion in the advertised roster. Successful candidates will be placed on the roster and subsequently may be selected for consultancy assignments; however, contracting of rostered candidates is not guaranteed.