WHO Home-Based Job Opportunity: Consultant – Bone Health and Ageing
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- 5+
- Both
Opportunity criteria
- Full time
Opportunity description
WHO is offering a job opportunity as a Home based Consultant – Bone Health and Ageing. To contribute to WHO’s technical work envisaged for developing the strategy roadmap to prevent fracture and fracture risk among older persons.
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days):
9 months.
Duties & responsibilities
The consultant will work closely with the WHO Collaborating Center for Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Health and Ageing and collaborate with the senior researchers to conduct technical activities required for the deliverables listed below.
- Task 1: Contribute to a systematic review of measurement properties of instruments to assess the risk of fractures in older persons.
- Due date: June – August 2023
- Deliverable 1: Draft a systematic review protocol for discussion with the expert working group.
- Deliverable 2: Collect inputs from the WHO Bone Health Expert Working Group and revise the protocol for publication in a peer-review journal.
- Deliverable 3: Conduct a systematic review and synthesis of evidence on measurement properties of instruments to assess the risk of fracture in older persons.
- Task 2: Contribute to a systematic review of interventions to prevent fractures in older persons.
- Due date: December 2023
- Deliverable 1: Draft systematic review protocol for discussion with the WHO Bone Health Working Group.
- Deliverable 2: Collect inputs from the WHO Bone Health Expert Working Group and revise the protocol for publication in a peer-review journal.
- Deliverable 3: Conduct a systematic literature search and identify relevant intervention studies.
Eligibility criteria
Educational Qualifications: Essential: First university degree in public health. Desirable: Advanced university degree in epidemiology.
Experience:
Essential:
- 5 years of relevant experience in musculoskeletal conditions and ageing.
- Research experience in low and middle-income countries.
- Track record of conducting literature reviews, evidence synthesis, data analysis, documentation and implementation.
Desirable:
- Experience in epidemiological research on musculoskeletal conditions and ageing.
- Experience in global health estimates (e.g., meta-analysis of prevalence and incidence data).
Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:
- Excellent knowledge of WHO tools and guidelines on older persons.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office applications including e-mail, PowerPoint, Excel, and word processing.
- Excellent knowledge of STATA or R software.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills and ability to deliver under tight deadlines.
- Excellent knowledge of process, method and reporting of global health estimates.
- Excellent epidemiological and statistical skills in multi-country data analysis.
Languages required: Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Intermediate knowledge of French.
About WHO:
The organization's goal is to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people. They strive to combat diseases; infectious diseases like influenza and HIV and noncommunicable ones like cancer and heart disease. They also help mothers and children survive and thrive so they can look forward to a healthy old age, and ensure the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink, and the medicines and vaccines they need.
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