PAHO Consultant - “Program Management and Partnerships Specialist”

OBJECTIVE OF THE OFFICE/DEPARTMENT

This is a requisition for employment at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Contractual Agreement

Non-Staff - International PAHO Consultant

Job Posting

October 16, 2026

Closing Date

October 27, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Primary Location

Off Site

Organization

HSS Health Systems and Services

Schedule

Part time

PURPOSE OF CONSULTANCY

Background

The primary objective of the Department of Health Systems and Services is to strengthen health systems based on Primary Health Care, support the transformation of national health systems to improve equity and resilience, strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC), and address the relevant issues related to human resources as health systems move towards the achievement of Universal Health. Its work encompasses the following areas: integrated services delivery, strengthening of health systems governance and stewardship; developing efficient and equitable financial mechanisms to ensure adequate public funding of the health system; health workforce, life course, women’s and children’s health; and the Virtual Campus of Public Health. Unit Background The Life Course Unit, Women’s and Children’s Health, within the Department of Health Systems and Services (HSS), leads technical cooperation to strengthen countries’ capacities to address health comprehensively across the life course. Its work focuses on implementing multidimensional, evidence-based strategies that respond to population needs while considering the demographic, epidemiological, and social changes that influence health trajectories. The Unit coordinates and develops programs on maternal health; health during the first 20 years of life; sensory and oral health; sexual and reproductive health; and healthy aging, promoting their integration within health systems and services, particularly at the primary health care level. It also promotes public policies, plans, programs, and intersectoral interventions with a life course, equity, gender, and human rights approach, to strengthen comprehensive, people-centered, and culturally appropriate care. In addition, it fosters the generation and strategic use of information and evidence — including maternal and perinatal health surveillance — continuous education for health personnel, the promotion of good practices, and the establishment of multisectoral partnerships, contributing to the elimination of barriers to access and coverage, especially among populations in situations of vulnerability. The objective of the Unit is to promote, strengthen, and improve countries’ capacities to design and implement comprehensive policies, strategies, and interventions based on the life course approach, ensuring universal access to quality health services in the areas of maternal health, health in the first 20 years of life, sensory and oral health, sexual and reproductive health, and healthy aging, thereby contributing to healthy life trajectories, the reduction of inequities, and the well-being of all people, leaving no one behind.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Unit Chief of Life Course, and under the general supervision of the Program Management and Partnerships Specialist, the consultant is expected to:

• Support the Unit Chief, Project Managers, and Entity personnel in the design, negotiation, implementation, and reporting of technical cooperation projects, including resource mobilization

• Ensure that projects managed by the Unit are executed according to established schedules; ensure timely preparation and submission of progress reports and in accordance with donor agreements. Act as a liaison with staff in country offices implementing the unit’s projects to support planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting, in collaboration with the respective technical advisor.

• Engage in corporate efforts for strategic and operational planning for the unit, as part of the HSS department, to develop Unit’s BWP and Semester Work Plans.

• Coordinate the implementation of the Unit’s Biennial Work Plan (BWP) and the Semester Work Plan (PTS); ensure that the responsible project coordinators provide required planning data and information to adequately assess and report on implementation of projects’ expected results, products/services, milestones achieved, etc.

• Support the Unit Chief in leading the coordination of the performance monitoring and assessment of the Unit’s BWP and PTS, including the preparation of reports for the Performance, Monitoring and Assessments (PMA) led by PBE and the HSS department. This includes advising on indicator development, setting realistic targets and milestones, and ensuring up-to-date information to monitor progress on BWP and PTS implementation.

• Provide strategic support to develop and strengthen partnerships; provide support and inputs to develop new program initiatives to support the program of work. Support the process to issue Unit Letters of Agreement (LOAs). Support in maintaining effective partnerships with all project stakeholders to exchange critical and technical information and resolve program/project implementation issues to ensure results are achieved as planned.

• Support and facilitate the coordination among the PMIS Project Managers and support them in program management issues, specifically related to the results-based management framework.

• Support the preparation of various written outputs, e.g., draft background papers, analyses, sections of reports and studies and other inputs to technical publications. In addition, support with the preparation of technical documents and briefings for Governing Body meetings.

• Support the Unit Chief in the analysis of the Team's staffing needs, particularly with respect to the competencies needed to execute the program of work. Provide input in this regard to the Unit Chief, technical staff and the Management and Leadership (LM) team for the preparation and periodic review of the Human Resources (HR) Plan.

• Work in close coordination and interaction with the LM Team, Planning, Budget and Evaluation (PBE) and External Relations, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization (ERP) team.

• Coordinate programmatic and operational follow-up of regional flagship initiatives under the Life Course Unit.

• Support the analysis of interventions from the social or medical anthropology approach to generate recommendations on integrated and person-centered care for each community and contributions to technical publications.

Specific products/ Deliverables expected

*Product payment with Certifying manager approvals is only issued once Mandatory Courses have been completed in PMIS system.

1.       Operational planning including activities, budget and timelines

1.1.    Document with operational planning for the first semester. Due Date : 31 January 2027

1.2.    Document with operational planning for the second semester. Due date : 30 July 2027

2.       Quarterly report on the monitoring of implementation and financial execution for the unit

2.1.    First report, Due date : 25 February 2027,

2.2.    Second report, Due date : 25 May 2027,

2.3.    Third report, Due date : 25 August 2027,

2.4.    Final report, Due date : 10 December 2027

3.       PMA related documents

3.1.    Document with the unit’s outcome report that includes outcome rating, output rating, program implementation, budget implementation and key technical and programmatic issues for the attention of EXM. Due date : 5 February 2027

3.2.    Document with the P/S review and the unit’s inputs to the HSS semester 3 entity report and resource mobilization update. Due date : 10 January 2027

3.3.    Document with the P/S review and the unit’s inputs to the HSS semester 4 entity report and resource mobilization update. Due date : 15 December 2027

4.       Briefing Books for topics in Governing Bodi