Expert in Strategic Management in the Field of Public Health

Mission description

The expert in Strategic Management in the field of Public Health will deliver a training for for public servants and supervised bodies’ staff members in charge of preparing, controlling the implementation of and evaluating Public Health strategies, programmes, and projects.

The training will take into account Greek national action plans, programs and projects and will consist in an introduction to the main concepts of strategic management, to their application in the field of Public Health including the World Health Organization methodologies, and in practical exercises based on Greek examples and specific needs.

The expert will work in close relations for these activities with the Team Leader and with Expertise France’s local team.

The training should be delivered in May, June, or July 2023. The training session can be delivered in English or in Greek.

The expert will have to prepare the training by analyzing the existing documentation on the Greek public health system (3 days distance work), and to prepare and deliver the training in Athens (5 days on site, with 2 days for delivering the training)

Project or context description

On the eve of the COVID 19 pandemic, the Greek Ministry of Health introduced, and the Greek Parliament approved law 4675/2020 for the Public Health System Reform. Among the provisions, the law highlights a strategy for Public Health, creates a National Action Plan on Public Health, introduces the basic principles of the National Public Health Programme "Spiros Doxiadis" and all the institutional and legal amendments to the existing Public Health System

The National Prevention Public Health Programme "Spiros Doxiadis" has been drafted and approved with an estimated budget of more than 658 million euros. It is a 5 years' plan aiming at improving the health of the population with 4 strategic goals:

Primary Prevention - Interventions and actions aimed at reducing the incidence of diseases, disabilities, or injuries and carried out before their occurrence.
Secondary prevention - Interventions Early detection of existing but not clinically visible disease.
Tertiary prevention - Interventions aimed at preventing disability, repairing damage, as well as preventing relapses from a clinically visible disease, and supporting individuals to face long-term and complex problems, as well as damage to their health with a view to improving their functional capacity, quality of life and survival.
Functional modernization of the Public Health System.

The present action, "Technical Support of the Public Health Reform," aims at supporting this 4th strategic goal by providing high-level international expertise for the decision-making on the allocation of resources from the Recovery and Resilience Program (75 million euros for the Public Health reform), with recommendations on the organization and efficiency of the Public health system.

The technical support includes 3 blocks:

Block 1: Improving epidemiological surveillance and preparedness and response systems Block 2: Improving the health monitoring system Component 3: Digitizing Public Health
Block 3: Reorganization of the Public Health administration.

This technical support is financed by the EU Commission (DG Reform) and its main beneficiaries are the Ministry of Health and supervised bodies, regional health authorities, local authorities. It will last 24 months.

The team is composed of the following experts:

Expert in public health surveillance
Expert in preparedness and rapid reaction to health threats
Expert in organization and operations of public health services
Expert in the digitization of Public Health services
Expert in software tools and methods for remote Public Health services (such as e-health, e-inclusion, telemedicine, and homecare)
Expert in IT for Health services in Greece
Expert on healthcare-associated infections
Expert team leader
Local coordinator
Ad-hoc short-term experts

The working language for the project is English.

Required profile

Qualifications and skills

A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma in a field relevant to the activity (required)
Excellent command of both written and spoken English (required)
Excellent communication skills (required)

Experience

Knowledge of strategic management in the field of Public Health (required)
Experience in training professionals in the field of strategic management in the field of Public Health or experience of strategic management as a manager in a public organization (required)
Professional experience in a health ministry or national agency (asset)

Additional information

Selection criteria for applications

The selection process will consist in two steps:

The required qualifications, skills and experience will be analyzed.
The candidates with the required qualifications, skills and experience will be interviewed to check their language skills and select the most qualified candidate.

Additional information

Applications must be submitted directly on Expertise France's website.
For further information, please contact qualifications, skills and experience with "Expert in Strategic Management in the field of Public Health" as subject of the email.

Expertise France is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all candidates who fulfill the eligibility and selection criteria without any distinction on grounds of age, race, political, philosophical, or religious conviction, gender, or sexual orientation and regardless of disabilities.

Selection criteria for applications

The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :

Candidate’s training/skills/experience

Deadline for application : 2023/03/30.