Consultant Health & Wellness (Junior International Consultant)

About the role

The World Food Programme (WFP) is hiring a Junior International Consultant for Health & Wellness, based at the MENA Regional Office in Cairo (remote working). The assignment lasts 11 months and strengthens the use of data to inform decisions, monitor trends and assess the effectiveness of staff wellness interventions, moving from descriptive reporting to predictive, action-oriented initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the sick leave dashboard, ensuring accurate, consistent and timely data and better visualisation for HQ, regional and country levels
• Maintain and update the WELM wellness knowledge management hub
• Provide trend analysis and identify emerging health risks and priority areas for intervention
• Analyse data from wellness campaigns, measure effectiveness and engagement, and recommend improvements to programme design and targeting
• Support the Global Health Survey by analysing and interpreting its data and identifying key trends, risk factors and staff needs
• Carry out targeted research on priority health topics (e.g. vaccination uptake, preventive care) and assess the cost-effectiveness of wellness interventions
• Monitor emerging public health threats affecting WFP personnel and operations and support timely communication of alerts to stakeholders

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in medicine, pharmacy, public health, nursing or another relevant field
• Two years of postgraduate professional experience in public health, health emergency preparedness and response, disaster management and/or pandemic prevention and control
• Experience in limited-resource settings and proven coordination and partnership-building skills are highly valued
• Fluent spoken and written English (level C); intermediate knowledge of a second official UN language is desirable

Required skills

• Excellent oral and written communication, drafting, reporting and interpersonal skills
• Solid computer literacy, including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) and database management
• Self-motivated, able to work with minimal supervision and tight deadlines

Deliverables include an enhanced sick leave dashboard with monthly and quarterly analytical reports, evidence-based recommendations on health interventions, improved Duty of Care delivery and analytical support for the Global Health Survey. WFP offers training, mentorship, internal mobility and an attractive compensation package.