Purpose of consultancy
To collaborate with the various operations in the ATACH Secretariat, mainly focused on the following activities:
- Set up and host ATACH meetings and gatherings;
- Communicate with current and potential partners – state and non-state actors.
Background
Recognizing that climate change poses a significant threat to public health, exacerbating existing health inequalities and vulnerabilities within our populations and that the health sector contributes around 5% of global greenhouse emissions, in 2021, the United Kingdom as COP26 Presidency in collaboration with WHO and other partners launched the COP26 Health Programme. The initiative sought to elevate awareness around the threat posed by climate change to human health and called for action and commitments from countries to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems.
In June 2022, the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH) was established as a WHO-led initiative to realize the ambition set at COP26 through a global platform bringing together governments and key stakeholders to drive this agenda forward at pace and scale; and promote the integration of climate change and health nexus into respective national, regional, and global plans. While the ATACH was initially launched to support countries to deliver on the COP26 Health Programme commitments, it has since expanded to incorporate additional commitments made at COP27 (2022), COP28 (2023), and the 77th World Health Assembly (2024), reflecting interest and prioritization of this agenda.
As of September 2024, the ATACH has grown to include 85 countries committed at the Ministerial level to taking action to build climate-resilient and low-carbon sustainable systems. In addition, the ATACH has established collaborations with over 70 non-state partner organizations. The ATACH provides a platform for coordination and alignment; knowledge and best practice exchange; networking, and access to support and opportunities to link up to existing initiatives; tackling common challenges; and monitoring global progress on climate and health.
Deliverables
Deliverable 1: Facilitate the organization of meetings (e.g., outlining agendas, creating meeting links, arranging interpretation, managing breakout rooms, creating online polls, etc.), including for relevant ATACH meetings, both online and in-person, and other technical meetings as required. This will also involve coordinating with ATACH members for the organization of these meetings.
Deliverable 2: Contribute to communications with ATACH partners and other stakeholders as relevant, including handling simple email correspondence and queries, updating the database of contacts, formatting presentations and documents, following the WHO process to accept new ATACH partners and countries formally, and collating relevant updates and reports by members.
Deliverable 3: Collaborate with other operations as relevant to the well-functioning of the ATACH Secretariat
Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Minimum first university degree in Public Health, Environmental health, epidemiology, or related fields.Experience
Essential:
- At least 1 year of relevant experience in environmental health or climate change work.
- Experience in environmental health or climate change and health.
- Experience in working in international settings with staff from various geographical regions.
Desirable:
- Experience with meeting organization and management, including with online polling integrations (especially using Zoom and Slido)
- Experience in interacting and communicating with a diversity of stakeholders in climate change and health, including multilateral and non-governmental organizations.
- Experience with database management (especially using Excel), and marketing platforms (e.g., Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor).
- Experience of drafting and formatting communications such as emails and presentation
slides.
Skills/Knowledge:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent writing skills.
Languages and level required (Basic/Intermediate/Expert):
Essential: Expert knowledge of English
Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French or other UN official languages.
Technical Supervision
For the Climate Change and Health team: 1. Hiring Manager: Elena Villalobos Prats 2. Collaborator: Amy Savage 3. Administrative focal point: Carine Cruz
If you are interested, please send your CV by 10 October 2024 to atach@who.int, and add ""Consultancy—Operational Support for ATACH" to the email's subject.
Call for consultant: ATACH September 2024