National Consultant Development of National Nursing and Midwifery Policy for World Health Organization
| For : | Cambodian Only |
| Categories : | Consultancy |
| Schedule : | Full time job |
| Sex : | Male, Female |
| Language : | English |
| Location : | Phnom Penh |
| Hiring : | 1 Position |
| Closing Date : | 28th August 2025 |
| Salary : |
$2,900 - $3,300
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| Experience : | Minimum 5 years |
| Degree : | Bachelor |
UHC means that all people have access to the quality health services they need, without facing financial hardship. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care across the life course. Quality of service provision is therefore core to UHC. Nurse and midwife are the heartbeat of healthcare system. The experience of nursing care is shaped by compassion, clinical skill, and a solid commitment to patient well-being. Yet behind the dedication lies a landscape riddled with challenges: understaffing, overwhelming patient loads, burnout, and limited resources. These issues do not just affect nurses and midwives, they ripple across the entire healthcare system, compromising the quality and safety of patient care.
In Cambodia, the “National Policies of Nursing,” established in 2005, have guided efforts to improve the quality of nursing and strengthen the health service delivery system. Since then, as the health system has developed, the roles of nurses have also expanded and diversified. In light of these changes, there is a growing need to update the existing policy framework to better reflect current realities.
In recent years, emerging health challenges such as the rising burden of NCDs, population ageing, urbanization, and climate change have underscored the urgent need to strengthen and secure a competent health workforce, especially at the primary care level. In this context, the development and effective deployment of community-based nurses have become increasingly critical for addressing these evolving needs.
- National Consultant Development of National Nursing and Midwifery Policy
- Deliverables
- Under the supervision of the Health System Coordinator, WHO Country Office of Cambodia, and the Department of Hospital Service (DHS), MoH, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:
- Support facilitation and coordination during the process of development of NNMP under guidance from MoH, DHS, and WHO.
- Engage in consultative meetings and workshops as per request by DHS and the Working Groups.
- Conduct a review of existing nursing policy documents, regulatory frameworks, and scope of practice of health workers.
- Conduct rapid assessment on gaps of current nursing and midwifery situation as inputs for NNMP development if needed.
- Identify key areas for improvement in the current nursing policy and confirm alignment needs with the SOWN 2025, the SDNM, the Regional Framework, and Cambodia’s PHC-oriented health system priorities.
- Ensure alignment and coherence of the revised nursing strategy with the ongoing Human Resources for Health (HRH) strategy and the Health Labour Market Analysis (HLMA), incorporating relevant findings and directions from these processes.
- Output 1: Draft Outline of the Revised National Nursing Strategy
- Deliverable 1.1: Situational analysis and mapping of current nursing workforce policies and needs.
- Deliverable 1.2: Initial draft outline shared with stakeholders for feedback.
- Output 2: Stakeholder Consultations and Technical Inputs
- Deliverable 2.1: Facilitate stakeholder consultations, including workshops at MoH.
- Deliverable 2.2: Incorporate feedback from Cambodian Council of Nurses, educational institutions, and key partners.
- Output 3: Final Draft of the Revised Nursing Strategy
- Deliverable 3.1: Finalize the strategy, aligned with SDNM 2021–2030 and the Regional Framework.
- Deliverable 3.2: Prepare actionable recommendations for the next step.
- Deliverable 3.3 Perform other relevant duties as assigned by WHO Health System Coordinator and Technical Officers.
- Educational Qualifications:
- Essential: Bachelor’s degree in nursing, health policy, or public health.
- Desirable: Advanced degree in health workforce development, health systems, or a related field.
- Experience
- Essential: Minimum 5 years working experience in health system strengthening, and health workforce development.
- Desirable: Proven experience in policy development and conducting stakeholder consultations. Experiences in development of health workforce policy and planning is an advantage.
- Skills / Technical skills and knowledge:
- Strong understanding of nursing education, service delivery, and workforce governance in Cambodia.
- Ability to review and analyze data relevant to health workforce planning and nursing workforce development.
- Ability to review and interpret policy documents, guidelines, and strategic frameworks. Strong drafting and technical writing skills for policy and strategic documents.
- Excellent coordination, facilitation, and communication skills to engage diverse stakeholders.
- Highly developed computer skills including use of Microsoft Office suite of programs and tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Language requirement:
- Good oral and written English language skill.
Additional information
- This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
- Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
- A written test may be used as a form of screening.
- If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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