WHO is Hiring a Health and Migration Consultant Home-Based/Fully Remote — And the Pay Band Alone is Turning Heads $12,480/month @Based/Fully Remote — And the Pay Band Alone is Turning Heads $12,480/month

Got a decade of experience in refugee and migrant health? WHO just opened an 11-month home-based consultancy that pays up to $12,480/month here’s everything you need to know before the August deadline.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened a consultancy for a Health and Migration Consultant — a role sitting inside one of WHO’s most globally significant initiatives: the Special Initiative on Health and Migration. If your background touches refugee health systems, public health policy, or migration, this is worth reading closely.

Quick Job Overview

• Organization: World Health Organization (WHO)
• Area of Expertise: Consultant – Health and Migration
• Location: Home based
• Travel: Required
• Remuneration: Payband C — USD 10,000–12,480 per month
• Contract Duration: 11 months (August 2026 – July 2027)
• Advertisement Window: 21 July – 3 August 2026
• Application Deadline: 3 August 2026

What Is This Consultancy About?

This role sits within WHO’s Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Care Division, specifically supporting the Special Initiative on Health and Migration. That initiative represents WHO’s global direction on health and migration, aligned with the Global Action Plan on Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants (2019–2030), GPW 14, the SDGs, and other overarching international health frameworks.

In short: this consultant will directly contribute to delivering technical support tied to WHO’s global work on improving health outcomes for refugee and migrant populations.

What Will the Consultant Actually Deliver?

The role comes with six clearly defined deliverables:

• Deliverable 1: Apply the Refugee and Migrant Health System and Essential Public Health Functions Review Tool in selected countries and finalize country reviews
• Deliverable 2: Develop country-specific roadmaps and tools to help implement recommendations from those reviews
• Deliverable 3: Contribute to contextualizing public health management (PHM) inputs for addressing the public health aspects of mass displacement among refugee and migrant populations
• Deliverable 4: Develop capacity-building tools and contribute to platforms that strengthen the competencies of health sector leadership and healthcare workers in delivering culturally and linguistically sensitive care
• Deliverable 5: Contribute to developing, launching, and implementing programmatic products aimed at closing immunization gaps among refugee and migrant populations
• Deliverable 6: Contribute to developing grant and partnership proposals supporting implementation of the Global Action Plan on Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants (2019–2030)

Who Should Apply?

This is a senior-level consultancy, and WHO’s requirements reflect that. Candidates need:

• A medical degree and an advanced university degree in public health
• Over 10 years of experience in the public health aspects of refugee and migrant health
• 5 years of experience applying health systems thinking to improve outcomes for refugee, migrant, and displaced populations
• Prior work experience with WHO, other UN agencies, recognized international organizations, or relevant NGOs is considered a plus

Key Skills and Knowledge WHO Is Looking For

• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and lead research or work with solid analytical grounding, translating findings into evidence-informed responses
• Excellent drafting and communication skills, particularly around breaking down complex public health problems
• Sound knowledge and expertise in health and migration, with the ability to translate evidence into practice
• Advanced skills in communicating scientific knowledge on refugee and migrant health to decision-makers, both within and beyond WHO

Language Requirements

• Expert knowledge of English is essential
• Expert knowledge of another UN language is desirable

Compensation and Contract Details

• Payband: C (USD 10,000–12,480 per month, travel costs excluded)
• Duration: 11 months, running August 2026 through July 2027
• Location: Home based, with expected travel

How to Apply

The application process runs through WHO’s Stellis platform. Candidates should:

• Complete the Stellis application through the official job search portal
• Download the resulting PDF
• Respond to the accompanying survey
• Send a copy of the personal history form to dikmenc@who.int and aleksieieva@who.int

Application Deadline: 3 August 2026

A Few Important Things to Know Before You Apply

Why This Consultancy Stands Out

• It’s a rare senior-level, home-based role with a strong monthly payband and international travel built in
• It sits at the center of one of WHO’s flagship global health initiatives, offering real influence over policy and programmatic direction for refugee and migrant health
• The deliverables span everything from country-level system reviews to grant development — a genuinely broad scope for someone who wants strategic, high-impact work

Final Thoughts

For public health professionals with deep expertise in refugee and migrant health systems, this WHO consultancy offers a chance to shape global policy at a critical moment for displaced populations worldwide — backed by a competitive payband and a clearly defined, deliverable-driven scope of work.

Application Deadline: 3 August 2026

Given the short advertisement window — just 21 July to 3 August — candidates should move quickly to complete the Stellis application and required documentation.

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