International Health Cluster Reporting Consultant

Collecting information, summarizing reports from Health Cluster employees and partners and producing different types of reports.

As the Ukraine conflict enters its fifth year, humanitarian organizations remain dedicated to supporting the Ukrainian Government and the Ministry of Health in providing vital health services to millions. Despite nationwide disruptions to the health system, the most intense pressure is on frontline and border regions like Kharkivska, Donetska, Luhanska, Dnipropetrovska, Zaporizka, Khersonska, Mykolaivska, Odeska, Sumska, and Chernihivska. These areas continue to face missile attacks, shelling, population displacements, infrastructure damage, and significant obstacles in accessing essential medical care.

Since February 2022, nearly 5.6 million people have crossed borders seeking safety abroad, while many more face difficulties within Ukraine. In the last quarter of 2025, about 6.9 million people were affected, with 6.8 million needing humanitarian aid—mostly those living near active conflict zones. Renewed violence in 2026, such as increased drone attacks and shelling, has led to more evacuations from eastern and southern regions, straining local health services that were already fragile.
Safeguarding uninterrupted access to essential health services in these high risk locations remains a central objective of the 2026 humanitarian response. This is especially critical where government service delivery is hindered. Humanitarian partners focus on reaching the most at risk groups, who often face compounded vulnerabilities due to limited access to adequate shelter, heating, clean water, and healthcare.
Health Cluster actors—including national and local organizations—collaborate closely with the Health Cluster coordination team, the Ministry of Health, regional health authorities, and the Centre for Disaster Medicine. Their joint efforts prioritize delivering targeted health interventions and life saving services in communities with the greatest needs.

To support coordinated planning and decision-making, WHO and the Health Cluster develop a range of public health information products, including needs assessments, situation updates, Public Health Situation Analyses (PHSA), infographics, and analytical briefs. These materials provide timely, evidence based insights into the evolving humanitarian and health landscape.
Producing these materials requires swift gathering, processing, and interpretation of both qualitative and quantitative data from partners and multiple stakeholders. This consolidated information underpins regular reporting, advocacy initiatives, and strategic planning, including situation bulletins, monthly updates, donor reports, and presentations.

This consultancy will play a key role in supporting the Health Cluster by bringing together information and producing high-quality reporting products that showcase the collective work and impact of the Health Cluster, its partners, and donors in addressing the health emergency in Ukraine.

1. Working under the guidance of the cluster coordinator, the consultant will be responsible for producing Health Cluster reporting products. This includes ensuring that inputs from the hubs and all national team members are effectively integrated and that the reports are completed and shared within the required timeframe.
2. Make inputs into reports compiled by WHO representing the work covered by the Cluster on a monthly basis. These reports include ECHO, NORAD reports among other donors to be completed monthly. 
3. To compile monthly summary reports which summarize field monitoring visits of the Cluster team to show-case the added advantage of the Cluster in monitoring and supervision. 1 report produced a month. 
4. Under the direction of the cluster coordinator, the consultant will oversee the preparation of all external reporting products for the Health Cluster. This includes gathering contributions from all relevant stakeholders, such as partners, cluster members, and WHO team members. Additionally, the consultant will collaborate with external parties to ensure reports are effectively disseminated through appropriate internal and external channels, including Signal groups, websites, distribution lists, and WHO platforms
5. To contribute to the design of documents to be released on Relief Web after proofreading with Adobe Illustrator (2 documents a month).
6. To compile information from health partners for the production of the monthly Health Cluster bulletin highlighting gaps, achievements, and priorities of the Cluster, which should be released by the 25th of each month. 1 bulletin produced each month.
7. Prepare bi-weekly contributions for the updates for the health Cluster page on OCHA www.reliefweb.int internet site (2 per month)
8. Collate information for ad-hoc infographics of the Health Cluster on activities conducted as part of the response in hotspot areas (2 per month)
9. To compile monthly achievements of the Cluster and partners for inclusion in reports of the WHO, including the WHO Emergency Board meeting, internal situation report updates, which are shared with the Information Management Team. 1 compilation for each monthly. 
10. To contribute to the inputs and/or review of quarterly analysis inputs on cluster progress coming from the data coordination group of the InterCluster (1 analysis per quarter).
11. To support the design and/or inputs into the Public Health Situation Analysis (1 to be completed by September 15th 2026)
12. To collate information for the annual report demonstrating the achievements of the Cluster in 2026 (1st draft to be shared by December 20th, 2026).

Educational Qualifications: 

Essential: University degree (Bachelor’s) in Journalism; Public Administration; Communication; International relations; Political Science; Law; or another relevant field.
Desirable: Master's degree in journalism; Public Administration; Communication; International relations; Political Science; Law; or another relevant field.

Experience: 

Essential: At least 2 years of relevant experience:

• Experience in conducting, participating in and reporting on meetings, and drafting donor/cluster reports.
• Experience in programme/project development, planning, implementation, and/or monitoring.

• Knowledge of the Health Cluster and humanitarian principles.

Desirable: 

• Experience in a field mission and at Headquarters / in the UN Common System and country context.
• Experience undertaking operational and analytical work in the field of international affairs, international security, humanitarian affairs, development or journalism.

• Donor relations or liaison with media.

Skills/Knowledge: 

• Ability to learn quickly and work within significant uncertainties in a rapidly changing environment;
• Ability to work with a team and deliver output on a tight deadline;
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work independently without supervision;
• Demonstrate good report-writing skill in English;
• Demonstrated ability to manage collaborations between multiple partners.

Languages and level required:

Essential: Expert written and spoken English and Ukrainian.

The consultant is not expected to travel but would be informed if required with arrangements made by WHO.

Contract total value: USD 30,000.00
Monthly rate, daily rate and numbers of the days: USD 250 per day, USD 5,000.00 per month, 20 working days per month
Consultant pay band range: A
Terms of payment: the payment will be on a monthly basis after provision of Technical Report and approval from Responsible Officer.

Target Start Date: July 1, 2026
Target end date: December 31, 2026
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 6 months, 120 days

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