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John Owuor

Public Health
Stockholm

Summary

Experienced and enthusiastic public health expert, researcher, educator and social scientist with track record of success across wide range of sectors. Possesses exceptional interpersonal, problem-solving and analytical skills to provide advice and expertise to international development partners improving outcomes for people at risk of exclusion. Experienced in all aspects of operations, strategy and finance.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

Consultant, Policy and Advocacy

Access To Assistive Technology Team, World Health Organization
Geneva
08.2022 - Current
  • Spearheaded advancements in global access to Assistive Technology.
  • Supported Member States and partners to design and implement inclusive policies and programmes underpinned by Rights-based approaches including disability and gender inclusion.
  • Contributed to define, strategize, and implement programmes including clear timelines, SMART objectives, budgets and quality outputs.
  • Organized and analyzed primary and secondary research to understand current global health trends affecting access to assistive technology by marginalized groups such as people with disabilities, older people, women and children.
  • Supported the team lead and other technical team members to manage relationships with country governments, WHO regional and country offices as well as other United Nations (UN) and non-UN partners and coordinated joint activities.

Distance Learning Module Tutor, Health Systems

London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine
London
09.2015 - Current
  • Supported students with helpful study habits and exam strategies.
  • Conducted group tutoring sessions to help students engage active learning and critical thinking skills.
  • Coordinated activities with programme manager to align planning processes with targeted learning outcomes.
  • Collaborated with students to complete assessments, identify lagging skills, and improve on weaknesses.

Director

Swedish Program For ICT In Developing Regions (SPIDER)
Stockholm
04.2018 - 08.2022
  • Monitored office workflow and administrative processes to keep operations running smoothly.
  • Managed daily operations of multidisciplinary team who supported development partners across Africa, South East Asia and South America to digitalize health, education and human rights programmes.
  • Developed and managed partnerships with public and private sectors, civic society, national and international non-governmental organizations, community organizations and user groups involved in digitalization of international development.
  • Identified and successfully raised funds for strategic operations of SPIDER.
  • Supervised planning, design, contracting, implementation, monitoring and reporting of programme outcomes and impact in collaboration with partners from countries in Africa, South East Asia and South America.
  • Worked closely with Stockholm university, Swedish government leadership and SPIDER board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Strengthened partnerships, reported to funders/donors and led monitoring and evaluation of all funded programmes.
  • Recruited, trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
  • Drafted and distributed reports to disseminate progress and impact to donors and to assist board members with strategic decisions.

Volunteer

Plan International (Sweden)
Stockholm
06.2015 - 01.2020
  • Assisted with special events and programs.
  • Supported engaging, fun, and smooth-running events by helping with organization and planning.
  • Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others.

Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Centre For Global Health, Trinity College Dublin
Dublin
05.2016 - 04.2018
  • Designed research project on use of assistive technology for social inclusion of people with intellectual disability.
  • Wrote papers, cohesively tying together the findings to inform the inclusion agenda of national health and social care .
  • Established smooth lines of communication with professors and supervisory staff and established good working partnerships with civil society, donors, community organizations and public sector actors involved in supporting people with disabilities.
  • Collaborated with other researchers in ASSITID research cohort to write and distribute impactful results of assistive technology and inclusion research.

Research Fellow

SPIDER, DSV, Stockholm University
Stockholm
03.2015 - 02.2016
  • Followed best practices and scientific protocol to reach defensible conclusions based on solid evidence.
  • Maintained high levels of confidentiality to protect data quality and project research.
  • Applied research technique to determine effectiveness of digital interventions to improve health, education and human rights.
  • Upheld all university and regulatory requirements for documentation of findings.
  • Collaborated with researchers from partner countries to advance research and gain deeper understanding of digitalizing international development.

Pan-London Sexual Health Program Coordinator

Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
London
10.2008 - 07.2012
  • Designed and introduced leadership development, coaching and team management model, resulting in promotion of team into increased levels of responsibility.
  • Developed policies and procedures for effective medical products management.
  • Defined testing protocols, quality assurance initiatives and clinic policies and procedures.
  • Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and residents for continued compliance with associated regulations.
  • Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care that is inclusive of people at risk of marginalization such as migrant groups, young people and LGBTQ individuals.
  • Established and maintained effective communication with staff, physicians and community organizations to promote high quality patient care.

Substitute Teacher

Tradewinds Recruitment Agency
London
10.2005 - 07.2006
  • Upheld classroom routines to support student environments and maintain consistent schedules.
  • Provided instruction for students in core subject areas.
  • Followed classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
  • Supervised lunchroom and recess activities.

Teacher/Senior Teacher/Acting Head of Department

Teaching Service Management
Gaborone
08.1999 - 08.2005
  • Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
  • Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
  • Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
  • Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.

Education

Post Doctoral Research - Global Health

Centre For Global Health, Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
05.2016 - 2018.04

Ph.D. - Public Health

University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
10.2009 - 2014.06

Diploma - Healthcare Planning And Management

Birbeck, University of London
London, United Kingdom
10.2005 - 2007.06

Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Education And Extension

Egerton University
Njoro, Kenya
06.1993 - 1998.11

Skills

    Project Management

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Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with other teams across WHO to develop and roll out a new Community of practice portal for the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) network.
  • Increased number of readers of GATE newsletter by 5% of the previous year by improving accessibility of the newsletter.
  • Supervised team of 10 staff members and partners across 30 countries in Africa, South East Asia and South America.
  • Successfully oversaw the integration of Swedish feminist policy and rights-based approach into international development in all programmes supported by SPIDER.
  • Achieved 60% success rate in fund rasing through proposals.
  • Collaborated with team of over 30 organizations across four different continents for successful five years of digital development investment.

Software

Microsoft Office (Word, Excell, Outlook, Teams, Viva Engage, Forms, etc)

Nvivo

Canva

Power BI

Interests

Traveling

Networking

Work Availability

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Timeline

Consultant, Policy and Advocacy

Access To Assistive Technology Team, World Health Organization
08.2022 - Current

Director

Swedish Program For ICT In Developing Regions (SPIDER)
04.2018 - 08.2022

Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Centre For Global Health, Trinity College Dublin
05.2016 - 04.2018

Post Doctoral Research - Global Health

Centre For Global Health, Trinity College Dublin
05.2016 - 2018.04

Distance Learning Module Tutor, Health Systems

London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine
09.2015 - Current

Volunteer

Plan International (Sweden)
06.2015 - 01.2020

Research Fellow

SPIDER, DSV, Stockholm University
03.2015 - 02.2016

Ph.D. - Public Health

University of Huddersfield
10.2009 - 2014.06

Pan-London Sexual Health Program Coordinator

Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
10.2008 - 07.2012

Substitute Teacher

Tradewinds Recruitment Agency
10.2005 - 07.2006

Diploma - Healthcare Planning And Management

Birbeck, University of London
10.2005 - 2007.06

Teacher/Senior Teacher/Acting Head of Department

Teaching Service Management
08.1999 - 08.2005

Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Education And Extension

Egerton University
06.1993 - 1998.11

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