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Unit Head

vor 2 Monaten


Geneve, Schweiz World Health Organization Vollzeit

**Grade***: P5

**Contractual Arrangement***: Fixed-term appointment

**Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days)***: 1 year

**Job Posting***: Feb 3, 2023, 7:56:23 AM

**Closing Date***: Feb 24, 2023, 4:59:00 PM

**Primary Location***: Switzerland-Geneva

**Organization***: HQ/WRE Emergency Response

**Schedule***: Full-time

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**OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME**:
The WHE Response division (WRE) is responsible for rapidly detecting and responding to health emergencies while leveraging relevant national and international partnerships, ensuring that emergency-affected populations in acute and protracted emergencies have access to essential health services and that systems are maintained and strengthened in fragile, conflict and vulnerable settings while implementing at scale, proven prevention strategies for priority pandemic/epidemic-prone diseases.

**DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES**:

- Provides technical leadership, coordination and managerial support within the Department/Programme, in the Unit of Interagency Policy for Emergencies ensuring that activities in this area are carried out efficiently and effectively.
- Develops and proposes technical health policies and strategies for implementation through collaboration with Regional and Country Offices and provides advice in developing further the interagency policies for strengthening and improving technical capacity of target clienteles.
- Oversees a unit of technical teams specialized in various domains within their area of expertise and facilitates the efficient flow of team synergies.
- Manages the programme area in delivering its objectives through efficient managing a small team of technical staff, financial resources and effective work planning to optimize the programme's deliverables in line with the mandate of the Organization.
- Leads and conducts research on best practices in implementing programmes and activities and dissemination of information for capacity building in the respective area of work.
- Serves as the technical reference among the peer community, UN Agencies and other stakeholders at the technical levels in the respective area of expertise.
- Liaises with and utilizes partnerships in other UN Agencies, Donor, or research institutions in the Emergency Response to position the technical area of work and implementation into Global and/or National policies.
- Represent the programme area of work at various meetings to advocate for Interagency policies for emergencies.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education**:
**Essential**:

- An advanced university degree in Medicine, Public Health, Social or Political Science, or International Law related to the functions of the position.

**Desirable**:

- Degree or training in humanitarian action complemented by specialization in one of the above fields.

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in the management of health policies in humanitarian emergencies, including experience in the area of health policies and strategies.
- Demonstrated experience managing human and financial resources.
- Demonstrated experience in humanitarian emergencies at the international level and experience of working in an inter-agency context in the field of health, and in humanitarian actions at the international level

**Desirable**:

- Experience of working in humanitarian emergencies at the country level.
- Experience working with WHO, the UN, an International NGO or Red Cross

**Skills**:

- Concrete skills in the planning and coordination of multidisciplinary public health programmes, which may include the implementation of a public health/disease control programmes.
- Strong skills in the area of developing and establishing polices and strategies.
- Excellent skills and ability in managing diverse teams and financial resources.
- Good skills in mobilizing resources.
- Ability to engage and communicate effectively and diplomatically with external partners including Ministries of Health, Donor institutions, Civil Society, and other stakeholders.
- Commitment to collaborate effectively with other key partners in the Health Subject area.

**WHO Competencies**:
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
Driving the Organization to a Successful Future
Creating an empowering and motivating environment

**Use of Language Skills**:
**Essential**:

- Expert knowledge of English.

**Desirable**:

- Intermediate knowledge of French.
- Intermediate knowledge of Other WHO Language.

**REMUNERATION**:
**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**:

- This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level
- A written test may be used as a form of screening.
- Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.
- WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
- WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highe


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