Unit Head

vor 1 Woche

Geneve, Schweiz World Health Organization Vollzeit

**Grade**: P5

**Contractual Arrangement**: Fixed-term appointment

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

**Job Posting**: Apr 22, 2024, 5:41:26 AM

**Closing Date**: May 13, 2024, 4:59:00 PM

**Primary Location**: Switzerland-Geneva

**Organization**: HQ/MND NCD Management-Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment UCN

**Schedule**: Full-time

**OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME**:
The Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability (NCD) is responsible for global leadership, coordination, guidance and technical support to reduce premature mortality and morbidity from NCDs, burden of sensory impairments and oral health through prevention and integrated service delivery, treatment, surveillance, rehabilitation, monitoring and research. The Department also lead WHO's work on disability. The department provides overall coordination and brings together the work on NCD prevention, control and rehabilitation from across the departments and from the three levels of the organization. It coordinates reports to the WHO and UN governing bodies and is the main interlocutor on NCDs. The department assists and support regions and countries in their efforts to provide a country-centered, concerted and coordinated action to strengthen health systems to respond to NCDs, oral diseases and sensory impairment. The department also ensures linkages between primary and secondary prevention using technical packages and harnessing innovation and use of technology including Be Healthy Be Mobile.

**DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES**:

- Provides technical leadership, coordination and managerial support within the Department/Programme, in the Unit of NCD management 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 early detection, screening, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases for strengthening and improving technical capacity of Member States.
- Contributes to cross-departmental and cross-cluster project/special WHO initiatives for optimal integration of prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in respect of health systems and life-course and care continuum.
- Develops the programme for NCDs in emergencies building on the experiences in the region and working with WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) and other relevant departments in WHO and across the UN.
- 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.
- Promotes, leads and provides strategic direction for the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable knowledge and research related to management of NCDs.
- 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 NCD management to position the technical area of work and implementation into Global and/or National policies.
- Represents the programme area of work at various meetings to advocate for NCD management.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned.

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

- An advanced-level university degree in medicine or health sciences (community health, epidemiology, health administration).

**Desirable**:

- PhD in public health.

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

- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in the management of noncommunicable disease prevention and control -including treatment of NCDs.
- A minimum of 7 - 10 years of professional experience in the area of health policies and strategies and implementation of NCD services.
- A minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience managing human and financial resources. A minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience at the international level, partnerships and multisectoral engagement.

**Desirable**:

- Relevant work experience in low and middle income countries and humanitarian settings.

**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

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