The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations.
Within the framework of the delegated authority, and working as needed with the decentralized teams, the incumbent is assigned all or part of the following responsibilities:
Identify, engage and manage key technical, operational and financial partners to support WHOs Health Emergencies work, coordinating the development of joint objectives and activities to advance WHOs work in emergencies across 3 levels of WHE.
Oversee the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of joint partnership objectives ensuring that expected results are tracked and achieved.
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of partnerships recommending new strategies and approaches as needed.
Coordinate with WHE senior management to provide guidance and project management support on activities to strengthen partnership management in WHE.
Define and implement proactive processes to strengthen internal partnerships (WHE and beyond) to improve collaboration and coordination to deliver joint objectives.
Contribute to WHO Governing Bodies mechanisms (EB, WHA, etc).
Fulfil the role of Designated Technical Officer for WHOs official relations with Non-State Actors under FENSA (e.g. IRC, IMC).
Support corporate planning processes including WHE contributions to the Programme Budget, Output Development Teams, Impact Framework and Global Public Health Goods; Coordinate WHE activities and strategic positioning at high level events in collaboration with DGO, DDGO etc (e.g. UNGA, G20, MSC etc).
Develop policies, guidelines, systems and frameworks for partnership management and contribute to the identification, training and mentoring of partnership management capacity across all levels of the organization.
Perform other related responsibilities as requested.
Essential:
Advanced-level university degree in public health, international development,international relations or a related field.
Desirable: n/a
Essential:
At least 10 years of experience in managing strategic partnerships at international and local level, and developing strategic frameworks and workplans.
Desirable:
Experience in WHO or UN, UN Agencies.
Experience of working with UN cluster system for emergency response.
Experience of Incident Management Systems with WHO or other UN agency working at sub national, national or regional level(s).
Demonstrated knowledge of strategic partnership management, collaborative work planning, monitoring and evaluation, strategy development and implementation and information systems.
Excellent organizational and analytical skills combined with ability to communicate clearly and impactfullyAbility to write and synthesize complex information in a clear and concise manner.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.
Tact, diplomacy and courtesy.
High level of judgement and initiative
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
Producing results
Creating an empowering and motivating environment
Essential:
Expert knowledge of English.
Desirable:
Intermediate knowledge of French.
Intermediate knowledge of WHO Languages.
WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 74,913 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 5219 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.