Partnership and External Relations Specialist

Contract

This is a P-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 125,902 USD and 162,325 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To ensure that effective WHO country presence is established to formulate, evaluate and implement WHO country cooperation strategies that are aligned with Member State’s health development agendas that aims to increase access to and effectiveness of high quality health care, sound Health Financing and Human Resources strategies and better Health Governance.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform the following, and other related responsibilities as required by the needs of the office:

1. Identify, build and maintain effective and strategic relationships with donor countries and partners, including donors and non-financial partners such as civil society, youth, private sector, parliaments or multilateral organizations.

2. Work with WHO colleagues across the 3 levels of the Organization on engagement with all Member States and partners (including implementing partners), including strategic engagement plans, proposal development and donor reporting, in line with corporate fundraising approaches and the GPW14, the Programme Budget and emergency appeals, and in accordance with the Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA).

3. Gather timely and quality intelligence on priorities, policies, budgets, funding trends and opportunities of the assigned Member States and partners.

4. Develop and contribute to donor and partner profiles and engagement strategies to enhance coordinated outreach to the assigned contributors across WHO.

5. Coordinate with key health sector partners and convene briefings with them, in order to strengthen collaboration. Prepare briefing notes, advise and support WHO leadership in meetings with relevant partners.

6. Track WHO performance and building capacities to meet partner expectations in line with grant agreements, as well as rigorously uphold appropriate policies on preventing and responding to sexual abuse and exploitation, and harassment and monitor reporting to partners in accordance with relevant agreements.

7. Ensure resource mobilization standard operating procedures are properly adhered to through the Contributor Engagement Management (CEM) system.

8. Manage the creation, packaging, and dissemination of targeted materials to strategic partners on programme initiatives and issues as well as success stories which bring visibility to the impact of their funding.

9. Manage the regular monitoring and tracking of partnerships’ perceptions of the organization, developing and implementing risk-mitigation communications and new strategies.

10. Guide technical staff on appropriate communications’ approaches in Partnerships’ briefings.

11. Manage and/or oversee the delivery of partner-sensitive communication training for WHO Country Office staff and personnel.

12. Represent the organization, as delegated by the head of the WHO office, in partnerships’ briefings and engagements.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: An advanced university degree (Master’s level or above) in international or public relations, business administration, communications, social sciences, law, or related field relevant to the position

Desirable: Professional certification or other specific training in external relation

Experience

Essential: At least seven years' of experience, with international exposure, in resource mobilization and/or external relations. Considerable experience in writing and editing, particularly in the context of donor reporting/relations and in developing messaging for advocacy purposes. Considerable experience working with and/or influencing funding systems, strategic partners, donor organizations and decision-makers. Experience in grant management and administration processes

Desirable: Relevant work experience in the UN system. Experience at country level is an asset

Skills

· Strong skills in external relations, resource mobilization and strategic partnership building.

· Ability to write well and produce engaging communication materials.

· Ability to engage partner interest, create and maintain longstanding trusted relationships.

· Sound level of judgement, responsibility and initiative.

· Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

· Ability to identify and act on opportunities in a complex and competitive resource environment and work effectively within the evolving global health context.

· Ability to communicate credibly with key stakeholders inside WHO.

· Knowledge of public health sector and WHO's role within the global health architecture. Ability to maintain perspective under pressure

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Setting an example
• Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
• Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Excellent knowledge of English. Desirable: Working knowledge of a WHO official language would be an asset

Other Skills (e.g. IT)

Proficiency in computers and office software packages, handling of web-based management systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and Cloud Management Enterprise System such as Workday.

REMUNERATION

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 77,326 (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 2,306.89 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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level.
• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line through Stellis. For assessment of your application, please ensure that: 1 -Your profile on Stellis is properly completed and updated. 2- All required details regarding your qualifications, education, training and experience are provided under relevant sections. 3- Your experience records are properly entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time.

• Enhanced WHO Global Competency Model: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/enhanced-who-global-competency-model

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test and/or an asynchronous video assessment may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• The WHO is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. The WHO recruits and employs staff regardless of disability status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, race, marital status, religious, cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, or any other personal characteristics.

The WHO is committed to achieving gender parity and geographical diversity in its staff. Women, persons with disabilities, and nationals of unrepresented and underrepresented Member States (

https://www.who.int/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion

) are strongly encouraged to apply. Persons with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations to enable participation in the recruitment process. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be sent through an email to

reasonableaccommodation@who.int

• An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential. WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.

• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

• Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with WHO and an underlying premise of the international civil service. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.

• WHO also offers wide range of benefits to staff, including parental leave and attractive flexible work arrangements to help promote a healthy work-life balance and to allow all staff members to express and develop their talents fully.

• The statutory retirement age for staff appointments is 65 years. For external applicants, only those who are expected to complete the term of appointment will normally be considered.

• Please note that WHO's contracts are conditional on members of the workforce confirming that they are vaccinated as required by WHO before undertaking a WHO assignment, except where a medical condition does not allow such vaccination, as certified by the WHO Staff Health and Wellbeing Services (SHW). The successful candidate will be asked to provide relevant evidence related to this condition. A copy of the updated vaccination card must be shared with WHO medical service in the medical clearance process. Please note that certain countries require proof of specific vaccinations for entry or exit. For example, official proof /certification of yellow fever vaccination is required to enter many countries. Country-specific vaccine recommendations can be found on the WHO international travel and Staff Health and Wellbeing website. For vaccination-related queries please directly contact SHW directly at [email protected].

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• *For WHO General Service staff who do not meet the minimum educational qualifications, please see e-Manual III.4.1, para 220.

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