Team Lead (Operational Readiness and Capacity Building)

Contract

This is a P-5 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 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 144,241 USD and 180,766 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

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.

The objectives of the Country Health Emergency Preparedness & International Health Regulations (2005) Unit (CPI) include the monitoring and evaluation of countries' capacity for IHR, monitoring countries' preparedness to health and other humanitarian emergencies, the planning and country capacity building for critical capacities involving an all-hazards approach at all three levels of the Organization. The CPI Unit prioritizes support to the most vulnerable and low-capacity countries. The main objective of Preparedness, Readiness and Core capacity building is to provide technical support to WHO's country offices in their effort to enhance emergency preparedness for public health emergencies as required under the International Health Regulations (2005), Emergency Preparedness and Response Framework as well as other global plans for improving public health preparedness for health emergencies. Working closely with the other WHE staff, the Team Lead for Preparedness ensures that needs listed in national action plans are translated into targeted capacity building in the priority/vulnerable countries.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

The incumbent will perform the following duties:

1. Lead the activities of country operational readiness for developing and implementing the unit's work plan, ensure the delivery of its major products providing an expert approach and authoritative advice to country capacity building and training and learning activities.
2. Provide authoritative advice in the development of strategies, new policies, procedures, tools and guidelines supporting the development of guidance for national risk profiling and emergency planning, emergency operation centres, emergency medical teams, emergency and operative care and health security interface and the strengthening of national capacities for emergency and disaster risk management.
3. Lead and guide Regional Office's, Country Offices' and countries operational readiness to emergencies as well as related capacity building of Member States in the related areas.
4. Ensure the implementation of the results framework, foster prioritization of activities in the team to ensure the best use of limited resources and monitor through a variety of indicators (quantitative and qualitative) the performance of work programmes.
5. Allocate, monitor and ensure the timely and careful use of the team resources so that adequate support is assured ensuring that the administrative and budgetary standards, guidelines, priorities and directions of WHO, WHE and CPI are correctly complied.
6. Lead, motivate, guide, manage and evaluate performance of the operational readiness team,. Encourage the team to use and support multi-disciplinary and cross cutting approaches and promote professional excellence and high standards in all aspects of work.
7. Proactively resolve situations which might pose a threat to WHO or its reputation by identifying and solving critical problems and negotiating and implementing measures to reduce risks.
8. On request, represent the CPI Unit and/or the WHO Health Emergencies Programme inside and outside the Organization.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: Master's degree in medicine, public health or other health sciences related field. Desirable: Post graduate studies or training in emergency preparedness/crisis management/humanitarian actions/mass gatherings/medicine or disaster management.

Experience

Essential: At least 10 years' experience at national and international levels in country capacity building for emergency preparedness and readiness, including at least 3-5 years progressive experience with any international agency. Experience in strategy formulation and inter-agency collaboration. Substantial experience in human and financial resource management with a strong track record of leadership and management of teams comprised of different technical and cultural backgrounds.

Desirable: Work experience in WHO, other UN agencies, non-governmental or humanitarian organizations. Proven primary responsibility for managing cross-cutting initiatives involving different departments or organizational entities in a multinational context such as the UN, WHO or similar.

Skills

• Sound knowledge of the WHO rules and regulations as related to the subject matter, and of the relevant resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management skills in international and multi-cultural settings, including the proven capacity to lead and deliver on deadlines during periods of extreme stress and intense activity.
• Proven ability to interact and negotiate with senior leadership in national and international agencies and organizations.
• Excellent inter-personal, communications and presentation skills with proven ability to write in a clear and concise manner.
• Tact, discretion and diplomacy
• Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to quickly comprehend strategic and tactical objectives.

WHO Competencies*

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Promoting innovation and organizational learning Moving forward in a changing environment Creating an empowering and motivating environment

*WHO Global Competency Model at http://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French. Intermediate knowledge of Arabic.

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 92,731 (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 2743 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

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test 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.

• 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.

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

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• 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.

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

• WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. 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.

• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.

• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line. For assessment of your application, please ensure that your profile on Stellis is updated; all experience records are entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time. Kindly note that CV/PHFs inserted via LinkedIn are not accessible.