Unit Head (GPEI Executive Management Unit)

Overview

Lead operations of GPEI Executive Management Unit to meet objectives.

You have:

• An advanced university degree in public health, management or related degree.
• Project management certification.
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in coordination and/or management of programmatic activities.
• Experience ideally with or in an International Organization.
• Experience in health/technical policies and strategies.
• Experience managing human and financial resources.
• First-hand experience at regional and/or country level.
• Experience working in immunization, polio or emergencies.
• Expert knowledge of English.
• Expert knowledge of French.

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 207,103 USD and 259,547 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, mandated by theWorld Health Assembly to stop transmission of wild poliovirus, has reduced global incidence of polio by 99.9%. It is a partnership spearheaded by WHO,Rotary International, US CDC, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, andsupported by BMGF. The programme supports Member States in carrying out surveillance and immunization campaigns and strengthening routine immunization,in order to stop polio transmission. Set up in 2022, GPEI's Executive Management Unit (EMU) was established to streamline GPEI's operations and day to day coordination. The EMU is tasked with 1)coordinating and supporting the work of the Global Program Support (GPS) and Regional Operations (RO) groups; 2) leading the implementation and coordination of cross cutting issues across GPEI (i.e. integration, gender); 3) ensuring performance and risk management processes are managed consistently across the GPEI partnership; and 4) coordinating the operations of the GPEI's Strategy Committee (SC).

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the EMU to ensure it is meeting its objectives.
• Lead the development of the EMU workplan and oversee its implementation.
• Oversee the overall work of the EMU team members, to ensure they are able to deliver on their responsibilities.
• Ensure there is a strong link between SC and GPS/RO groups to ensure consistent communication and ensuring involvement or decision-making at the proper time.
• Lead efforts to support group chairs to exercise their authority, facilitating the resolution of strategic and operational misalignments across groups.
• Ensure timely and effective completion of projects and initiatives requested by the SC, such as priority cross-cutting efforts (i.e. Integration, gender).
• Ensure all decisions and documentation coming to the SC are fit for purpose, and the correct consultations and analyses have been completed to enable the SC to provide guidance.
• Participate with the SC in its regular calls as well as in strategic planning, policy development, and decision-making.
• Oversee effective tracking and reporting of GPEI activities against organizational plans, priorities, and key metrics (e.g. Key Performance Indicators), escalating issues as appropriate.
• Ensure timely progress reporting for donors and partners.
• Represents the SC, at its request, in interactions within and outside the partnership.

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: An advanced university degree in public health, the management or other degree related to the functions of the position. Desirable: Project management certification.

Experience

Essential: A minimum of 10 years of professional experience with increasing levels of seniority in coordination and/or management of over-arching programmatic activities, ideally with or in an International Organization. Experience in the area of health/technical policies and strategies in a multi-stakeholder partnership environment. Demonstrated experience managing human and financial resources. Demonstrated experience at the international level. Desirable: First-hand working experience at regional and/or country level.Experience working in immunization, polio or emergencies.Familiar with GPEI structure.

Skills

• Strong portfolio/project management skills in the area of leading project teams, instilling a results-focused way of working.
• Excellent skills and ability in thinking and operating outside-of-the-box, with a sensitivity to spot gaps, overleaps, opportunities and to formulate approaches addressing these.
• Managing diverse teams and the skill to form groups of dedicated professional enthusiasm around changing goals.
• Subject matter expertise related to polio / public health;
• Concrete skills in the planning and coordination of multidisciplinary health/technical Programmes.
• Good skills in motivating staff and team members.
• Ability to engage and communicate effectively and diplomatically with in- and external partners and stakeholders.
• Strong problem resolution skills.
• Experience working in close coordination with multiple levels of leadership.

WHO Competencies

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

Use of Language Skills

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

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 90,664 (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 6256 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.

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

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