Apply: WHO Team Lead

Deadline: 28 June, 2021

Location: Cairo, Egypt

World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Team Lead.

The primary role of WHO is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate the work on High Threat Pathogens (HTP) within the Infectious Hazards Management (IHM) with particular emphasis on prevention and control of regional infectious hazards and threats, specific preparedness and readiness measures necessary to mitigate and prevent these threats
  • Ensure development, coordination and implementation of a strategic programme to respond and control threats with potential of regional/global spread
  • Develop the technical guidelines and preparedness plan in collaboration with other disease programmes and the preparedness groups in WHE and foster research for new tools and approaches to prevent and control infectious hazards with pandemic potential
  • Provide the IHM contribution to the surveillance and risk analysis and risk communication of infectious hazards with pandemic potential in close collaboration with the risk assessment and information group and other groups in WHE
  • Develop the new policies, concepts, tools and strategies and their implementation in High Threat Pathogens
  • Plan, manage and monitor the activities of the team so that activities reflect the administrative and budgetary standards, guidelines, priorities and directions of WHE/IHM
  • Develop work plans and performance indicators, monitor, identify gaps and coordinate the work of the team and its interaction with other teams so that the work is technically excellent, effectively and efficiently conducted, and completed to a high standard

Requirements

  • University degree in Medicine with master’s degree in Public Health
  • Ten years, minimum, of national and international experience in the control and prevention of infectious diseases
  • Proven experience in managing finances, budgets and staff and clear proof of responsibility for management of work plan activities
  • Proven primary responsibility for managing cross-cutting initiatives involving different departments or organisational entities in a multinational context such as the UN, WHO or similar
  • Proven primary responsibility in developing strategies in prevention and control of infectious diseases
  • Expert knowledge of infectious diseases, particularly in region specific infectious hazards and threats, specific public health preparedness measures
  • Solid managerial skills including proven ability to move from design of a strategic concept, to its operational implementation, to its successful completion, and sound knowledge of planning, human resources, budgeting and financing aspects of management
  • Proven understanding of the management of acute and urgent public health responses, including infectious disease outbreaks in humanitarian emergencies
  • Effectiveness in building sustained partnerships and working with others in international settings
  • Expert knowledge of English and Arabic
  • Intermediate knowledge of French

To apply and for more information, click here.

Photo source: WHO/Pierre Virot

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