Regional Emergency Director
2 weeks ago
The Regional Emergency Director will be responsible for leading WHO's Health Emergency Programme in all areas of its work at the regional level. This includes ensuring strong WHO management, coordination, and leadership of the health response during outbreaks and health emergencies, including acute humanitarian crises, disasters, and protracted emergencies.
Key Responsibilities- Member States Preparedness
- Provide technical leadership to Member States in the region to ensure they receive appropriate and timely technical cooperation to strengthen their capacity to reduce the risk of, prepare for, and respond to large-scale outbreaks and emergencies with health impact.
- Oversee monitoring and evaluation of countries' capacity to deal with large outbreaks and emergencies, including the achievement of IHR core capacities.
- Supervise the implementation of baseline all-hazards risk assessments and independent assessments of critical preparedness capacities.
- Provide authoritative guidance on the development and costing of national health emergencies plans.
- Provide WR and WHO Country Offices with authoritative guidance on technical oversight and standards on organizational readiness activities, with a focus on high-vulnerability countries (for annual simulations) in his/her region; is responsible for the readiness of the Regional Office.
- Guide WHO Country Offices in high-vulnerability countries to build their core response capacities through critical readiness activities.
- Advance the application of technical standards and the implementation of the standard minimum package of life-saving and survival interventions, support the Health Cluster Coordinator in emergency planning, standards, risk assessment, and integration.
- Ensure the application of established technical guidance and standards and support the Regional Director in government relations to ensure the effectiveness of the Incident Management System.
- Coordinate with the DPM and DAF on the management of regional surge capacity within and beyond the Emergencies Programme.
- In case of a multi-region emergency, represent his/her region or designate a team member to do so in coordination meetings with HQ and other Regions.
- Build and coordinate regional partner networks and coordinate regional response partners during graded and protracted events.
- Work closely with the RD's, ExD's, and HWO's resource mobilization teams to drive and guide resource mobilization activities within the Region.
- Ensure rapid and clear information flows with other Regions and HQ.
- Coordinate an overall strategic and operational approach in protracted emergencies with other technical departments.
- Oversee regional and country work plans, and financial and HR management within his/her authorities.
Education
Essential: An advanced university degree (Master's level or above) in Medicine, Public Health, or a related field.
Desirable: Specialized training or degree in epidemiology. Specialized training or degree in emergency/humanitarian response. Training in leadership or management.
Experience
Essential: At least 15 years of international and national relevant, progressively responsible professional experience in managing, planning, developing, and implementing health security, emergency, surveillance, disease control, and/or public health programmes, including at least 5 years of experience in providing senior-level advice and guidance to expert groups and high-level government officials, as well as at least 5 years inclusive of management experience in recognized senior leadership positions with direct responsibility for managing both human resources and finance operations.
Desirable: Relevant work experience in WHO and/or UN sister agencies; experience working in relevant non-governmental or humanitarian organizations. Work experience or training as a Health Cluster Coordinator or a Humanitarian Coordinator. Field experience in public health programmes or emergency response programmes in developing countries.
Skills
• General demonstrated exceptional leadership and team management skills in international and multi-cultural settings, including the proven capacity to lead and deliver on deadlines during periods of intense stress and activity; demonstrated ability to provide independent leadership in such periods with capacity to organize, monitor, and synthesize information quickly and concisely.
• Proven ability to successfully coordinate, manage, and lead projects, and build partnerships, across agencies and organizational departments in the context of health emergencies.
• Proven ability to successfully interact and negotiate with senior national and international authorities on the implementation of health emergencies strategies and programmes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with solid writing and editing experience and ability. Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to quickly comprehend strategic and tactical objectives and to formulate comprehensive plans to address challenges/risks.
• Specific proven experience in the leadership and management of acute and protracted public health emergency response efforts, including infectious disease outbreaks.
• Knowledge of the epidemiology of infectious diseases and other global health security threats and of issues and practices for the prevention and control of disease.
• Peer-recognized leadership and experience in managing and directing organizational assets to save lives and improve health in the setting of humanitarian disasters.
• Authoritative and comprehensive knowledge of the theory, principles, methods, and techniques in international emergency risk management and humanitarian response, with a broad-based understanding of its growing complexity including knowledge of the workings of relevant international policy-setting bodies.
WHO Competencies
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Driving the Organization's Position in Health Leadership
Producing results
Creating an empowering and motivating environment
Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of either French, Russian, or German.
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