Director WHO - World Health Organization

Geneva, Switzerland

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To ensure the efficient and effective preparation and conduct of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board, and of committees or other intergovernmental processes established by them.

Description of duties:

1. To direct, coordinate and monitor WHO's Governing Bodies programmes, taking responsibility for the meetings of and documentation for the World Health Assembly, the Executive Board, and their Committees or other intergovernmental processes established by them:
2. To develop or revise policy and procedural guidelines for approval by DGO and oversee their implementation to ensure that the Organization effectively plays its constitutional role as the leading authority in international public health.
3. To provide effective, accountable management for Governing Bodies: directs and controls all activities, providing leadership and guidance, managing human and financial resources, monitoring performance and taking appropriate action to ensure achievement of the programme's goals and objectives; relays relevant information emanating from DGO and from other sources inside and outside WHO, ensuring that effective communications are maintained with programme staff.
4. To act as focal point within and outside WHO on matters related to governing body affairs: represents Governing Bodies programme in meetings of the Executive Board, the Health Assembly, and their committees and subsidiary bodies, in meetings with officials of governments and missions, in relations with senior WHO staff and in liaison with interagency, interregional and outside bodies.
5. To provide advice and support to senior management and all WHO offices and programmes on strategic and organizational considerations relating to governing bodies: monitors international political and technical developments, devises strategic approaches, ensures that the necessary information bases are established, maintained and communicated, maintains communications with regional offices to coordinate the complementarity of global and regional governing body agendas.
6. To ensure that the meeting and documentation services are provided as cost-effectively as possible: sees that maximum advantage is taken of information and communications technology in organizing and running governing body meetings and in producing and disseminating policy and technical documentation.
7. To oversee and rationalize the administrative arrangements for governing body meetings: chairs the Committee on Documentation for Governing Bodies, responsible for control of documentation, and for overseeing all stages of the preparation, translation and dissemination of documentation in printed and electronic form.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Essential:

An advanced university degree preferably in management, international relations, law, economics or public health.

Desirable:

Postgraduate degree or equivalent professional training and experience in a relevant field.

Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of organizational policies and practices, meeting management and documentation.
• Administrative and managerial skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Tact, diplomacy and discretion in dealing with sensitive issues.
• Ability to maintain courteous and harmonious relations inside and outside WHO.
• Demonstrated ability to write clearly and articulately present the status on a broad range of issues while representing and promoting the Organization.

WHO competencies:

• Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond;
• Fostering integration and teamwork;
• Producing results;
• Creating an empowering and motivating environment;
• Ensuring the effective use of resources.

Experience:

Essential:

• At least 10 years of experience at increasingly responsible and independent levels in managing complex governing bodies, of which at least five years should be at the international level;
• At least 5 years of experience ininternational organization(s);
• Documented ability to manage complex, politically sensitive intergovernmental meetings with senior national professionals and persons at ministerial level.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with WHO an advantage.

Languages:

Essential: Excellent knowledge of English with a working knowledge of French.

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