Current Vacancies at World Health Organization

Description Of Duties
During deployment, the duty station may change, and duties may be modified, based upon the technical needs of the Programme:

• Develop a flexible and innovative resource mobilization strategy to ensure sustainable financing for the work of WHE at country level. In coordination with relevant technical officers, write donorbriefing materials, funding proposals and other WHO and UN appeal documents; to be used as an advocacy and fundraising tools.
• Identify and partner with main humanitarian donors to the country (in consultation with HQ and Regional Office resource mobilization teams). Represent WHO at donor coordination meetings; proactively contribute to negotiations for rapid donor agreements.
• Research the interests and application requirements of the main donors and other sources of funding to the country, identifying trends as well as opportunities and risks and positioning WHEas appropriate, in consultation with HQ.
• Oversee the overall activities related to mobilization of resources, grants management, analysis of funding needs and gaps and the award management process at the country office level. Maintain project calendars and milestones; analyse information on project activities and monitor progresstowards targets using various project management databases.  
• Work closely with HQ and the relevant Regional Office focal points as required to ensure the development of strategic funding proposals, grants, donor agreements and other external relations activities. Provide technical expertise and resource mobilization guidance to the staff at the country office level.
• Support the management of multiple projects throughout the project life cycle: monitor implementation rates and reporting deadlines and ensure activities and expenditures are aligned with the terms and conditions set out in individual donor agreements; work closely with procurement, logistic, HR and technical staff to monitor the overall implementation of emergency projects
• Liaise and build partnerships with local representatives of OCHA or other coordination agencies in the country to ensure that WHO participates in system-wide resource mobilization activities organized by OCHA and that it effectively engages with CERF and Country-Based Pooled Funds staff at country level to secure funding from those sources.
• In coordination with the Communication and Advocacy Officer, effectively utilize the communication products to inform donors about both Health Sector and WHO's strategies and work to encourage them to fund the overall health sector response to affected populations and WHO's strategic plans and proposals.
• Perform any other emergency-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

Required Qualifications
Education

• Essential: Advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in social sciences, international relations, political sciences, communications, marketing, management, economics accounting, financial management, business or public administration from an accredited/recognized institute.
• Desirable: Specific studies on resource mobilization, communication, studies on development and/or humanitarian work. Training in donor intelligence, proposal writing, and general project management.

Experience
Essential:

• At least seven years' related experience, at the national and international level, in resource mobilization, external relations and/or grants management. Documented achievements in fundraising activities, part of which supporting humanitarian emergency or health outbreak response and recovery activities.
• Proven experience in writing resource mobilization proposals, donor reports and related documents. Desirable: Prior working experience with WHO/UN, health cluster partners or with an international nongovernmental or recognized humanitarian organization.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal, representational and organizational skills, with proven ability to facilitate and strengthen the involvement and collaboration of a broad range of internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated success in resource mobilization, including the ability to conceptualize resource mobilization strategies and approaches and achieve consensus with donors and partners.
• Integrity, tact and discretion.
• Ability to work and achieve goals under pressure.
• Sound understanding of the impact of emergencies and crises on social and economic development, and its burden on populations.
• Ability to "think out of the box" and to make innovative proposals as related to mobilization of resources.
• Good knowledge of WHO mandate and goals in the emergency incident management context is an asset.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Ensuring the effective use of resources
• Driving the Organization's Position in Health Leadership
• Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French.

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Description Of Duties

• The incumbent will perform all or part of the following, and other related responsibilities as required by the needs of the office.Work in coordination with, and under the technical guidance of functional units and departments at headquarters and regional levels, under the supervision of the head of the WHO office.
• Manage and deliver consistent, high quality, and professional,risk- and compliance-based country-office assessments, including of the managerial Key Performance Indicators.
• Provide inter-country analyses, with trends and emerging risks.Determine office compliance with WHO rules,regulations, and procedures, including the optimal use of resources, in line with global compliance programmes.
• Presenton a scheduled basis to head of the WHO office and senior management the analyses, reports, and results of the systematic assessments of risks and issues of non-compliance in the country offices, with actionable recommendations.
• Guide country office leadership in the assigned country offices on integrating risk management into decision-making, programme design and planning, monitoring,evaluation, reporting and contingency activities.Identify constraints to transactional compliance and recommend corrective strategies, approaches, or measures including facilitating organizational support.
• Propose innovative solutions for business strategy, risk management and compliance challenges grounded in regulatory expertise.Guide the head of the WHO office to implement internal and external audit recommendations and follow up on open findings and recommendations.
• Propose measures, policies, and procedures, to enhance the performance and effectiveness of WHO's risk management and compliance programme.
• Promote a country-office culture of risk awareness, accountability and compliance in programme and administration through education, training, and knowledge generation, adapting corporate tools.
• Operationalize measures and tools to mitigate organizational risk and enhance compliance with accountability frameworks in emergency settings.
• In collaboration with the Compliance and Risk Management network, propose enhancements to the risk management accountability frameworks.
• Contribute to the development of corporate training tools, policies, procedures, and knowledge products on compliance andrisk management.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Required Qualifications
Education

• Essential: Advanced university degree (master's level or above) in a relevant field (such as business or public administration, law, finance,economics, accounting).
• Desirable: Training or certification in risk management or a related discipline.

Experience

• Essential: A minimum of seven years of work experience relevant to the position (general management, oversight and/ or managing internal control or accountability frameworks and related monitoring processes and systems in complex public and private-sector organizations), with some of it obtained in an international work environment.
• Desirable: Demonstrated experience in implementing risk management and internal control frameworks within the UN system or in the private sector.

Skills

• Implementation and/or monitoring of accountability frameworks in WHO or other international organizations. Implementation of measures, tools or systems to address deficiencies in risk management and compliance systems. Statistical analysis tools and techniques. Implementing creative responses or solutions to identified programme or operational risks, particularly in emergency settings. Ability to extract and analyze all relevant types of evidence and to draw reasonable inferences and conclusions. Design, implementation or management of risk assessment/risk management and/or compliance tools or systems for international organizations. Strong verbal and written communication and training skills Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative work style.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
• Producing results

Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English or French interchangeable depending on the duty station.
Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of local languages.

Closing Date: Feb 27