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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

• The incumbent will advise country-office leadership, at national and subregional levels, on assessed operational, political, programme, and reputational risks facing the country office(s), including compliance with regulatory organizational systems. The incumbent will provide proposals, measures and guidance to mitigate risks and ensure the accountability, transparency and compliance of the office(s) with WHO administrative rules and regulations.

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.
• Present on 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 and risk management.

Required Qualifications
Education

• Essential: Master’s level in business or public administration, or law, or finance, or economics, or accounting.
• Desirable: Training or certification in risk management or a related discipline.

Experience

• Essential: At least seven years of relevant experience, with proven international exposure, in general management, oversight and/ or managing internal control or accountability frameworks and related monitoring processes and systems in complex public and/or private-sector organizations.
• Desirable: Demonstrated relevant experience within the UN system or in the private sector or in an international work environment.

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 analyse 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.

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• Develop, implement and evaluate the WHO country office communications strategy and evaluate the country office annual plan for communication activities.In collaboration with WHO country office staff and regional office communications department, produce communication material and media tools, including written stories, photographs,video and other audio-visual and print material, for inclusion in country,regional and headquarters reports, websites, brochures and other communications products.
• Maintain WHO country office presence through regular posts and engagement on social media platforms and channels, including the web.
• Develop and provide the content for all such messages/posts and ensure theappropriate use of the WHO branding in all communications.
• Review the national media landscape. Develop close relations with press and media at national level.
• Propose and arrange press briefings, conferences, and other press visibility events.
• Conduct regular monitoringof media; produce summary for WR and respond to local and international media enquiries.
• Provide external communications support to the WR'shigh-level political advocacy, including country visits, conferences, meetings and other events.
• Provide editorial support to produce country office publications, including annual and quarterly reports, as required.
• Conduct regular communications training and/or briefings for WHO staff members and provide information and communication support onmajor public health interventions and events.
• Represent WHO's communications function with other stakeholders, including Ministry of Health, UN agencies other health partners.
• Perform other related responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor/s.

Required Qualifications
Education

• Essential: University degree in Communication, Journalism and Public relations, Marketing, or other related disciplines
• Desirable: Certificate in Graphic Design and Knowledge in social media applications.

Experience

• Essential: Have at least two years 'experiencein Communications, Marketing, Journalism and or Public Relations.
• Desirable: Experience in UN or nongovernmental organizations. Experience working with the Ministry of Health and/or development partners.

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of WHO's mission and work in the country.Demonstrated experience in effectively using a variety of media channels and communication tools/platforms to communicate at a national level.Proven ability to quickly identify opportunities/channels for effective promotion of topics and dissemination of key messages at national level.Strong interpersonal, communication, writing, and reporting skills.Ability to make innovative proposals related to communication and the Organization's visibility with tact, discretion and diplomacy