Regional Adviser

COMPANY PRESENTATION

WHO began when our Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948 - a date we now celebrate every year as World Health Day. We are now more than 7000 people from more than 150 countries working in 150 country offices, in 6 regional offices and at our headquarters in Geneva.
- Our primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system and our main areas of work are health systems; health through the life-course; noncommunicable and communicable diseases; preparedness, surveillance and response; and corporate services.
- We support countries as they coordinate the efforts of governments and partners - including bi
- and multilaterals, funds and foundations, civil society organizations and the private sector.
- Working together, we attain health objectives by supporting national health policies and strategies.
- WHO works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.
- Our goal is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.

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**OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME**
- The department of UHC (Universal Health Coverage) communicable diseases assists WHO Member States of the Eastern Mediterranean Region to reach the communicable diseases related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a Primary Health Care (PHC) for UHC approach. The scope of the department includes HIV, TB, Malaria, NTDs, immunization, anti-microbial resistance, and public health laboratories.

**DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES**
- Support Member States through policy analysis and development of appropriate frameworks to promote national capacity for NTDs programmes taking into the circumstances of the environment, beneficiation, infrastructural needs and counterparts collaboration.
- Provide overall coordination on technical advisory services on policies and strategies relating to NTDs through policy and situation analysis and the development and/or dissemination of frameworks and guidelines.
- Develop institutional capacity for sustainable results on NTDs programmes in Member States through the provision of advice on the design of structures, the ability to assess risks and challenges and to monitor and evaluate outcomes according to specified indicators.
- Coordinate the design of NTDs frameworks and guidelines for the Member States and their institutions including through the preparation of technical reports, discussion papers and technical studies based on research and analytical work.
- Design and disseminate standard procedures, guidelines and tools for collection and analysis of information on NTDs.
- Lead and expand WHO's leadership in the area of NTDs.
- Build partnerships and collaborate with appropriate technical networks, institutions, universities and WHO Collaborating Centres for developing appropriate training courses for national capacity building.
- Foster collaboration and coordinate efforts with international partners and donor agencies to mobilize resources and facilitate effective utilization of resources for projects and new initiatives in the field of NTDs.
- Lead and coordinate the information seminars and workshops and awareness/ advocacy campaigns on NTDs and promote WHO's position.
- Work in collaboration with colleagues at all levels in WHO and external partners and collaborators in advocacy to facilitate the implementation of joint NTDs action plans.
- Coordinate and lead NTDs capacity building initiatives related to implementation of related international standards and norms.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**

Education
**Essential**: Advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in Medicine, Public Health or related field.
- **Desirable**: Training in prevention, control, and elimination of tropical diseases.
Experience
**Essential**: A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in the area of NTDs providing technical advice and policy development services at the international level. Within this experience, demonstrated professional experience at the regional or country level delivering and managing public health programmes while providing technical advice and support to regional and or country level counterparts.
- **Desirable**: Some work exposure in a developing country context. Working experience with WHO, other UN agencies or international organizations.

**Skills**:
- Demonstrated knowledge in prevention, control and elimination of NTDs.
- Excellent drafting skills to produce reports, policies and documents on NTDs.
- Proven ability to manage the work of a team requiring an in-depth understanding of its strategic direction and is able to integrate the work of the team into the assigned work programme.
- Excellent communication skills to provide expert advice on sub