Regional Human Resources Manager

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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**PURPOSE OF THE POSITION**

**OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME**
- The objectives of the Human Resources and Talent Management Unit (HRT) are to carry out, in an efficient and timely manner, all human resources for the WHO Regional Office and Country Offices under its responsibility, including workforce planning and analysis, staffing, policy formulation and interpretation, medical services, learning and development, conflict resolution, and strategic advice on human resources matters to staff and management.

**DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES**

**Organizational architect**
- The Regional Human Resources Manager will coordinate the organizational development-related in the EMR Region. The incumbent will also act as a key advisor to the Regional Director in developing and implementing his/her vision, long term strategic goals, policies and systems to meet the Region's current and future staffing needs.

**Workforce Strategist**
- The Regional Human Resources Manager will assist managers in the Regional Office and Country Offices to translate their business strategies into people strategies and relevant HR actions, in order to build a workforce capable of delivering tangible results related to strategic objectives.

**Organizational learning and Performance Catalyst**
- Through effective communication, mentoring, coaching and staff development, the Regional Human Resources Manager will build strong partnerships with the Regional Office's Senior Management, Country Offices and WRs and their teams, in order to create a positive attitude to people issues, and to increase organizational capabilities and performances. The incumbent will ensure that the staff performance management system is understood and is implemented in a fair, timely and uniform way across the Region. He/she will also lead regional initiatives on staff development and learning strategies and programmes, in conjunction with senior management and counterparts at WHO/HQ, in order to expose staff across the EMR Region to best thinking and available best practices.

**HR Services Delivery Owner**
- In the context of the Global Management System (GSM), the Regional Human Resources Manager will manage HR operations for the EMR Region, in collaboration with the Global Services Center. Through the HRT teams in the Regional Office and Country Offices, the incumbent will plan, direct, assess, monitor and coordinate the provision of HR services (including staff occupational health) to managers and staff across the Region.

**Compliance Regulator**
- In the context of a model based on decentralized administrative functions to managers and the use of GSM, the Regional Human Resources Manager will provide consistent administrative oversight on HR-related issues across the Region, in accordance with the Organization's policies, rules and regulations. The incumbent will also coordinate legal matters related to human resources, in collaboration with the Human Resources Management Department and the Office of Human Resources Policy and Justice (HPJ) at WHO/HQ and will be responsible for industrial relations. In this regard, he/she will be a partner of the Staff Association.

**HR Transformation**
- The Regional Human Resources Manager will develop and lead the implementation of new approaches, working methods, refined processes and programmes needed to support new ways of working and a paradigm shift that enables the HRT team to create efficiency and add real value for business clients and staff.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**

Education
**Essential**: Advanced university degree in human resources management or industrial relations or public/business administration, or law or other related areas.
- **Desirable**: A highest-level acad