• Country: Geneva, Switzerland
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: WHO
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-04

Purpose of consultancy

To provide project management and writing support for the second phase of the Investment Round project.

To monitor progress across the work streams, contribute to advocacy and communications on the project and contribute to data analysis and visualization.

Background

WHO has been mandated by its Member States to produce a plan for the Organization’s first Investment Round, to be submitted to the Executive Board in January 2024. The ADGO will coordinate this project through an agile, cross-cutting and time-bound coordination team.

Deliverables

To facilitate coordination across workstreams within WHO, to advise on and produce initial drafts for materials and to conceptualize and set up meetings and events for internal and external stakeholders as a basis for building towards a culminating event in the 4th quarter of 2024.

• Project management:
  1. Updated work plan across the 4 workstreams that monitors progress in line with the project’s objectives and deadlines.
  2. Prepared coordination team check-ins and touchpoint meetings with work stream leads; minutes and action points.
  3. An organized and appropriately accessible storage of all relevant documents.
  4. Operationalization of decision points of ADG.
• Content production
  1. Clear, attractive and accurate slide decks for external and internal meetings and communications.
  2. Drafts for external communications including briefing notes, key messages and official letters.
  3. Content for internal and stakeholder communications, including for internal town halls and Member State information sessions.
  4. Guidance for internal communications and – framing and content for newsletters, presentations, talking points/speeches.
• Data analysis & visualization
  1. Data analysis and visualization for data on financial and human resources and processes, for advocacy and communication purposes.

For corporate messaging, in particular in sensitive political areas, a close coordination with the Communications department has to be ensured.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in Management, International Relations, Development Studies or related field.

Experience

Essential:

• At least seven years professional experience in project management for public health.
• Demonstrated experience working in a partnership.

Desirable:

• Hands-on experience working with a national government.
• Experience working with WHO.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Strong expertise in project management and work planning.
• Strong skills in researching for and writing advocacy and reporting materials.
• Demonstrated ability to work across technical specialities and work cultures towards a common goal.
• Skills in data analysis and presentation.
• Understanding of public health.

Languages required:

Essential:

Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

Intermediate knowledge of French.

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