Chief Scientist

The Chief Scientist will guarantee strong and high quality scientific, analytic and technical work associated to new and current challenges in addition to alternatives for innovation and the usage of know-how for higher well being outcomes within the Western Pacific Area

• This dynamic function requires steady adaptation to rising challenges and improvements, with ongoing collaboration to refine tasks and organizational constructions for optimum affect.
• Technical Excellence: Overseeing and elevating the standard of WHO’s technical work supporting international locations.
• Technical Publication Excellence: Overseeing and elevating the technical high quality of publications, analysis papers, and reviews, guaranteeing they aren’t solely scientifically strong but in addition successfully communicated to various stakeholders.
• Governance Assembly Preparedness: Taking cost of preparations for technical gadgets introduced at governance conferences, providing professional insights and steering to facilitate knowledgeable decision-making.
• Supervision of Advisory and Knowledgeable Teams: Offering management to WPRO Technical Advisory Teams and Knowledgeable Teams, fostering collaboration, and harnessing collective experience to deal with regional well being challenges.
• Supply for Affect Initiatives: Main initiatives targeted on Supply for Affect, guaranteeing that the group’s technical efforts translate into tangible and optimistic well being outcomes for the communities inside the Western Pacific Area.
• Digital Well being and Innovation Management:  Spearheading efforts in digital well being and innovation, exploring cutting-edge applied sciences and methods to reinforce healthcare supply and outcomes.
• Knowledge and Analytics Strategic Administration: Overseeing the strategic implementation of information and analytics, leveraging insights to tell evidence-based decision-making and public well being interventions.
• Analysis and Innovation: offering management to WHO’s work to strengthen analysis and innovation each inside WHO and in Member States.
• International Engagement: Actively taking part in world initiatives and boards related to the Chief Scientist’s portfolio, fostering partnerships, and representing the area’s pursuits on the worldwide stage.
• Carry out every other associated incident-specific duties, as required by the useful supervisor.

Required {Qualifications}:

Schooling

Important :

• Diploma in medication with postgraduate diploma on the grasp’s stage in public well being, tropical medication, medical parasitology, epidemiology or science from a acknowledged college.

Expérience

Important :

• Minimal fifteen years expertise in illness management, planning, implementation, administration and analysis, together with in an advisory and/or instructing capability, whereof not less than 5 years are at worldwide stage.

Abilities:

• Data of a number of technical areas of public well being;
• Well being planning at operational, subnational, and nationwide ranges, with political and technical parts;
• Capability-building by a number of strategies, together with coaching, mentoring and instance setting;
• Skill to determine harmonious working relationships as a part of a staff, adapt to various academic and cultural backgrounds, and keep a excessive customary of non-public conduct;
• Skill to reveal gender fairness and cultural appropriateness within the supply of providers to Member States.

Language Abilities:

Important:

• Knowledgeable data of English.

Supply:   https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2402783