Team Lead (Accelerated Diseases Control & Elimination)

The Team Lead provides technical leadership and managerial support within the Department of Accelerated Diseases Control & Elimination, focusing on vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) accelerated control and elimination, outbreak reduction, response, and recovery. The role involves developing health policies, managing a technical team, coordinating research and innovation, and representing the programme at global and regional levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and managerial support within the Department for VPD accelerated disease control and elimination and outbreak reduction, response and recovery.
• Develop and propose technical health policies and strategies in collaboration with regional and country offices.
• Manage the programme area including a small team of technical staff, workplans, financial resources, and implementation of activities.
• Promote and coordinate research and innovation on best practices and capacity building.
• Manage monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of key performance indicators and programme deliverables.
• Serve as technical reference among peer community, UN agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Liaise with partnerships in UN agencies, donors, and research institutions to position technical work into global and national policies.
• Represent the programme at meetings to advocate for WHO's vaccine-related disease control priorities.
• Lead Measles and Rubella Partnership and shape IVB portfolio in measles and rubella elimination.
• Coordinate IVB collaboration with Health Emergencies Programme and other initiatives for vaccination and outbreak response, especially in fragile settings.
• Serve as IVB focal point for vaccine and immunization strategies for VPD outbreak/epidemic/pandemic response.
• Oversee mobilization, management, and monitoring of financial resources including donor reporting and workplan implementation.
• Respond to media and communication inquiries on vaccine preventable disease control and outbreak issues.
• Apply expertise in outbreak risk assessment, reduction, response, and recovery to guide strategic planning and decision-making.
• Develop technical guidance and tools in the technical area.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's level) in Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Policy, Public Policy, Global/International Health, Paediatric Health, or other related field.
• Desirable: A PhD in one of the above-mentioned fields.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in international global health and communicable disease prevention and control.
• At least 7 years of experience in health policies and strategies related to vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Demonstrated experience with elimination or eradication programmes for vaccine preventable diseases.
• Direct field experience working on vaccine preventable disease control and elimination, including outbreak response in low-resource settings.
• Experience managing human and financial resources.
• Experience leading development of policies, guidelines or training materials.
• Proven track record building collaborative partnerships at global or regional level in public health or vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Experience interacting with a broad range of immunization stakeholders at global and country level.
• Desirable: Experience building and influencing complex multi-stakeholder partnerships and coordinating multi-stakeholder convenings.
• Desirable: Experience in technical assistance, training and capacity building at country, regional and global levels.
• Desirable: Experience with global and regional partnerships and working with donors.
• Proficiency in more than one UN language.
• Strong technical skills in accelerated vaccine-preventable disease control and elimination, with expertise in measles and/or rubella control.
• Expertise in outbreak preparedness and response.
• Understanding of immunization system components and interaction with outbreak reduction and recovery goals.
• Experience with Health Emergencies Programme, Global Polio Eradication initiative and/or Measles and Rubella Partnership.
• Skills in planning and coordination of multidisciplinary public health programmes.
• Excellent team management and financial oversight skills.
• Good skills in resource mobilization.
• Ability to engage and communicate effectively with external partners including Ministries of Health, Donor institutions, Civil Society, and other stakeholders.
• Commitment to collaborate effectively with other key partners in immunization.
• Knowledge of immunization programmes and key global initiatives such as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Global Polio Eradication Programme and/or Measles and Rubella Partnership.
• Desirable: Project management, resource mobilization or donor advocacy experience.
• Highly motivated with initiative and ability to influence.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to adapt to organizational changes.
• Technical and analytical writing skills.
• Ability to combine theoretical strategies with practical realities and think strategically and analytically.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with a wide range of partners.
• Expert knowledge of English.
• Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French and WHO language.

Skills

• Vaccine-preventable disease control
• Outbreak Response
• Epidemiology
• Public Health Policy Development
• Infectious Disease Prevention
• Health Policy Development
• Elimination programmes
• Field experience in low-resource settings
• Human Resources Management
• Financial Resource Management
• Policy and guideline development
• Training Material Development
• Partnership Building
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Technical Assistance
• Capacity Building
• Immunization Systems Knowledge
• Disease Outbreak Preparedness
• Programme planning and coordination
• Team Management
• Financial Oversight
• Resource Mobilization
• Technical Writing
• Strategic Planning
• Analytical Writing

Languages

English, French