Overview
Lead the WHO Academy in providing strategic, technical, and operational leadership across health workforce development, nursing, midwifery, and lifelong learning. Formulate and steer global policies and strategies to strengthen national health workforce systems and scale competency-based education and digital learning innovations.
Tasks Summary
- Lead the Department in providing strategic, technical, and operational leadership across health workforce development, including nursing and midwifery, and lifelong learning
- Formulate and steer evidence-based global policies and strategies to strengthen national health workforce planning, education, regulation, and retention systems
- Provide overall leadership, management accountability, and direction to ensure delivery of the Department's objectives
- Scale competency-based education and digital learning innovations through the WHO Academy platform, strengthen accreditation standards, promote health worker certification models, and align learning pathways with national health goals
- Ensure the effective functioning of learning systems and advance the Department's contribution to WHO's corporate digital transformation
- Lead the articulation of a clear departmental vision in coherence with organizational strategy
- Provide senior level technical advice and expertise to Senior Management
- Champion the global visibility and contribution of nursing and midwifery professions
- Direct and lead the establishment and development of evidence-based policies and strategies for roll out and delivery across Regional and Country Offices
- Oversee monitoring, evaluation, and global reporting to ensure alignment with key performance indicators and Sustainable Development Goals
- Coordinate global workforce intelligence and reporting mechanisms
- Oversee building and maintaining strong partnerships and fostering consensus with Member States, UN agencies, donors, academic institutions, and global initiatives
- Promote policy dialogue and stakeholder engagement across sectors
- Represent the Organization in global fora to advocate investment in workforce competencies and learning systems
- Serve as a scientific and technical reference among UN Agencies and key stakeholders
- Promote integration of Regional and Country Office perspectives and operational capacities into the Department's programmes
- Manage a diverse multidisciplinary team, fostering a results-oriented, inclusive culture, and ensure efficient use of resources
- Lead and coordinate resource mobilization efforts
- Provide senior-level advice to WHO leadership supporting coherent implementation of health workforce and education priorities
- Develop and implement innovative training programmes based at the WHO Academy with career long learning for health professionals, focusing on leadership, clinical skills, and public health
- Collaborate with academic institutions and professional bodies to ensure the curriculum meets global standards and addresses emerging health challenges
- Lead initiatives to integrate digital health solutions and e-learning platforms into the training programmes
- Enhance the enablement of digital technology and AI in training programmes and the development of the Health Care Workforce to improve healthcare quality
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of training programmes on health workforce performance and patient outcomes
- Contribute to the raising of Voluntary Contributions for work that is directly related to the WHO's Core Mandates, the agreed strategic direction and focused areas of work
- Coordinate with high-level representatives from the hosting country and supporting countries for WHO Academy and Health Workforce to ensure active engagement and continuous support
Experience Requirements
Qualification Requirements
- An advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in medicine, nursing, public health, health education, or a related field
- A PhD in one of the above-mentioned fields (Desirable)