Overview
Provides region-wide executive leadership and institutional stewardship for advancing resilient, equitable, and people-centred health systems across the WHO African Region, central to delivering Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Key Responsibilities
- Advise the Regional Director on region-wide strategic priorities, institutional risks, and policy choices.
- Provide leadership in shaping, approving, and overseeing the implementation of regional policies, strategies, and investment frameworks related to health systems and services.
- Exercise executive oversight to ensure delivery of integrated, high-level technical and policy support to Member States.
- Champion people-centred, life course approaches tailored to national contexts and priority populations.
- Direct the strategic integration of HSS programmes to build fit-for-purpose, scalable, and resilient health systems.
- Ensure robust planning, performance monitoring, accountability, and reporting.
- Provide executive people leadership across the employee lifecycle.
- Foster a culture of excellence, integrity, collaboration, and results orientation.
- Direct the administrative and financial management of the HSS Cluster.
- Represent WHO AFRO at high-level regional and global fora.
- Drive strategic communication of the Cluster’s vision and results.
- Provide executive leadership to ensure alignment and coherence across WHO AFRO clusters, Headquarters, and country offices.
- Build and steward strategic, long-term partnerships and lead resource mobilization efforts.
- Drive cross-cluster collaboration with DPC and EPR to strengthen health system resilience.
Required Experience
- At least fifteen (15) years of progressive national and international public health experience.
- A minimum of three (3) years in senior management roles at the international level.
- Demonstrated professional experience in both developing and developed country contexts, including public health or related fields.
- Experience across diverse institutional settings, such as the private sector, NGOs, UN system, or governmental health agencies, is an asset.
- Proven experience in building partnerships, resource mobilization, and engagement with donors.
Qualifications
- Essential: Medical degree, with a Master’s degree in Public Health, or a doctorate in a Public-Health related discipline from an accredited/recognized institution.
- Desirable: A PhD in a Public-Health related discipline, or specialized training or post graduate qualifications in health systems strengthening, health policy, or related public health disciplines.
