Overview
Lead and direct the Department of Environment, Climate Change, One Health and Migration (ECO) to reduce the global disease burden caused by unhealthy environments by igniting health-centric decisions in public policies.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the articulation of a clear departmental vision and ensure its operationalization.
- Lead the Department in providing scientific, technical and policy expertise to Member States and other stakeholders.
- Provide leadership, management accountability, and direction for the Department.
- Facilitate effective collaboration across HQ Departments and Divisions and with Regional and Country Offices.
- Strengthen institutional coherence across HQ, regional, and country levels.
- Provide senior level technical advice and expertise.
- Integrate technological, digital and scientific advances into the work of the Department.
- Direct and lead the establishment and development of the Department's evidence-based policies, strategies and WHO guidelines.
- Oversee the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the Department's area of work.
- Serve as the scientific, technical and policy reference among UN Agencies and other key players.
- Build strong partnerships and foster consensus building with external partners.
- Lead and coordinate resource mobilization efforts.
- Lead, direct and guide the implementation of WHO Guidelines on Climate and Health, Migration, air quality, water safety, environmental health, and One Health.
- Support countries in applying WHO environmental and climate-health guidelines.
- Lead the monitoring of climate and health and environmental health indicators.
- Coordinate with UN agencies and partners to advance pollution control.
- Lead the establishment of early warning systems and emergency protocols for climate related health issues.
- Facilitate science, research and innovation on emerging climate and environmental health risks.
- Streamline and enhance the quality of the Technical Products (TPs) from the Department.
- Drive advocacy and resource mobilization for Climate and Health.
- Represent the Organization and Department area of work in global fora.
Required Experience
A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in public health or a related field in senior leadership roles with responsibility for strategy and programme delivery, including managing complex, multidisciplinary programmes or organizational units, and large teams and financial resources. A minimum of 7 years leadership experience in climate change and/or environmental health, through explicitly documented roles involving: Programme leadership or management; and/or Policy or strategy development; and/or Technical advisory roles. Demonstrated experience at the international level working and collaborating with governments and a wide variety of partners, including other UN agencies, bilateral development agencies, NGOs, and the private sector. Demonstrated experience in multisectoral actions at multiple layers of government.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's level or above) in public health, medicine, environmental sciences, climate science, epidemiology, or a related field. Specialized training, additional qualifications and/or demonstrated extensive programme leadership experience in Climate and Health, Environmental Health, and/or One Health. A PhD in one of the above-mentioned fields.
