Consultant, Programme Architect

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🕒 March 27

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World Health Organization

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1948

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🔬 Science

🌍 Social Impact

Healthcare Insurance • Science • Social Impact

World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. It coordinates global health efforts, sets health standards, monitors health trends, and provides guidance in response to health emergencies and outbreaks. WHO aims to improve health for everyone, ensuring access to quality healthcare and addressing global health challenges through research, data, and policy advocacy.

📋 Description

• Transitioning the Framework from a project-based model to a programmatic approach. • Optimising the planning and development processes using innovative, low-cost AI solutions. • Developing strategies to strengthen the mechanisms that enable the Codes to trigger policy action. • Develop a multi‑year programmatic model clarifying phases, governance, interdependencies, expected outputs. • Design a budgeting tool that covers the entire lifecycle of each Code. • Identify and document strategic opportunities to position the Framework as a unified roadmap for cancer prevention. • Review of the WCACF methodology to identify bottlenecks, and areas where efficiency or quality can be improved. • Drafting assistance for multilingual dissemination materials. • Produce standard operating procedures (SOPs) documenting the improved workflows and quality‑control checkpoints. • Assess and map policy influence pathways to clarify how the Framework links scientific evidence with policy needs.

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree (MPH, MSc, MD or equivalent) in public health, global health, epidemiology or health policy. • Minimum 5 years of experience in global health strategy or large-scale prevention programmes. • Demonstrated knowledge in scientific evidence review to develop guidelines, understanding of research quality and translation into policy recommendations. • Practical familiarity with AI supported tools for literature review, synthesis or workflow optimisation. • Excellent analytical and writing skills. • Understanding of IARC’s mission, mandate and scientific governance structures. • Experience mobilising partners or donors for public health programmes. • Proven ability to work across diverse cultural settings, with experience supporting multi-regional or multi-stakeholder initiatives. • Expert knowledge of English.

🏖️ Benefits

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level. • Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. • A written test may be used as a form of screening. • WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). • The WHO is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. • The WHO recruits workforce regardless of disability status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, race, marital status, religious, cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, or any other personal characteristics. • The WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct.