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Position : Director of CommunicationsPublish on Oct 15, 2018 | Viewed 6,278 |
Job information
- Reference Id: Bkp_0003974
- Company: The World Health Organization (WHO)
- Position name: Director of Communications
- Job location: Bangkok
- Non-Thais allowed: Yes
- Job type: Permanent
- Vacancy: 1
- Gender: Male or Female
- Age: non definite age
- Job level: Senior Officer
- Experience: N/A
- Education: N/A
- Monthly salary range: Negotiable
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Job field(s):
The World Health Organization began when our Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948 – a date we now celebrate every year as World Health Day. We are now more than 7000 people from more than 150 countries working in 150 country offices, in 6 regional offices and at our headquarters in Geneva.
Mission of WHO
* Providing leadership on global health matters
* Shaping the health research agenda
* Setting norms and standards...
* Articulating evidence-based policy options
* Providing technical support to countries and monitoring
* Assessing health trends
Job description
In support of the Organization’s mandate and mission, the Director of Communications develops an effective communications strategy, and creates innovative new channels to increase visibility and get WHO's message across to key stakeholders as well as the general public.
More specifically, the Director of Communications will:
- Innovate: Identify external challenges and emerging issues and design strategies to manage them, while anticipating and incorporating appropriate communications tools and channels into WHO's work.
- Partner: Provide strategic communication advice to the Director-General and senior WHO staff, drive internal communications, liaise with external partners and establish external networks to ensure support in driving WHO messaging and advocacy.
- Lead: Direct the development, implementation and monitoring of a new WHO global communications strategy and promote WHO communications policies.
- Manage: Direct the organization, management, operation and performance of the Department of Communications.
Salary: This position is classified at the "D2" level in the United Nations common system. WHO offers an attractive expatriate package including health insurance, financial support for schooling of children and a relocation package. For more information and to apply online please go to : https://goo.gl/S4tLV1 .
Deadline for applications is 14 October 2018.
http://www.who.int/careers/en/