Senior Advisor, Initiative on Integrating NCDs into Primary Health Care
Organizational Context
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Job Purpose
To provide leadership for the implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and scale-up of PAHO's Initiative on Accelerating the Integration of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) into Primary Health Care.
Responsibilities
Lead and provide technical, policy, strategic, and programmatic guidance for the development, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of PAHO's Initiative on Accelerating the Integration of NCDs into Primary Health Care. Support the development and coordination of strategies to integrate NCDs into primary health care at regional, subregional, and country levels. Collaborate with technical experts, WHO, Member States, and external partners to develop and promote evidence-based guidelines, protocols, and clinical pathways for NCD prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management. Strengthen the competencies and capacities of primary health care providers. Support the strengthening of facility-based NCD data and monitoring systems. Promote the visibility and strategic positioning of the Regional Initiative. Establish and strengthen strategic partnerships and support resource mobilization efforts. Represent the Organization at national, regional, and international technical and policy meetings.
Work Experience
Thirteen years of combined national and international experience working in public health in noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and/or health systems and services.
Skills
Advanced knowledge and expertise in epidemiology, NCD prevention and control, primary health care, and health systems and services. Expertise in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of complex health programs. Ability to design, implement, and scale up evidence-based NCD interventions and integrated services at the primary health care level. Strong strategic leadership and ability to lead multidisciplinary teams. Ability to translate evidence into policy and program action. Strong partnership-building, negotiation, diplomatic, interpersonal, and consensus-building skills. Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with national authorities, civil society organizations, professional associations, academia, and other strategic partners. Strong resource mobilization skills. Strong organizational, planning, coordination, and problem-solving skills. Sound judgment and discretion. Demonstrated ability to effectively use current technology and software, spreadsheets and presentations, as well as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and management information systems. Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Word. Data analysis programs such as EpiInfo.