Support the organization of regular TB knowledge-sharing webinars
Organizational Context
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the UN's directing and coordinating authority for public health, aiming to promote health, ensure safety, and serve the vulnerable. The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), specifically the Tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually transmitted infections (THS) team, supports Member States in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Regular webinars are utilized to share technical topics, innovations, and experiences across countries and partners.
Job Purpose
This role supports the WHO EMRO THS team by providing coordination and knowledge management for regular TB knowledge-sharing webinars. The objective is to ensure these webinars are well-planned, accessible, documented, and facilitate cross-country learning. The volunteer will contribute to strengthening TB, HIV, Hepatitis, and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care efforts by helping to disseminate high-priority technical topics, innovations, and implementation experiences. The position also involves leveraging writing and storytelling skills to highlight success stories that can inspire positive change globally, contributing to the overall mission of improving public health outcomes.
Responsibilities
The online volunteer will support the WHO EMRO THS unit in organizing TB knowledge-sharing webinars. Key responsibilities include maintaining a forward-looking webinar calendar with proposed topics, target audiences, presenters, and timelines. The volunteer will assist in identifying and shortlisting relevant topics and country experiences for cross-learning. This involves liaising with speakers and country focal points to gather necessary materials, including presentations and consent forms. Additionally, the role includes supporting webinar logistics such as preparing invitations, managing registration, coordinating schedules, arranging online meeting platforms, and preparing introductory slides. The volunteer will also assist in documenting webinars by drafting key messages, discussion points, lessons learned, and follow-up actions, and compiling participant feedback to suggest improvements for future events.
Work Experience
Experience or demonstrated interest in public health, communicable diseases, global health, health systems, or international development is necessary. Strong written communication, editing, summarization, and information organization skills in English are crucial. Experience supporting webinars, virtual meetings, or knowledge-sharing activities is desirable. Proficiency with digital collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams and Zoom is also required.
Skills
Key skills include public health expertise, knowledge management, research, and reporting. Strong written communication, editing, summarization, and information organization abilities are essential. Proficiency with digital collaboration and meeting tools is required. The role also values an interest in communicable diseases, global health, and health systems, along with the ability to contribute writing and storytelling skills.