Executive Director; UNITAID

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
1. Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Implement the board’s strategic vision and ensure alignment with the organization’s mission and values.
• Translate Unitaid’s strategy into actionable goals, preventing mission drift and maintaining focus.
• Anticipate future challenges and opportunities, guiding the organization through change and innovation so that Unitaid can maintain and expand its role as a critical component of the global health response in a fast‑changing environment.
• Advise and support the Executive Board, providing timely updates, policy recommendations, and performance reports. Provide the Board with prioritized and informed investment options.
• Safeguard organizational integrity, ensuring compliance with WHO legal, ethical rules and regulations and Unitaid’s governance standard.

• Team Leadership:
  Exercise authority, lead and inspire Unitaid’s staff resources. Cultivate a high‑performing leadership team. Provide a positive and enabling work environment. Promote a values‑driven culture, emphasizing transparency, equity, diversity and accountability.
• Efficient operational management:
  • Ensure that Unitaid’s organizational structure, operational policies and other operating processes are sound and able effectively to deliver on the strategic objectives defined by the Executive Board.
  • Manage day‑to‑day operations, including grant oversight, and secure optimum allocation and use of resources.
  • Monitor the performance and the risk management frameworks and drive adjustment as needed.
  • Ensure the overall transparent and effective financial and administrative functionality of Unitaid.

• Facilitates successful working relationships with WHO.
• Build and maintain effective alliances and operational collaboration with partners, such as governments of implementing countries, global health institutions, non‑governmental organizations, civil society actors, and communities affected by the diseases.
• Ensure that the perspectives of affected countries, communities, and individuals are meaningfully integrated into strategic planning and investments.
• Develop and nurture strong, trust‑based relationships with donors and board members, ensuring timely, transparent communication on strategic priorities, impact, and opportunities.

• Define and communicate a compelling organizational identity that reflects core values, mission, and comparative advantage of Unitaid as investor, pathfinder and influencer.
• Consolidate Unitaid's position as a unique and essential component of the global health response.
• Represent Unitaid in high level global forums.
• Lead advocacy and communications, ensuring clear and consistent messaging as well as good visibility.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive resource mobilization strategy aligned with organizational priorities and donor landscapes.
• Cultivate and sustain high‑level funding partnerships with governments, philanthropic institutions, private sector actors and multilateral agencies.
• Leverage innovative financing mechanisms to expand impact, including blended finance, catalytic investments, and results‑based funding.
• Ensure strategic alignment between fundraising efforts, programmatic goals, and financial sustainability.
• Champion the organization’s value proposition, tailoring pitches and proposals to diverse audiences and funding modalities.

Essential: A post‑graduate degree (Master's level or above) in health sciences or public health or economics or business management or public administration or international development or a relevant topic in social / natural sciences.

• 15 years of relevant experience including 10 years' experience at senior and/or executive management position.
• Experience in providing leadership and strategic management (planning and implementation) in a complex environment.
• Experience in working on teams with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
• Experience in working in global settings, networking and collaborating with global…