(maternity cover, 12 months, Geneva based)

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving state of the world, is the foremost international organization for public-private cooperation.

The Forum engages leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to shape industry, regional and global agendas for the benefit of business and society.  

Why we are recruiting

The Centre for Health and Healthcare works to identify and scale up solutions for more resilient, efficient, and equitable healthcare systems to deliver the best possible care and keep global populations healthy, happy, and thriving. The Centre achieves this by engaging a diverse set of stakeholders from international organizations, academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biomedical companies, healthcare NGOs, hospitals, healthcare providers, consumer industries, investors, innovators, infrastructure, and insurance organizations to positively shape the global health agenda.

Within this remit, the Centre for Health and Healthcare aims to drive and champion issues that mobilize global action and resources needed to address major areas of unmet need. The Centre engages in various regional, international, and multilateral fora that shape the global health agenda. Health and wellbeing are the leading concern of populations worldwide, and there is a proliferation of digital tools and technologies to support better health.

The Initiative Lead will be responsible for shaping and executing initiatives in Health Systems Transformation, dedicated to areas such as value-based healthcare, building health system resilience and universal health coverage. The role will focus on designing and implementing related tasks of relevance and working closely with internal and external stakeholders to progress wellness and healthcare system transformation in a post-COVID landscape and other agendas with public, private and civil society sector leaders.

Reporting Lines and Interactions

This position will report to the Head of Healthcare Initiatives, in Geneva and will work closely with colleagues from the Centre for Health and Healthcare, Head of Industry, Platform curators / Project Leads, other centres, the Program Development Team, and externally with a broad range of stakeholders including private companies in healthcare and other industries, governments, international organizations, civil society organizations, research institutions, academia, and expert communities.

Main responsibilities for the Initiative Lead

Project implementation

• Set the strategic direction, framework, and scope for Healthcare System Transformation Initiative and its workstreams.

• Oversee 1-2 Project Fellows, ensuring the delivery of agreed targets within respective workstreams to meet organization’s objectives.

• Manage working plan and deliverables for project chair/s, including quarterly check-ins with grantors and lead stakeholders to ensure progress on mutually agreed upon outputs.

Content curation

• Serve as the Forum’s spokesperson and subject matter expert for the initiative, integrating initiative outputs into broader Health platform events, strategic direction, and public engagement assets.

• Strengthen the Forum’s physical and digital platforms to promote a continuous exchange on the topic, integrating project activities and progress, lessons learned, and opportunities for collaboration with Forum members and constituents.

Community management

• Design and lead community engagement for the initiative. Network, ensuring that members derive value from the work and meet their objectives for engagement.

• Plan and facilitate leadership opportunities for the initiative community.

Partner engagement

• Support the Forum’s business development efforts by identifying curating and pitching partnership opportunities within the health portfolio of work to increase the range of organizations engaged across sectors, industries, and geographies.

• Work with teams across the Forum’s global Centres to enable the successful engagement of Partners and Members in Forum activities and events.

Preferred requirements and experience

• Advanced university degree (Masters of PhD) in a relevant field (public health, health economics, international development, public policy, business, or social sciences).

• 10+ years of experience in global health, strategy consulting, academia, or international organizations, with a focus on health, healthcare, value-based healthcare, and health systems strengthening.

• Proven ability to design, implement, and evaluate programs/projects in multi-stakeholder or cross-sector settings.

• Executive level presence and presentation skills with the ability to interact efficiently and confidently with global leaders.

• Proven project management and coordination skills; attention to detail; capacity to apply critical thinking, synthesize various viewpoints, effectively communicate critical messages, and consult broadly across diverse stakeholders.

• A flexible, agile, and politically astute mindset necessary for working with fast-paced teams in dynamic environments.

• Outstanding command of English, with excellent written, digital, and verbal communication skills; knowledge of other languages would be an asset.

• Ability to successfully navigate change, ambiguity, and uncertainty.

• Ability to understand multi-stakeholder interests, align those to meaningful societal action and drive impact.

• Ability to travel internationally.

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!