Joining WOAH means taking part in the development of one of the leading international organisations, recognised and associated with other multilateral institutions, in the field of worldwide health. It means helping to build a global approach to health, combining animal and human health in a “One Health” approach. It means joining teams motivated by the impact of their actions, the sense of their collective commitment and their recognised professionalism in their respective fields of expertise. 

WOAH’s headquarters are based in Paris. The Organisation is present on every continent through 13 Regional or Regional Representations. WOAH has 250 staff members, two-thirds of whom are based at headquarters.
This position is located in Paris.

Reporting to the Director General, and in close coordination with the Deputy Directors General, the Chief of Staff is a member of the Organisation’s Executive Committee

The Chief of Staff will support the Director General in her activities and communication from both a strategic and operational point of view. To this end, he/she will endeavour to engage in constructive dialogue with the WOAH teams (Headquarters and Regional and Sub-Regional Representations) in order to obtain an overview of the Organisation’s activities and support the Director General in preparing and managing her files, interviews and travel. The Head of Advocacy will report directly to him/her. He/she will work closely with the Executive Assistant.

Support the Director General , working closely with the Executive Assistant, in organising interviews, speaking engagements and travel.
– Strategically identify opportunities to meet and travel with Comex members;
– Participate in the coordination of institutional events likely to involve General Management.
– Coordinate the preparation of files (background, language elements, briefing, speeches, etc.) for these events within the organisation and in liaison with the executive assistant.
– In particular, with a view to official events, identify the actions to be taken on the sidelines of the events and the people to meet at these events.
– Internal organisation of preparatory meetings with technically competent colleagues and the communications department  

Manage the DG’s communications in close collaboration with the Communications Department
– Social networks
– Press articlesInterview
– Public interventions
– Internal communications  

Prepare meetings of the Executive Committee (weekly) and the Management Committee (quarterly) of WOAH, and following up on decisions taken as a result.
– Work with the members of these two bodies to identify issues requiring information or discussion across the board, as well as strategic and sensitive issues requiring collective discussion
– Coordinate the agenda and draft the minutes for each Executive Committee and Management Committee meeting
– Monitor decisions taken by these bodies  

Supervise the Organisation’s advocacy activities with the support of the Senior Advocacy Adviser.
– Support the identification of strategic advocacy priorities for the Organisation, in conjunction with management and the teams concerned.  

Supervise correspondence on sensitive issues in conjunction with Executive Committee members  

Oversee the production, formal quality and approval schedule of the Organisation’s cross-functional documents requiring the signature of the Director General  

Assume responsibility for the protocol with the support of the relevant departments of the Organisation  

Keep a watch on all WOAH activities and in particular on priority subjects  

Coordinate clearly identified issues as and when required by General Management  

Contribute to the development of the 8th strategic plan and to work on the governance review.