National Expert On Health Industry Management

Description:

The national expert’s assignments will concern UNIDO project 230002 ‘Fostering the readiness of industry as an essential component of a pandemic and emergency response’. This project represents the first phase (out of three) towards the establishment of the UNIDO International Centre for Industry Readiness.

The Centre is meant to be a pioneer industry readiness Centre based in the UAE, with a primarily focus on the MENA region. The model and operations could further be replicate in Africa and other continents. The overall goal of the Centre is to provide industries with the necessary skills, capacity, and network to be responsive towards global crisis, particularly by promoting advanced technologies and good practices in manufacturing health products; facilitating global partnerships; and sharing innovative solutions.

In this post pandemic context, the Centre is meant to respond to the most actual challenges that health industry faces worldwide, particularly by: i) strengthening local and regional value chains, ii) scaling-up manufacturing capacity, iii) boosting industry resilience and sustainability, and iv) promoting agile response through innovation and digital transformation.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the close supervision of the Project Manager and the project team, the National Expert shall fulfill the following duties: