The successful individual will:
- Lead the Convention Secretariat and serve governing and subsidiary bodies of the WHOFCTC and the Protocol to further the implementation of specific provisions of the treaties and support the development of treaty instruments, including guidelines for implementation, in a complex political environment.
- Provide support to Parties in developing and implementing tobacco control measures, as per the treaties' obligations, as well as in protecting their public health, anti-illicit trade and anti-fraud policies from the efforts of the tobacco industry (as well as organizations and individuals that work to further the interests of the tobacco industry) to undermine those policies.
- Promote political awareness, visibility and support for the WHO FCTC and the Protocol: strengthen treaty-related international cooperation; support South-South and Triangular cooperation; collaborate with the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases; promote the treaties in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- Monitor and report to the governing bodies of the treaties on the implementation by the Parties of the WHO FCTC and the Protocol, as well as implement, monitor, assess and report on priorities identified by the governing bodies of the treaties.
- Manage the day-to-day running of the Convention Secretariat, including mobilizing resources for the implementation of the workplans and budgets adopted by the COP and the MOP.
- Any other duties, as may be mandated by decisions of the COP and the MOP, including as articulated in the Rules of Procedure of the COP and of the MOP.