Deputy Assistant Director of Central Administration, Crisis Preparedness Unit

Core responsibilities:

• Exercise direct management of bureau chiefs and ensure transversal steering of the unit's teams
• Act as deputy to the sub-director in their absence, ensuring continuity of activity and adaptation of priorities according to context
• Oversee the structuring and coherence of crisis preparedness work, particularly in anticipation and planning (climate change consequences, pandemic risk, major engagement hypothesis, extreme temperatures, industrial accidents...)
• Represent the service in interministerial matters in the field of crisis preparedness, in connection with other ministries, Prime Minister's services (SGDSN) and SHFDS

This role contributes to the strategic steering of national preparedness for major health crises and ensures continuity of leadership in crisis situations, directly impacting public health and safety during emergencies.

Required qualifications:

• Experience managing teams of 35 people (four bureaus composed exclusively of category A agents)
• Ability to exercise direct management of bureau chiefs
• Experience in strategic steering and crisis preparedness
• Ability to represent the service in interministerial contexts

No specific benefits or compensation mentioned in the posting.

Direction Générale de la Santé (DGS) is the French government's General Directorate of Health, responsible for public health policies and crisis management.