Health AI Governance and Regulatory Specialist – SAHI Secretariat (WHO SEARO)

Supports WHO SEARO and India’s SAHI Secretariat in New Delhi to develop health-AI governance and regulatory pathways. The national UN Volunteer drafts Pillar I roadmap actions, analyses global guidance, develops risk-classification and oversight guidance, coordinates Indian regulatory and health bodies, prepares policy briefs, supports regional consultations, and tracks implementation milestones.

• Draft and finalise Pillar I roadmap actions on AI risk classification, regulatory pathways and accountability
• Analyse global AI governance and medical-device guidance for the Indian health-system context
• Develop risk-classification guidance and oversight obligations for health AI tools
• Coordinate technical inputs from Indian regulatory, research and health bodies
• Prepare technical notes, decision briefs and comparative analyses
• Track milestones, risks and cross-pillar dependencies for the SAHI Secretariat

• At least seven years of professional experience in AI or digital-health governance, medical-device regulation, health-technology policy or health law and regulatory affairs
• Working familiarity with Indian regulatory and research-governance bodies and international AI-governance frameworks
• Proven ability to draft policy, regulatory and legal instruments
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• English is required

• Legal or doctoral qualification in a relevant discipline is an advantage
• UN-system or international-development experience is an asset

• AI governance
• Regulatory affairs
• Health policy
• Risk classification
• Legal analysis
• Stakeholder coordination

• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Collaborative document tools
• Reference management

• National UN Volunteer assignment
• Duty travel within India is expected