Senior Medical Officer – UNHCR

Job Description

Organization	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Job Title	Senior Medical Officer
Location	Khartoum, Sudan
Hardship Level	C
Job ID	30164
Salary Grade	P4
Family Location Type	Family
Closing Date	20/10/2021

Procedures and Eligibility

Before submitting an application, UNHCR staff members intending to apply to this Job Opening are requested to consult the Recruitment and Assignments Policy (RAP, UNHCR/HCP/2017/2 and the Recruitment and Assignments Administrative Instruction (RAAI), UNHCR/AI/2017/7 OF 15 August 2017.

Duties and Qualifications

Senior Medical Officer

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The position is under the supervision of the Staff Health and Welfare Service (SHWS) in the Division of Human Resources (DHR). The Division¿s mission statement indicates that DHR is a strategic, trusted and innovative business partner in enabling UNHCR to protect and respond to persons of concern by attracting, motivating, retaining and developing a talented, diverse and agile workforce, while nurturing a culture of excellence, respect and wellbeing for all.

The incumbent of this position supports establishment of HR strategic priorities and the reconfiguration and transformation of the Division from a largely transactional model into a strategic business partner for field operations and senior management.

UNHCR has a highly mobile, global workforce which comprises around 11,000 staff members and nearly 5,000 colleagues on flexible working arrangements serving in over 460 locations in 130 countries. Some 40% or more of UNHCR’s workforce is posted in difficult and remote duty stations where working and living conditions can be challenging. Some locations are impacted by security risks and ongoing conflicts and ensuring their safety and wellbeing is of paramount importance.

The Staff Health and Wellbeing Service (SHWS) is a part of the Division of Human Resources (DHR) responsible for ensuring that the workforce of UNHCR has a safe and healthy work environment, in the interests of good functioning and productivity. Occupational health focuses on enhancing and maintaining:

– the health of people at work, ensuring they operate safely; and
– the organisational effectiveness of UNHCR by providing expert advice to management.

The Medical Section includes 7 regions with more than 25 professional and support staff providing occupational medical services and support to UNHCR staff. The Senior Medical Officer reports to the Chief, Medical Section, and will have supervisory responsibilities.

In addition to work with individual staff and teams in direct person-to-person service, the Section is responsible for overall implementation of the UNHCR’s Duty of Care commitments as well as for the development of relevant policy documents that promote staff health and psychosocial wellbeing.

All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

• Visit the workplace and perform health risk assessments of duty stations, high risk environments. Advise on the provision of safe and healthy conditions.
• Develop and manage emergency response to complex situations.
• Successfully run travel medical services for staff on official travel/missions/emergency deployments.
• Provide occupational health and safety management.
• Develop, implement and supervise projects and programs in line with the SH&Ws and Regional Strategic Objectives.
• Provide support with relevant UNHCR polices and standing administrative instructions, as well as promote compliance with relevant health and safety legislation.
• Manage resources: request, justify and monitor annual budget for the region, manage own human resources under his/her supervision.
• Provide first aid and emergency services in response to accidents occurring in the workplace.
• Provide surge capacity to the corporate and UN System.
• Recommend, facilitate and support emergency medical evacuations of national and international staff and dependents.
• Consider and report on matters affecting the health, safety and welfare of persons at work.
• Assess and clear the centres for medical evacuations for UNHCR workforce and family members.
• Review, assess and take decisions about work accommodations, fitness for work, and mobility that are based on individualized medical risk assessments.
• Implement and monitor existing health and psychosocial welfare policies.
• Access to confidential staff medical data.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience

Years of Experience / Degree Level

For P4/NOD – 9 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 8 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 7 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

*Diploma of Medical Doctor (MD)
(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Certificates and/or Licenses

Certification in OHS.
Certification in emergency medicine (PHTLS, ACLS or equivalent)
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

Essential:

• Minimum 8 years of clinical practice as a Medical Doctor/ Practitioner of which at least 1-2 years should be in an international organization and/or in hardship duty stations.
• Experience in occupational health and safety and/or travel medicine and/or tropical and infectious disease, and /or emergency medicine, minimum 2 years’experience.
• Project design and management experience (education and competency to successfully lead and direct projects).minimum 2 years’ experience.
• Training in project management and minimum 2 years’ experience in implementing health related projects.
• Supervisory experience of other health personnel.
• Excellent communication, presentation and drafting skills.
• Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Desirable:

• Advance Degree in occupational health/public health/community medicine/family medicine/international health.
• Experience in managing employee assistance programs like HIV or substance abuse or other wellbeing programmes.
• Demonstrated leadership and team building skills.

Functional Skills

MD-Medical Doctor/Practitioner
MD-Tropical and Infectious Diseases
MD-Travel Medicine
MD-OSH risk assessment skills
MS-Drafting, Documentation, Data Presentation
MD-Electronic Health Record Systems
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.

As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.

Position Competencies

C001L3 – Accountability Level 3
C002L3 – Teamwork & Collaboration Level 3
C003L3 – Communication Level 3
C004L3 – Commitment to Continuous Learning Level 3
C005L3 – Client & Result Orientation Level 3
C006L3 – Organizational Awareness Level 3
M002L3 – Managing Performance Level 3
M006L3 – Managing Resources Level 3
M004L3 – Strategic Planning and Vision Level 3
M003L3 – Judgement and Decision Making Level 3
X001L3 – Analytical Thinking Level 3
X002L3 – Innovation and Creativity Level 3
X005L3 – Planning and Organizing Level 3

Additional Information

Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).

The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Please note that the closing date for positions advertised in the September 2021 Compendium is Wednesday 20 October 2021 (midnight Geneva time).

About UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a UN agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

• Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
• Founder: United Nations
• Founded: December 14, 1950

What is the role of the UNHCR?

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate is to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees and to resolve the refugee problems worldwide. Its main purpose is to safeguard the rights and wellbeing of refugees.

Who created UNHCR?

United Nations

For jobs from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Sudan visit: UNHCR Jobs Page