Org. Setting and Reporting
These positions are located in the United Nations Secretariat including, Peacekeeping Operations, Special Political Missions, Service Centers and Offices as applicable. The Medical Officer usually reports to the Chief Medical Officer and/or to the Chief/Director of Mission Support (CMS/DMS).
Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Medical Officer will be responsible for the following duties: (These duties are generic and may not be carried out by all Medical Officers.) 1. Clinical Services Management: – Undertake the workplace clinical services including first aid and emergency care, access to UN programmes such as PEP kits, and effective referral to local healthcare services. – Oversees clinical practice in relation to in-person occupational health clinical reviews and examinations. – Refers staff to outside specialists as necessary. – Develop and manage health promotion and occupational health and safety programs, including ergonomics and risk assessments. 2. Medical Administration: – Provide expert advice on medical standards for recruitment for medical personnel, sick leave, and medical evacuations repatriations. – Participate in the development and implementation of health support plans, local emergency response, mass casualty capability business continuity plan, integrated with local security plans. – Oversee the provision of recommendations related to medical entitlements and manage sick leave cases effectively. – Develop and implement return-to-work programs, monitor sick leave usage, and liaise with healthcare providers as required. – Manage medical evacuations and oversee advisory services to internal bodies as necessary. – Deputizes for the Senior/Chief Officer during his/her absence. 3. Supervisory: – Lead and manage the medical service team, including clinical and administrative staff. – Ensures the development, generation and reporting of relevant key performance indicators documenting health support performance including responses to audit requests on health performance. – Ensures timely recruiting and training of all new staff, and effective performance management. – Ensures effective continuous professional development of staff and their career management. – Ensure compliance with UN healthcare facilities’ standards, implementing training programs to maintain and develop medical capabilities. – Perform annual planning, budget preparation, and manage the EarthMed medical record system. – Undertake mediation and represent the medical service in formal dispute resolutions. 4. Advisory, liaison and representation: – Oversees workplace health and medical service communication products, and liaison/outreach with external actors. – Briefs and advises senior management on all healthcare matters relevant to the workplace, including health policies, business continuity, enterprise risk management, and representation at crisis response and related bodies. – Represents the medical service on health and medical entitlements matters before the UN judicial system and UN investigative bodies. – Ensures effective occupational health representation at the local occupational health and safety committee.
Competencies
• PROFESSIONALISM: Knowledge of clinical, occupational safety and health and tropical/travel medicine. Ability to manage a diverse and multicultural team and to operate efficiently under stressful circumstances. Good drafting ability in English. Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines, and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work. • ACCOUNTABILITY: Takes ownership of all responsibilities and honors commitments; delivers outputs for which one has responsibility within prescribed time, cost and quality standards; operates in compliance with organizational regulations and rules; supports subordinates; provides oversight and takes responsibility for delegated assignments; takes personal responsibility for his/her own shortcomings and those of the work unit, where applicable. • CLIENT ORIENTATION: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client. • JUDGEMENT/DECISION-MAKING: Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; gathers relevant information before making a decision; considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization; proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information; checks assumptions against facts; determines that the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; makes tough decisions when necessary.
Education
A first-level university degree that qualifies for registration as a licensed medical practitioner (MD, MBBS, MBChB or equivalent) and current unrestricted registration with the medical licensing authority of one of the Members States of the United Nations, is required.
Job – Specific Qualification
Not available.
Work Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible clinical experience in one of the areas of medicine, is required. Residency and/or internship in one of the medical specialties, preferably internal medicine, or family medicine, is required. Two years of experience in the Occupational Health field, is required. Two years of managerial experience in the medical field including budgeting, supervisory responsibilities, and resource management, is required. Experience with International Organizations and/or field deployments, is required.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this roster, fluency in English is required and knowledge of other UN official languages is desirable.
Assessment
Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.
Special Notice
The United Nations Secretariat maintains rosters of qualified and available candidates to fill anticipated job openings in peacekeeping operations, special political missions, and other field operations. The purpose of this job opening is to generate a list of qualified candidates for inclusion in the Medical Officer, P-4 roster. The entire assessment process takes an average of four months; all applicants will be notified in writing of the outcome of their application (whether successful or unsuccessful) within 14 days of the conclusion of the process. Successful candidates will be placed on the roster and subsequently will be invited to apply for field mission vacancies open only to roster members. Roster membership does not guarantee selection.
United Nations Considerations
According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment. Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. By accepting a letter of appointment, staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the United Nations in accordance with staff regulation 1.2 (c). Further, staff members in the Professional and higher category up to and including the D-2 level and the Field Service category are normally required to move periodically to discharge functions in different duty stations under conditions established in ST/AI/2023/3 on Mobility, as may be amended or revised. This condition of service applies to all position specific job openings and does not apply to temporary positions. Applicants are urged to carefully follow all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira, and to refer to the Applicant Guide by clicking on “Manuals” in the “Help” tile of the inspira account-holder homepage. The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening. No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application. Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.