Chief Medical Officer, (TJO)

Org. Setting and ReportingThe temporary position is located within the United Nations Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH). Pursuant to Security Council resolution 2793 (2025), UNSOH has been mandated to provide support; primarily to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), the Haitian National Police (HNP), and the Haitian Armed Forces in the context of any joint operations with the GSF. Additionally, UNSOH is tasked with delivering technical assistance to the Organization of American States (OAS). The incumbent provides leadership and supervision of medical logistics and operational functions to ensure provision of efficient and effective medical services to UN staff and other constituents under the area of operation. The incumbent plans, organizes, manages, supervises and coordinates medical services in the Mission. She/he acts as Advisor for the Mission on medical matters. Establishes and implements appropriate training programs in order to maintain and develop the medical capabilities. The temporary position is based in Port-au-Prince and is located with the Medical Services Section. ResponsibilitiesWithin limits of delegated authority, the Chief Medical Officer, P-5 will be responsible for the following duties: Managerial and Supervisory: • Plans, organizes, manages, supervises and coordinates medical services in mission. This includes management of medical support activities in the mission. Leads and manages the work and performance of all staff working in the UN Clinic and Medical Section, including clinical and administrative staff, and where appropriate occupational safety staff or remote staff supervised by the medical service. • Ensures timely recruitment, onboarding, and training of new staff. Oversees effective performance management and continuous professional development, including career planning. • Conducts annual planning and budget preparation and finances control; monitor budget performance and reporting, and ensure optimum and rational use of resources. • Ensures availability of medical supplies and proper functioning of medical equipment through proper planning and procurement coordination. • Ensures the implementation of directives from UNHQ. • Implements and monitors training programs to maintain and develop medical capabilities (e.g. health education, HIV/AIDS prevention, first aid and CPR); and ensures compliance with UN healthcare facility standards and Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety (HQPS) requirements. • Manages the interface between the medical unit and staff counsellors, senior management of the mission, all specialized agencies, military physicians, physicians and representatives of laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, medical associations and societies. • Manages access to the EarthMed medical record system, ensuring data integrity, medical confidentiality and proper release of medical records in accordance with UN policies. Clinical Services Management: • Undertakes day-to-day clinical duties, e.g. walk-in clinic, responses to emergencies, pre-placement and periodic medical examinations, immunizations, etc. • Refers staff and follows-up with outside specialists as necessary. • Ensures quality in services including the implementation of quality control mechanisms and procedures, use of published UN clinical guidelines, and adherence to patient safety and adverse event reporting requirements. • Oversees and provides health education and health promotion programs. • Liaises with medical units in the mission and host-nation facilities. • • Organizes/Participates in addressing work environment and occupational health issues including the implementation of adequate Infection Control measures. Medical Administration • Provides expert advice on medical standards for recruiting medical personnel, follows the UN established policies and procedures regarding medical clearances, sick leave, disability, medical evacuations and repatriation services, and oversees advisory services to internal bodies as necessary. • Updates and implements health support plans, local emergency response plans, and mass casualty capability, business continuity plans, which are integrated with local security plans. • Deputizes for the Chief Medical Officer during his/her absence. Advisory, liaison and representation • Undertakes regular coordination with the Office of the Director, DHMOSH UNHQ, contributes to the development of UN healthcare policy, and ensures alignment of policy and practice in UN health care services. • Represents the medical service at events and meetings with other UN entities and in national and international fora. • 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 and related judicial system and auditing bodies. • Ensures effective occupational health representation at the local occupational health and safety committee. General Performs other related duties as required. CompetenciesProfessionalism: Provides leadership and supervision of functions of the medical section to ensure provision of efficient and effective medical services to UN staff and other constituents under the area of operation. Independent responsibility for overall planning and implementation of staff regulations and UN Medical Guidelines as they pertain to providing sound medical care to staff in the field, and promotion and maintenance of proper health care, including the prevention of health hazards. Effectively guides and supports staff in meeting their objectives and outputs. Effectively develops staff under his/her supervision, including their on-going learning and development. Knowledge of clinical, occupational and tropical/travel medicine. Shows pride in work and 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. Planning and Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; Identifies priority activities and assignments and adjusts priorities as required; Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; Foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; Uses time efficiently. 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. Managerial Competencies: Leadership: Serves as a role model that other people want to follow: empowers others to translate vision into results; is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives; establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support; anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions; drives for change and improvements; does not accept the status quo; shows the courage to take unpopular stands. Provides leadership and takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work; demonstrates knowledge of strategies and commitment to the goal of gender balance in staffing. 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. EducationA 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 QualificationA valid license and registration to practice medicine is required Training in Emergency Medicine and Trauma care is desirable. Work ExperienceA minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible clinical and managerial experience including 5 years of combined clinical and management experience in one of the areas of medicine, is required. Experience in UN or other international field operation support is desirable. Experience in an International Organization with field deployments is desirable. Experience in manging multiple stakeholders (including host nations and permanent missions) and experience in handling complex organizational, inter-organizational issues at a local and international level are desirable. Experience in drafting and implementing policies, business continuity and crisis preparedness plans for the duty station/mission is desirable. Experience with electronic medical record systems and data analysis is desirable. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English is required. French and Spanish are desirable. The table below shows the minimum required level for each skill in these languages, according to the UN Language Framework (please consult https://languages.un.org for details).