Senior Medical Analyst

Hardship Level

H (no hardship)

Family Type

Family

Residential location (if applicable)

Grade

PR4

Staff Member / Affiliate Type

Professional

• Staff members will not normally serve in International Professional positions in the country of their nationality. In addition, in case of a first appointment upon recruitment, the assignment must be outside the staff member’s country of nationality.

In practical terms this means that you are not eligible to apply for International Professional vacancies advertised in the country where you are national of.

Reason

Regular > Regular Assignment

Remote work accepted

No

Target Start Date

2024-01-01

Job Posting End Date

December 21, 2023

Standard Job Description

Senior Medical Analyst

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 the establishment of medical strategic priorities and the reconfiguration and transformation of the Section 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 15,000 staff members and nearly 5,000 colleagues on various working arrangements serving in over 600 locations in 140 countries. 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 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 Analyst at headquarters reports to the Chief of Medical Section, and will have supervisory, managerial and administrative responsibilities.

In addition to working with individual staff and teams in direct person-to-person service, the Section is responsible for the overall implementation of 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

• Provide guidance to the organization and the staff in headquarters and implement measures on issues related to occupational health. Advise on the provision of safe and healthy conditions.
• Develop and manage emergency response to complex situations.
• Act as the chief of section in his/her absence.
• Successfully run occupational health support tasks: walk-in clinic, emergency first aid, sick leave, return to work arrangements and workplace accommodation, work-related illness and accident processes, travel medical services for staff on official travel/missions/emergency deployments in headquarters.
• Manage allocated human, financial and other resources for the successful working of headquarters occupational clinic and ensure quality standards of patient safety.
• Establish functional and operational relations with the Medical Officers in the regions.
• Develop, implement and supervise strategic guidance that links the elements of service provision, capacity building (training) and policy work applicable to all regions: policy updates, health promotion strategic documentation, in line with the Staff Health and Welfare s and Regional Strategic Objectives.
• Manage resources: management of global procurement process that supports the work of regional medical offices.
• Provide surge capacity to the corporate and UN System.
• Represent the Medical Section at the interagency level with the purpose of harmonising the practices as much as possible, and of identifying the best practices (UN Compensation Claims Committee in Geneva (work-related illnesses and accidents) and of the UN Pension Fund in New York (disability benefits)).
• Lead risk assessments and discussions with team(s) to proactively manage risks and seize opportunities impacting objectives. Ensure that risk management principles are integrated in decision-making both at strategic and operational levels. Allocate resources for planned treatments with resource requirements in Strategic Plans. Ensure that risks are managed to acceptable levels and escalate, as needed. If a Risk Owner, designate the Risk Focal Point and certify that the annual risk review is completed and ensure that the risk register is updated during the year, as needed.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

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

• Medical Doctor (MD)

(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Certificates and/or Licenses

Business Intelligence (BI) Training

Information Technology Training

(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Essential

Relevant Job Experience

Substantial experience in clinical practice as a Medical Doctor/ Practitioner of which at least 1-2 years should be in international organizations and/or in hardship duty stations. Minimum 2 years of experience in occupational health and safety and/or health policy and /or emergency medicine and / or health management/ health analysis. Minimum 2 years of project design and management experience (education and competency to successfully lead and direct projects). Training in health administration, health informatics, minimum 2 years of experience in implementing health-electronic related projects. Supervisory experience of other health personnel.

Desirable

Advanced Degree in occupational health/health informatics/international health. Experience in managing employee assistance programs, health policy or guideline development, health communication. Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills.

Functional Skills

MD-Tropical and Infectious Diseases

MD-Travel Medicine

WB-OSH risk assessment

CO-Drafting and Documentation

MD-Health Information Systems (HIS)

(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.

Competency Requirements

All jobs at UNHCR require six core competencies and may also require managerial competencies and/or cross-functional competencies. The six core competencies are listed below.

Core Competencies:

Accountability

Communication

Organizational Awareness

Teamwork & Collaboration

Commitment to Continuous Learning

Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies:

Judgement and Decision Making

Strategic Planning and Vision

Managing Resources

Managing Performance

Cross-Functional Competencies:

Analytical Thinking

Innovation and Creativity

Planning and Organizing

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.

Desired Candidate Profile

The candidate is a medical doctor and must have demonstrated managerial skills, be confident, client oriented and with strong analytical thinking. Must be able to lead a team of health care providers and other stakeholders with vision and problem-solving attitude maintaining professional medical integrity and ethical principles.

Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level):

French

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Desired languages

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Operational context

Occupational Safety and Health Considerations:

Nature of Position

The position reports directly to the Chief of Medical Section in Geneva but also collaborates very closely with other regional medical Officers and stakeholders at headquarter, interagency and the regional structures. Global support to medical sections activities will be also required. This position is responsible for supporting the Medical section strategic plan and activities.

Living and Working Conditions

Current operational circumstances require frequently long working hours as well as emergency coverage. Frequent travels will be required.

Stressful work context, therefore capacity for self-care is critical.

Skills

Additional Qualifications

CO-Cross-cultural communication, DM-Data analysis, MD-Clinical practice, OS – Electronic incident reporting system use and management, OS-Occupational Health and Safety incident root cause analysis/ investigation

Education

Medical Doctor (MD) (Required)

Certifications

Business Intelligence (BI) Training – Other, Information Technology Training – Other

Work Experience

Staff Health and Wellbeing

Competencies

Accountability, Analytical thinking, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Innovation & creativity, Judgement & decision making, Managing performance, Managing resource, Organizational awareness, Planning & organizing, Strategic planning & visions, Teamwork & collaboration

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Compendium

Add. 2 to Bi-annual Compendium 2023 – Part B

Additional Information

Functional clearance

This position requires Functional Clearance