Posting Title                 :Chief Field Health Programme- Fixed Term- Field Office-

Jerusalem- For Internal and External candidates- Grade, H11

Job Code Title               : Chief Field Health Programme

Department/ Office       : UNRWA - Programme Health - West Bank

Location                        : FO West Bank

Posting Period               : 18 February 2023-4 March 2023

Job Opening number  : 23-MED-UNRWA - Programme Health-201525-R-FO West Bank (R)

Staffing Exercise          : N/A

                   United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

Org. Setting and Reporting

Supervisor:

The incumbent reports to the Deputy Director of UNRWA Affairs (Programmes), who has the authority for day-to-day supervision of programmes in the Field of operation. The Director of Health (HQ) Amman is responsible for ensuring the achievement of professional, policy and technical standards in line with the strategic direction of the programme. To realize this, the incumbent is responsible for ensuring consultation with and approval of the Director of Health on significant programmatic matters.

Supervisees:

The incumbent supervises and provides technical guidance to a large team of professional and General Services or equivalent Area Staff posts/personnel.

Responsibilities

The incumbent:

• Directs and supervises the Agency's Health Programme in the Field to ensure that medical care services, disease prevention and control, family health, mental health, oral health, laboratory, pharmaceutical, physical rehabilitation, hospital services, Qalqilia hospital supervision (West Bank only), and health information system are in line with the family health team approach;
• Establishes and maintains a positive relationship with the host government and nongovernmental health and UN institutions on health matters in order to ensure a healthy and safe environment for UNRWA's stakeholders;
• Oversees administrative matters pertaining to the Health Programme in the Field including personnel, budget and expenditure control to ensure the smooth and continuous flow of health operations and services;
• Directs multi-sector activities with the other departments in the Fields to ensure activities are correlated efficiently;
• Ensures coordination with local universities on health-related training activities to maintaincontinuous improvements on the health services provided by UNRWA;
• Oversees the implementation of health projects in coordination with the Field Infrastructureand Camp improvement Programme and project management with the External Relations and

Communications Department;

• Performs other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Competencies

UN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default

Functional

1. Persuading and Influencing ii. Planning and Organizing iii. Adapting and Responding to Change

Leadership

1. Delivering Results ii. Creating and Maintaining Impact and Partnership

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Education

Required academic qualifications:

• A university degree from an accredited educational institution in medicine including an internship of at least twelve-months duration.
• An advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) from an accredited educational institution in public health.

Professional qualifications:

A license to practice medicine in the county of duty station.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

A degree in Family Medicine Specialty.

Job Specific Qualifications

Work Experience

At least ten years of progressively responsible and relevant professional experience in public health systems of which five years should have been at a supervisory level is required.

-Please confirm if you live/ reside in West Bank or Jerusalem? And if you have West Bank or Jerusalem ID.  please to mention its number down, as it is desirable.

Languages

Excellent command of written and spoken English and Arabic.

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