This 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, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, the Haitian National Police, and the Haitian Armed Forces in the context of joint or coordinated operations with the Gang Suppression Force. Additionally, UNSOH is tasked with providing technical assistance to the Organization of American States. Based in the Medical Services Section in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the incumbent provides clinical and occupational-health support to United Nations personnel and leads assigned public-health, health-promotion and HIV-related activities. The incumbent reports to the Chief Medical Officer.

Within delegated authority, the Medical Officer will be responsible for the following duties: Clinical Duties

• Undertakes day-to-day clinical duties, including medical consultations, emergency response, patient assessment, treatment, stabilization, referral and follow-up.
• Refers personnel to external specialists and healthcare facilities as necessary and follows up with treating providers to ensure continuity of care.
• Provides preventive and travel-health services, including health advice, immunization, malaria prophylaxis and other appropriate preventive measures.
• Participates in addressing workplace, environmental and occupational-health issues.
• Ensures quality in clinical services through quality-control mechanisms, United Nations clinical guidelines, and patient-safety and adverse-event reporting requirements.
• Maintains complete, accurate and confidential medical records in authorized United Nations medical information systems. Public Health Duties
• Maintains disease-surveillance and early-warning mechanisms; analyses health data; assesses public-health risks; and prepares alerts, situation reports, briefings and recommendations on communicable diseases, outbreaks, emerging health threats and related prevention and control measures.
• Develops preparedness plans and coordinates outbreak investigation, response and infection-prevention measures with relevant mission and external partners. Health Promotion and HIV/AIDS Duties
• Coordinates and delivers mission health-promotion and HIV/AIDS programmes, education and training on priority health risks and preventive measures, in accordance with applicable United Nations policies and technical guidance.
• Leads peer-education and behaviour-change activities; promotes confidential HIV counselling and testing, referral, care and anti-stigma measures; coordinates approved prevention materials and commodities; and monitors and reports programme implementation. HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Duties
• Maintains the mission HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Programme, including current guidance and referral arrangements, training and readiness of designated personnel, and forecasting, availability, inventory, quality control and expiry monitoring of kits.
• Facilitates timely assessment, initial management and follow-up after possible occupational or non-occupational exposure to HIV or other blood-borne infections, while maintaining confidentiality and required programme reporting. Medical Administrative Duties
• Liaises with United Nations medical units, relevant mission components, host-country medical facilities and other healthcare partners on clinical, administrative and service-delivery matters.
• Applies established United Nations policies and procedures concerning medical clearances, sick leave, medical entitlements, referrals and repatriations.
• Prepares medical reports, briefings, technical specifications, procurement and budget inputs, standard operating procedures, training plans and responses to audits.
• Maintains appropriate medical supplies, medicines, materials and serviceable medical equipment.
• Contributes to technical assessments of healthcare facilities, laboratories and service providers when requested.
• Participates in the collection, analysis and reporting of medical and service-performance data.
• Deputizes for a more senior Medical Officer during the incumbent’s absence.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Professionalism: Knowledge of clinical medicine, public health, epidemiology, occupational health, infectious-disease surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, health promotion, HIV/AIDS prevention and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis. Ability to analyse health data, assess clinical and public-health risks, provide evidence-based advice, safeguard confidentiality and apply United Nations medical and public-health standards in a field setting. Shows pride in work and achievements; demonstrates professional competence; is conscientious and efficient; remains calm in stressful situations; and takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring equal participation. Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; communicates health risks accurately; tailors technical information to the audience; listens and responds appropriately; and protects medical confidentiality. Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; values the ideas and expertise of others; is willing to learn; supports final group decisions; shares credit for team accomplishments; and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in public health is required. A first-level university degree that qualifies for registration as a licensed medical practitioner, such as an MD, MBBS, MBChB or equivalent, is also required.

Current unrestricted registration and a valid license to practice medicine issued by the competent authority of a Member State of the United Nations are required. Additional training in epidemiology, infectious diseases, occupational health, tropical or travel medicine, health promotion, HIV/AIDS programme management, HIV counselling and testing, HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, outbreak investigation and response, or infection prevention and control is desirable.

A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in clinical medicine and public health is required. Experience in applying public-health surveillance, epidemiological analysis, communicable-disease control or public-health risk management in outbreak preparedness and response is required. Experience in managing disease outbreaks in United Nations field missions or an equivalent international organization is desirable. Experience in planning, implementing, monitoring or evaluating integrated health-promotion and HIV/AIDS programmes, including awareness, risk communication, peer education, behaviour change, counselling and testing, treatment referral or HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, is desirable. Experience in United Nations or other international field-operation support is desirable Experience with electronic medical-record systems, health-information systems, or the advanced analysis and visualization of epidemiological and programme data is desirable.

Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.

This temporary job opening is being advertised based on the current approved staffing structure and relevant funding of UNSOH. An appointment may be terminated, or the post level adjusted, in accordance with the Staff Rules for such reasons as abolition of the post, reduction of staff, or funding decisions, including if funding for the post is not approved or the mandate of the mission is not extended. Extension of the appointment is subject to extension of the mandate and/or availability of funds. Staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and to assignment by him or her. In this context, all staff are expected to move periodically to new functions in their careers in accordance with established rules and procedures. Qualified women who meet the requirements of this job opening are particularly encouraged to apply. The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving gender balance and geographical diversity in its staff. Pursuant to the applicable staff-selection policy, applicants for positions in the Professional and higher categories in a mission or field operation cannot be nationals of the country where the position is located. For serving staff of a United Nations common-system organization, only the nationality recognized by the United Nations will be considered for this restriction. The selected candidate will be expected to temporarily deploy until 30 June 2027. If the selected candidate is a staff member from the United Nations Secretariat, the selection will be administered as a temporary assignment. While this temporary assignment may provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain new work experience, the selection for this position is for a limited period and has no bearing on the future incumbency of the post. The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. Please note that pursuant to the Staff selection system policy (ST/AI/2025/2): (1) Applicants for positions in the Field Service category cannot be of the nationality of the country where the position is located, and (2) Applicants for positions in the Professional and higher categories in a mission, field operation, or resident coordinator’s office cannot be of the nationality of the country where the position is located. For currently serving staff of a United Nations Common System organization, only the UN-recognized nationality will be considered for the purposes of these restrictions.

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