Place Title: Chief Migration Well being Officer
Responsibility Station: Pretoria, South Africa
Classification: Skilled Employees, Grade P3
Kind of Appointment: Fastened time period, one yr with risk of extension
Estimated Begin Date: As quickly as attainable
Closing Date: 09 April 2024
Established in 1951, IOM is a Associated Group of the United Nations, and because the main UN company within the area of migration, works carefully with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental companions. IOM is devoted to selling humane and orderly migration for the advantage of all. It does so by offering companies and recommendation to governments and migrants.
IOM is dedicated to a various and inclusive work surroundings. Learn extra about range and inclusion at IOM at www.iom.int/diversity.
Purposes are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, significantly certified feminine candidates in addition to purposes from the non-represented member international locations of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, purposes from certified and eligible first-tier candidates are thought of earlier than these of certified and eligible second-tier candidates within the choice course of.
For the aim of this emptiness, the next are thought of first-tier candidates:
- Inside candidates
- Candidates from the next non-represented member states:
Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Botswana; Cabo Verde; Comoros; Congo (the); Prepare dinner Islands; Dominica; Fiji; Grenada; Guinea-Bissau; Holy See; Iceland; Kiribati; Lao Folks’s Democratic Republic (the); Madagascar; Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated States of); Namibia; Nauru; Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu
Second tier candidates embody:
All exterior candidates, besides candidates from non-represented member states.
Context:
Underneath the direct supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM) and technical supervision of the Sub-Regional Well being Evaluation Programme Coordinator (SRHAPC) and in coordination with the Regional Migration Well being Specialist for South African area, the Chief Migration Well being Officer shall be accountable for the event, implementation and administration of the Well being Evaluation and different well being Programmes.
Core Capabilities / Tasks:
Well being Evaluation Portfolio
1. Manage and supervise the migration well being evaluation course of to fulfil the technical necessities of the resettlement international locations within the areas of:
– Medical examinations;
– Imaging;
– Laboratory testing;
– Vaccinations;
– TB administration;
– Therapy and referrals;
– Pre-departure procedures and medical actions;
– Documentation, certification and knowledge transmission; and,
– Different technical areas as could also be required.
2. Make sure that the infrastructure and gear of HAP premises meet skilled requirements of high quality and security and are ample and satisfactory for provision of the companies.
3. Make sure that human sources and HAP organizational construction are ample and satisfactory for the deliberate ranges of well being assessments and that the workers has vital {qualifications} and abilities. Set up a ample community of exterior human sources, corresponding to consultants and medical escorts, to help well being evaluation course of and journey help. In coordination with the Human Useful resource Unit, be sure that all medical personnel preserve legitimate licenses to apply.
4. Make sure that the regulatory authorities authorities are knowledgeable about IOM’s well being actions and that the IOM medical amenities have obtained approval to offer well being assessments and associated companies.
5. Set up and preserve environment friendly, client-centered procedures and guarantee excessive stage of integrity in any respect levels of HAP course of, together with consumer data and appointment system, cost, registration, pre- and post-test counselling, examination, testing, therapy and referrals, submission of well being evaluation outcomes, pre-departure and different procedures. Set up and preserve a system, enabling purchasers to offer suggestions.
6. Set up and preserve a system of high quality enchancment for every service space. Undertake high quality management actions frequently, together with apply statement, common supervisory visits to all amenities/groups concerned within the well being evaluation operations, desk audits and use of self-assessment instruments. Use knowledge evaluation and net reporting system to observe efficiency indicators. Guarantee implementation of the worldwide IOM Commonplace Working Procedures (SOPs); create and implement country-specific SOPs for every service space. Guarantee correct reporting and administration of incidents in keeping with the Steering Notice for Incident Administration.
7. Incorporate further public well being interventions within the HAP context. Such interventions might embody surveillance for communicable ailments, outbreak preparedness and response, well being schooling and well being promotion, public well being companies for host communities, liaison with public well being establishments and different actions.
8. Supervise health- and non-health workers in addition to exterior consultants, concerned within the well being evaluation course of; be sure that efficiency evaluations for well being workers are accomplished in a well timed method. Make sure that all workers are conscious of the IOM Requirements of Conduct underneath Article 42, and constantly reinforce these requirements. Informs in due time the CoM and the IOM Workplace of Ethics and Conduct of any points relating to workers misconduct.
9. Set up the HAP workers improvement technique and be sure that the suitable plan is applied. Inside that plan, other than attendance to exterior instructional occasions, provoke, manage and ship varied skilled in-house trainings.
10. Liaise with exterior service suppliers to barter agreements in coordination with the Useful resource Administration Officer (RMO). Train high quality management over outsourced companies and take corrective measures if vital.
11. Preserve confidentiality and safety of migration well being knowledge in accordance with the IOM Knowledge Safety Rules.
12. Manage systematic assortment, processing and analyses of migration well being knowledge. Guarantee knowledge high quality. Present periodic, in addition to ad-hoc reporting to MHD, for MH actions.
13. Oversee the monetary points of the well being programmes in shut coordination with the mission’s finance workers: supervise funds preparation and guarantee monitoring of MH tasks, recommend changes and cost-effective options, and assessment monetary experiences.
14. Present oversight and coordinate the procurement of medical gear, vaccines, medicines and different medical provides in coordination with the useful resource administration unit.
15. Manage and supervise actions of cellular medical groups, if relevant.
Different well being actions
16. Facilitate the mixing of well being evaluation actions into the general migration associated programming of the Nation Workplace by means of shut collaboration with the varied items on the Nation Workplace.
17. Advise IOM colleagues on the hyperlink between the Well being Evaluation Programme with the 2 different core MHD programme areas – Well being Promotion and Help to Migrants, and Migration Well being Help to Disaster-Affected Populations.
18. Carry out such different duties as could also be assigned by the direct supervisor.
Required {Qualifications} and Expertise:
Training
- College diploma in Drugs from an accredited tutorial establishment with most popular specializations: inner drugs and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency drugs, household drugs, obstetrics and gynaecology; and minimal of seven (7) years of related skilled expertise of which at the least three (3) years managerial obligations; or,
- College diploma in Drugs from an accredited tutorial establishment with most popular specializations: inner drugs and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency drugs, household drugs, obstetrics and gynaecology plus Grasp’s Diploma in Neighborhood or Public Well being, Medical Specialization in Infectious Ailments, Tropical Drugs or different associated fields from an accredited tutorial establishment with 5 (5) years of related skilled expertise of which at the least three (3) years managerial obligations.
Expertise
- Skilled steady scientific expertise, ideally in a multidisciplinary hospital setting or at IOM/comparable worldwide clinic context;
- Expertise in Migration Well being Assessments;
- Demonstrated progressive expertise in well being programme administration;
- Expertise in challenge improvement, administration and report writing; and,
- Expertise in migration well being emergency response is an asset.
Expertise
- Efficient managerial and management abilities;
- Organizational abilities;
- Communications talent;
- Confirmed talents to ascertain partnerships with authorities establishments, well being establishments and different companions;
- Information of public well being; and,
- Demonstrable information of affected person security and an infection prevention and management.
Languages
IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All workers members are required to be fluent in one of many three languages.
For this place, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working information of Portuguese or French is a bonus.
Proficiency of language(s) required shall be particularly evaluated in the course of the choice course of, which can embody written and/or oral assessments.
Notes
Accredited Universities are those listed within the UNESCO World Greater Training Database (https://whed.net/home.php).
Required Competencies:
Values – all IOM workers members should abide by and exhibit these 5 values:
- Inclusion and respect for range: Respects and promotes particular person and cultural variations. Encourages range and inclusion.
- Integrity and transparency: Maintains excessive moral requirements and acts in a fashion in line with organizational rules/guidelines and requirements of conduct.
- Professionalism: Demonstrates skill to work in a composed, competent and dedicated method and workout routines cautious judgment in assembly day-to-day challenges.
- Braveness: Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on problems with significance.
- Empathy: Exhibits compassion for others, makes individuals really feel protected, revered and pretty handled.
Core Competencies – behavioural indicators stage 2
- Teamwork: Develops and promotes efficient collaboration inside and throughout items to attain shared objectives and optimize outcomes.
- Delivering outcomes: Produces and delivers high quality ends in a service-oriented and well timed method. Is motion oriented and dedicated to attaining agreed outcomes.
- Managing and sharing information: Constantly seeks to study, share information and innovate.
- Accountability: Takes possession for attaining the Group’s priorities and assumes accountability for personal actions and delegated work.
- Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication. Explains advanced issues in an informative, inspiring and motivational method.
Managerial Competencies – behavioural indicators stage 2
- Management: Supplies a transparent sense of route, leads by instance and demonstrates the power to hold out the Group’s imaginative and prescient. Assists others to comprehend and develop their management {and professional} potential.
- Empowering others: Creates an enabling surroundings the place workers can contribute their finest and develop their potential.
- Constructing Belief: Promotes shared values and creates an environment of belief and honesty.
- Strategic pondering and imaginative and prescient: Works strategically to comprehend the Group’s objectives and communicates a transparent strategic route.
- Humility: Leads with humility and reveals openness to acknowledging personal shortcomings.
IOM’s competency framework may be discovered at this hyperlink.
https://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/about-iom/iom_revised_competency_framework_external.p df
Competencies shall be assessed throughout a competency-based interview.
Different:
Internationally recruited skilled workers are required to be cellular.
Any supply made to the candidate in relation to this emptiness discover is topic to funding affirmation.
This choice course of could also be used to workers comparable positions in varied responsibility stations. Beneficial candidates endorsed by the Appointments and Postings Board will stay eligible to be appointed in the same place for a interval of 24 months.
The checklist of NMS international locations above consists of all IOM Member States that are non-represented within the Skilled Class of workers members. For this workers class, candidates who’re nationals of the responsibility station’s nation can’t be thought of eligible.
Appointment shall be topic to certification that the candidate is medically match for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa necessities, and background verification and safety clearances. Topic to sure exemptions, vaccination towards COVID-19 will in precept be required for people employed on or after 15 November 2021. This shall be verified as a part of the medical clearance course of.
Vacancies shut at 23:59 native time Geneva, Switzerland on the respective cut-off date. No late purposes shall be accepted.
The best way to apply
candidates are invited to submit their purposes HERE by 09 April 2024 on the newest, referring to this commercial.
IOM solely accepts duly accomplished purposes submitted by means of the IOM e-Recruitment system. The web software additionally permits candidates to trace the standing of their utility.
Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
For additional data please seek advice from: www.iom.int/recruitment
Posting interval:
From 27.03.2024 to 09.04.2024
No Charges:
IOM doesn’t cost a payment at any stage of its recruitment course of (utility, interview, processing, coaching or different payment). IOM doesn’t request any data associated to financial institution accounts.
Requisition: VN 2024 179 Chief Migration Well being Officer (P3) Pretoria, South Africa (58749723) Launched
Posting: Posting NC58749724 (58749724) Launched
Posting Channel: Inside Candidates