Position Title: Chief Migration Health Officer

Duty Station: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Classification: Professional Staff, Grade P4

Type of Appointment: Fixed time period, one yr with chance of extension

Estimated Start Date: As quickly as doable

Closing Date: 06 August 2023

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and because the main UN company within the discipline of migration, works carefully with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental companions. IOM is devoted to selling humane and orderly migration for the good thing about all. It does so by offering companies and recommendation to governments and migrants.

IOM is dedicated to a various and inclusive work surroundings. Read extra about range and inclusion at IOM at www.iom.int/diversity.

Applications 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:

1. Internal candidates
2. External feminine candidates:
3. Candidate from the next non-represented member states:

Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Botswana; Cabo Verde; Comoros; Congo (the); Cook Islands; Dominica; Fiji; Grenada; Guinea-Bissau; Holy See; Iceland; Kiribati; Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the); Madagascar; Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated States of); Namibia; Nauru; Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Seychelles; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu

Second tier candidates embody:

All exterior candidates, besides candidates from non-represented member states of IOM and feminine candidates.

Context:

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM) and technical supervision of the Regional Health Assessment Programme Coordinator (RHAPC) and in coordination with the Regional Migration Health Specialist for Asia and the Pacific area, the Chief Migration Health Officer will likely be chargeable for the event, implementation and administration of the Health Assessment and different well being programmes.

Core Functions / Responsibilities:

Health Assessment Portfolio

1.Organize 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;
• Treatment and referrals;
• Pre-departure procedures and medical actions;
• Documentation, certification and data transmission; and,
• Other technical areas as could also be required.

2.Ensure that the infrastructure and tools of HAP premises meet skilled requirements of high quality and security and are ample and sufficient for provision of the companies.

3.Ensure that human sources and HAP organizational construction are ample and sufficient for the deliberate ranges of well being assessments and that the employees has essential {qualifications} and abilities. Establish a ample community of exterior human sources, reminiscent of consultants and medical escorts, to assist well being evaluation course of and journey help. In coordination with the Human Resource Unit, be certain that all medical personnel keep legitimate licenses to apply.

4.Ensure that the regulatory authorities authorities are knowledgeable about IOM’s well being actions and that the IOM medical services have obtained approval to supply well being assessments and associated companies.

5.Establish and keep environment friendly, client-centered procedures and guarantee excessive degree of integrity in any respect phases 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. Establish and keep a system, enabling shoppers to supply suggestions.

6.Establish and keep a system of high quality enchancment for every service space. Undertake high quality management actions regularly apply remark, common supervisory visits to all services/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. Ensure implementation of the worldwide IOM Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); create and implement country-specific SOPs for every service space. Ensure correct reporting and administration of incidents in line with the Guidance Note for Incident Management.

7.Incorporate further public well being interventions within the HAP context. Such interventions could embody surveillance for communicable illnesses, outbreak preparedness and response, well being training 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 employees in addition to exterior consultants, concerned within the well being evaluation course of; be certain that efficiency evaluations for well being employees are accomplished in a well timed method. Ensure that each one employees are conscious of the IOM Standards of Conduct beneath Article 42, and constantly reinforce these requirements. Informs in due time the CoM and the IOM Ethics Committee of any points concerning employees misconduct.

9.Establish the HAP employees improvement technique and be certain that the suitable plan is applied. Within that plan, aside from attendance to exterior instructional occasions, provoke, set up and ship numerous skilled in-house trainings.

10.Liaise with exterior service suppliers to barter agreements in coordination with the Resource Management Officer (RMO). To the extent doable, train high quality management over outsourced companies and take corrective measures if essential.

11.Liaise with related companions at authorities degree, immigration well being authorities of the receiving international locations, in addition to different worldwide UN and non-UN companies, NGOs, donor neighborhood and nationwide companions.

12.Maintain confidentiality and safety of migration well being knowledge in accordance with the IOM Data Protection Principles.

13.Organize systematic assortment, processing and analyses of migration well being knowledge. Ensure knowledge high quality. Provide periodic, in addition to ad-hoc reporting to MHD, for MH actions.

14.Oversee the monetary points of the well being programmes in shut coordination with the mission’s finance employees: supervise funds preparation and guarantee monitoring of MH tasks, counsel changes and cost-effective options, and evaluation monetary studies.

15.Provide oversight and coordinate procurement of medical tools, vaccines, medicines and different medical provides in coordination with the useful resource administration unit.

16.Organize and supervise actions of cellular medical groups, if relevant.

Other well being actions

17.In coordination with the HoO/CoM, reinforce partnerships and liaise with the Migration Health (MH) sector with Ministry of Health, well being establishments and academia, in addition to different related main companies. Incorporate multi-sectoral approaches to partnerships, in addition to capitalize on IOM strengths throughout all service areas throughout the general framework of IOM’s 12-point Strategy adopted by IOM Members States (June 2007).

18.Conceptualize, develop and implement acceptable migration well being associated tasks that will profit migrants, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and host communities in addition to battle/pure catastrophe affected inhabitants in coordination with related Units, the Regional Thematic Specialists (RTSs) and different colleagues.

19.Facilitate the mixing of well being evaluation actions into the general migration associated programming of the Country Office by way of shut collaboration with the varied and items on the Country Office degree.

20.Advise IOM colleagues on the hyperlink between the Health Assessment Programme with the 2 different core MHD programme areas – Health Promotion and Assistance to Migrants, and Migration Health Assistance to Crisis-Affected Populations.

21.Identify alternatives for increasing migration well being actions and programmes by informing embassies and consulates of IOM’s migration well being work and foyer for IOM MHACs changing into panel websites for MHA, responding to bulletins for name of proposals by drafting undertaking idea notes and/or proposals and liaising with UN companies and Ministry of Health to establish undertaking improvement alternatives.

22.Perform such different duties as could also be assigned by the direct supervisor.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• University diploma in Medicine from an accredited educational establishment with most popular specializations: inside medication and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency medication, household medication, obstetrics and gynaecology; and minimal of 9 (9) years of related skilled expertise of which no less than three (3) years managerial obligations; or,
• University diploma in Medicine from an accredited educational establishment with most popular specializations: inside medication and its subspecialties, paediatrics, anaesthesiology, emergency medication, household medication, obstetrics and gynaecology plus Master’s Degree in Community or Public Health, Medical Specialization in Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine or different associated fields from an accredited educational establishment with seven (7) years of related skilled expertise of which no less than three (3) years managerial obligations.

Experience

• Professional steady scientific expertise, ideally in a multidisciplinary hospital setting orat IOM/comparable worldwide clinic context;
• Experience in Migration Heath Assessments;
• Demonstrated progressive expertise in well being programme administration;
• Experience in undertaking improvement, administration and report writing;
• Proven talents to determine partnerships with authorities establishments, well being establishments andother companions;
• Knowledge of public well being;
• Demonstrable data of affected person security and an infection prevention and management; and,
• Experience in migration well being emergency response is an asset.

Skills

• Effective managerial and management abilities;
• Organizational abilities; and,
• Communications ability.

Languages

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish.

For this place, fluency in English is required (oral and written).

Proficiency of language(s) required will likely be particularly evaluated in the course of the choice course of, which can embody written and/or oral assessments.

Notes

Previous candidates don’t have to re-apply.

Accredited Universities are those listed within the UNESCO World Higher Education Database (https://whed.net/home.php).

Required Competencies:

Values – all IOM employees members should abide by and display 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 way in line with organizational rules/guidelines and requirements of conduct.
• Professionalism: Demonstrates capability to work in a composed, competent and dedicated method and workouts cautious judgment in assembly day-to-day challenges.
• Courage: Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on problems with significance.
• Empathy: Shows compassion for others, makes folks really feel secure, revered and pretty handled.

Core Competencies – behavioural indicators degree 3

• Teamwork: Develops and promotes efficient collaboration inside and throughout items to realize shared objectives and optimize outcomes.
• Delivering outcomes: Produces and delivers high quality leads to a service-oriented and well timed method. Is motion oriented and dedicated to reaching agreed outcomes.
• Managing and sharing data: Continuously seeks to study, share data and innovate.
• Accountability: Takes possession for reaching the Organization’s priorities and assumes duty for personal actions and delegated work.
• Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication. Explains complicated issues in an informative, inspiring and motivational method.

Managerial Competencies – behavioural indicators degree 3

• Leadership: Provides a transparent sense of path, leads by instance and demonstrates the power to hold out the Organization’s imaginative and prescient. Assists others to appreciate and develop their management {and professional} potential.
• Empowering others: Creates an enabling surroundings the place employees can contribute their greatest and develop their potential.
• Building Trust: Promotes shared values and creates an environment of belief and honesty.
• Strategic pondering and imaginative and prescient: Works strategically to appreciate the Organization’s objectives and communicates a transparent strategic path.
• 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.pdf

Competencies will likely be assessed throughout a competency-based interview.

Other:

Internationally recruited skilled employees 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 employees comparable positions in numerous responsibility stations. Recommended candidates endorsed by the Appointments and Postings Board will stay eligible to be appointed in an identical place for a interval of 24 months.

The listing of NMS international locations above consists of all IOM Member States that are non-represented within the Professional Category of employees members. For this employees class, candidates who’re nationals of the responsibility station’s nation can’t be thought of eligible.

Appointment will likely be topic to certification that the candidate is medically match for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa necessities, and safety clearances. Subject to sure exemptions, vaccination towards COVID-19 will in precept be required for people employed on or after 15 November 2021. This will likely 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 will likely be accepted.