مدير دائرة الصحة- أونروا- غزة

UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY
FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST

UNRWA Do you have the dedication, skills, knowledge and experience to help us improve the life of Palestine refugees? The United Nations Relief and Works Agency offers challenging opportunities for professionals interestedin working in a results-driven and diverse environment. If you are, then we would like to hear from you. UNRWA is the United Nations agency responsible for the protection, care and human development of a population of some 4.6 million Palestine refugees living in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and the SyrianArabRepublic. The Agency is committed to assisting Palestine refugees in maintaining a decent standard of living, acquiring appropriate knowledge and skills, enjoying the fullest possible extent of human rights, and leading a long and healthy life. UNRWA is by far the largest UN operation in the Middle East with over 29,000 staff. Most of the staff members are refugees themselves, working directly to benefit their communities – as teachers, doctors, nurses or social workers.
Chief Field Health Programme
Location: Gaza Field
Type of Appointment: Fixed Term
Deadline for Application:03 July 2014
Vacancy Announcement Number: 02-06-2014
Grade: 20
Department/Division: Health
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
In accordance with established Agency policy and procedures, the ideal candidate:
-Directs and supervises the Agency’s Health Programme in the Field to ensure that medical care services, disease prevention and control, non-communicable diseases, family health, mental health, oral health, laboratory, pharmaceutical, physical rehabilitation, hospital services and health information system are in line with the family health team approach;
-Establishes and maintains a positive relationship with the host government and non-governmental 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 maintain continuous improvements on the health services provided by UNRWA;
-Oversees the implementation of health projects in coordination with the Field Infrastructure and Camp improvement Programme and project management with the programme support unit and projects office
-Performs such other duties as may be assigned.
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
-A University degree in medicine from a recognized university;
-Post-graduate degree in public health.
-At least ten years professional working experience in public health systems of which five years should have been in a supervisory health position.
-Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic.
-Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation and listening skills; ability to present data and information in a clear and constructive way;
-Promotes and maintains a conducive team environment. Very good supervisory skills;
-Acts in accordance with the profession’s ethics and values; respects and promotes individual and cultural differences;
-Transfers knowledge and takes initiative;
-Ability to work under pressure and make sound judgments;
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
-Basic Salary: Monthly basic salary $1,872.90;plus a currency adjustment factor (present rate 23%) and monthly dependency allowance up to $123.25, and Senior Professional Officer Allowance at the rate of 45% of the basic salary.
-Contract Duration: Three years including 1 year probation period.
-Leave: 30 days annual leave
-Pension: Provident Fund contribution
-Other conditions of service and benefits may apply.
EQUIVALENCY Candidates with an equivalent combination of relevant academic qualifications, professional training and progressive work experience may also be considered. ASSESSMENT METHOD
Qualified candidates will be required to undergo tests and a competency based interview. To learn more about positive and negative indicators of professional behaviours within the UN competencies, you may review the UN Competency Development – A Practical Guide
GENERAL INFORMATION UNRWA is a United Nations organization whose staff are expected to uphold the highest standards of integrity, neutrality and impartiality. This includes respect for human rights, for diversity, and for non-violent means of dealing with all kinds of conflict. UNRWA staff are expected to uphold these values at all times, both at work and outside. Only persons who fully and unconditionally commit to these values should consider applying for UNRWA jobs. UNRWA is a non-smoking working environment.
ٌالأنوروا هي منظمة تابعة للأمم المتحدة، وهي منظمة تفترض من موظفيها الالتزام بأعلى معايير الاستقامة والحياد والنزاهة. ويشمل ذلك احترام مبادئ حقوق الانسان واحترام التنوع وتبني الوسائل غير العنيفة في حل كافة أشكال النزاعات. المتوقع من موظفي الانروا أن يقوموا بدعم هذه القيم في كافة الأوقات، سواء في أماكن العمل أم خارجه. إن أولئك الأشخاص الذين يتمتعون بالالتزام الكامل وغير المشروط بهذه القيم هم فقط الذين ينبغي عليهم ان يتقدموا بطلباتهم للعمل لدى الاونروا. الأونروا هي بيئة عمل يمنع فيها التدخين.
UNRWA encourages applications from qualified and experienced women. It is Agency policy to give full consideration to disabled candidates whose disability does not militate against the effective performance of the duties of the post.UNRWA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications equally from men and women. Where there are two or more equally qualified candidates, selection preference will normally be given to internal candidates, Palestine Refugees and candidates of the under-represented gender. With their prior agreement, candidates who are approved as suitable for appointment but are not the selected candidate for this vacancy, will be placed on the Agency’s roster of pre-approved candidates for a period of up to one year, and may be considered for future vacancies in the same position. The Agency maintains the discretion to fill future vacancies for this position from the roster without re-advertising the vacancy.
HOW TO APPLY
If you have got the skills and experience required above, and want to make an active and lasting contribution to improving the lives of Palestine refugees, then

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by creating a personal profile and completing the UNRWA Personal History Form.
Only applications received through this website will be considered. Please note that UNRWA only accepts degrees from accredited educational institutions. Candidates may also be invited to take a technical exam in order further evaluate their qualifications for the post. Due to a high volume of applications received, only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. The United Nations does not concern itself with information on bank accounts.