Field Disease Control Officer- For Internal Candidates Only, H09

  • Organisation: UNRWA
  • Location: Amman
  • Contract: R
  • Deadline: 19 November 2026

Org. Setting and Reporting

UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference for one of the most vulnerable communities in the world, UNRWA would like to hear from you. - Supervisor: The incumbent of this post is responsible to the Chief, Field Health Programme, L11, and technically to Chief Disease Prevention and Control, L11at HQ, Amman. - Supervisees: Not applicable.

Responsibilities

• Conducts regular supervisory visits to UNRWA’s Health Centres to ensure that programmes are implemented according to approved policies, strategies, and guidelines in line with the family health team approach; • Manages the implementation and evaluation of the Agency’s disease control programme in the Field s/he is assigned to; ensures that the epidemiology and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases and immunization programme are in line with the family health team approach; • Supervise and manage UNRWA's Mental Health and psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programme at Field level and ensure integration of MHPSS into family health team approach in line with UNRWA’s Guidelines and WHO MH gap. • Ensures that reviews on the Agency’s Disease Surveillance Systems are carried out periodically for the accurate assessment of the programmes’ efficiency and effectiveness; • Investigates health problems, promotes healthy behaviors, and helps in fostering a safe and healthy environment; • Coordinates with concerned public health departments in the host countries the disease surveillance and control measures; • Guides and provides technical advice on disease prevention and control to the medical and nursing staff to enable them to keep abreast of the changes and most recent developments in the field; • Manages the development of research on disease prevention and control to keep up to date with new developments, techniques, procedures, and scientific breakthroughs; • Performs such other duties as may be assigned.

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. In addition, the following competencies apply. - Applying Technical Expertise - Leading and Supervising - Coping with Pressure and Setbacks - Delivering Results - Managing Complexity and Change For guidance on how to prepare for competency-based interviews: https://hr.un.org/page/prepare-competency-based-interview

Education

- A university degree from an accredited educational institution in Medicine from a recognized university including an internship of at least twelve-month duration. - An Advanced degree from accredited educational institution in Public Health

Job - Specific Qualification

A license to practice medicine in the country of duty station. License is required.

Work Experience

Indicate your current involvement in any outside activities, as it is required. Including but not limited to employment, independent contractor/freelance consultant, board member (corporate, academic, etc), expert group, lobby, public speaking/writing (article, book, blog, social media etc), teaching, conferences, training, press statement, voluntary work, political activity, fundraising/donation for non-UNRWA entity, running for public office, role in political party or orgs, owning business, work for gov./NGO/private company/charity, UNRWA partner/vendor, full/part-time, paid or not. A “yes” answer doesn’t necessarily lead to exclusion from future work at UNRWA, yet misrepresentation in providing accurate/complete info can lead to disqualification/termination of appointment, if hired. • You are required to have a university degree from an accredited educational institution in Medicine from a recognized university including an internship of at least twelve-month duration. • You are required to have an Advanced degree from accredited educational institution in Public Health • You are required to have a license to practice medicine in the country of duty station • You are required to have at least seven years of progressively responsible and relevant work experience in disease control and medicine. • You are required to have an excellent command of written and spoken English and Arabic. • Are you currently residing in Duty Station. It is required that you specify your current location.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English is required. Arabic is required. The table below shows the minimum required level for each skill in these languages, according to the UN Language Framework (please consult https://languages.un.org for details).

Required Languages

Language Reading Writing Listening Speaking

English UN Level III UN Level III UN Level III UN Level III

Arabic UN Level III UN Level III UN Level III UN Level III

Assessment

During the assessment, the applications will be given preference based on the following desirable qualifications: • The degree to be in Family Medicine Specialty. • Has computer skills in programmes used by UNRWA and health statistical applications. • Provided very good understanding of the context of Palestine refugees and UNRWA operations. The shortlisted candidates will be afterward evaluated based on: • Technical Test • Competency-based Interview - To ensure alignment with the UN language levels, please refer to the guidance below: Level I: Basic knowledge of English. Level II: Good to very good command of English. Level III: Excellent English language skills. Level IV: Expert level or native proficiency.

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