Associate Medical Officer (Fixed Term, Limited)

About the role

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and supports UNEP, UN-Habitat and the Resident Coordination System. This Associate Medical Officer post is in the Joint Medical Service (JMS) at the Nairobi duty station, which delivers occupational health, workplace wellbeing, medical administration, health promotion and emergency response to participating organizations. The Medical Officer works under the Chief Medical Officer to promote health, prevent illness and disability, facilitate safe return to work and strengthen occupational health and safety systems. The appointment is a fixed-term appointment limited (one year initially, renewable if funded) open only to Kenyan nationals.

Key responsibilities

• Lead clinical and occupational health management of staff on prolonged sick leave, long-term illness, workplace injury and disability, including fitness-for-work and return-to-work assessments and work reintegration plans
• Coordinate multidisciplinary case reviews and recommend reasonable accommodation and workplace modifications; monitor return-to-work outcomes and advise managers and HR partners
• Analyse trends in sickness absence, injury and disability cases and produce data visualizations and reports
• Develop public health communication strategies, support outbreak preparedness and workplace wellness programmes (including the UNCARES HIV workplace programme)
• Promote healthy lifestyles, support confidential access to care and occupational health and safety programmes, and produce health education materials
• Perform day-to-day clinical duties, pre-placement and periodic medical examinations, sick leave administration, medical clearances, medical evacuation coordination, mental health education and travel health advice

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Medicine, Occupational Health, Public Health, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or a related field, or a first-level medicine degree plus two years of qualifying experience
• Medical registration and licensure to practice in the duty station
• Minimum two years of clinical practice in a hospital, accident and emergency or intensive care setting, and two years in an occupational health setting focused on return-to-work, sick leave and disability case management
• English at UN Level II reading, writing, listening and speaking; Kiswahili at UN Level II reading, writing and listening, and UN Level I speaking

Required skills

• Proficiency in computer skills, especially MS Office and use of databases
• Desirable: formal certification in occupational health and safety, data analytics or data science training, and experience in public health programmes, counselling or stress management