Medical Officer
Pubblicato il 31-07-2026 - Fao in Roma
Job Posting: 13/Feb/2025 Closure Date: 07/Mar/2025, 4:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: CSL Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition: Professional Grade Level: P-4 Primary Location: Italy-Rome Duration: Fixed-term: Two years with possibility of extension Post Number: 0042110 CCOG Code: 1I03 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device
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- **FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture**: - **Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply**: - **Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values**: - **FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination**: - FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations._ The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for _better production_, _better nutrition_, _a _better environment,_ and _a better life_, leaving no one behind. **Organizational Setting** FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations. The FAO Health Services (CSLH), which is a part of the Logistics Services Division (CSL),
provides preventative medical, counselling and occupational health services to FAO employees and their dependents, and advice on all health-related matters to the Organization. The position is located in the Health Services of the Logistics Services Division at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. **Reporting Lines** The Medical Officer reports to the Chief, Health Services, under the overall guidance of Director, Logistics Services Division (CSL). **Technical Focus** Clinical medicine, travel medicine and occupational health and wellbeing. **Key Results** Perform clinical and medico-administrative duties related to the staff members and eligible dependents of FAO and other Rome-based UN system organizations (World Food Programme - WFP, International Fund for Agricultural Development - IFAD and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property - ICCROM) if required, as well as staff members and eligible dependents located in field duty stations. **Key Functions**
- Supervises and coordinates the acute care services provided by the medical units at FAO and IFAD;
- Determines fitness for duty for newly appointed staff at headquarters and field duty stations, including staff deploying to hazardous and/or non-family duty stations;
- Approves medical travel for staff and their dependents deployed to field duty stations,
providing oversight of emergency medical evacuations via air/ground ambulance when required;
- Provides medical advice in the determination that an illness or injury is service incurred as well as evaluates and rates permanent impairments linked to injury and/or illness;
- Acts as the Medical Adviser for IFAD, overseeing the occupational health services provided in that Organization and providing counsel to its management on all issues pertaining to staff health;
- Reviews requests for disability benefits for staff members and their dependents and prepares recommendations to the FAO/WFP Staff Pension Committee;
- Reviews and approves requests for special child allowance and special education grants of staff with children with special needs;
- Promotes continuous learning and capacity development on health related issues and ensures the delivery of appropriate training programmes in order to maintain and develop the medical capabilities (e.g. health education, HIV/AIDS prevention, first aid, etc.);
- Conducts field missions to assess local medical resources, as required, and advises staff through medical assessments and health education;
- Collaborates in the review of new or revised policies, procedures and guidelines;
- Acts as Officer-in-Charge in the absence of the Chief, Health Services;
- Performs other duties as required. **Special Functions**
- Supervises, coordinates and participates in occupational safety and health (OSH) functions of the Health Services, including working closely with the principal OSH Medical Officer, OSH Officer and other stakeholders in FAO and the UN system. **CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING** **Minimum Requirements**
- Doctoral Degree in Medicine, including residency tra