UNDP Jobs - 101865- Medical Administrator

Medical Administrator

Location :

Yangon, MYANMAR

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Oct-2021

Application Deadline :

18-Sep-21 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

3 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

3 months

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Considering a significant rise of COVID cases among UN personnel & dependents in current Covid-19 3rd spikes in Myanmar, it is important to strengthen UN Clinic Yangon capacity to maintain the current level of health service provisions and to cope with increasing workloads.

In addition, the capacity of public & private health facilities for Covid-19 case management is seriously curtailed. While there is an extremely limited access to medical facilities including referral & oxygen supply as well as the overwhelmed private health facilities, UN Clinic has been managing Covid-19 related cases as per UN model of care and facilitating severe Covid-19 cases in coordination with UN Medevac cell for Covid-19 medevac.

Moreover, the UN Clinic in Myanmar is part of the leading task force to carry out Covid-19 preparation activities such as UN Covid-19 Call Center, oxygen concentrator allocation and utilization. Last but not least, routine UN Clinic’s services (Primary clinical care, Occupational health services are continuously being provided to UN personnel & eligible dependents.

To strengthen the critical tasks of UN Clinic during such health crisis and critical period, an additional medical administrator with requisite public health experiences is being considered. This will ensure continuity of health services for UN staffs as well as their eligible dependents and responsiveness of growing demand for services, support and information related to COVID-19 outbreak.

The proposed medical administrator position will be recruited through prevailing procedures of UNDP, e.g., individual consultancy contract or any other appropriate mechanism. The medical administrator will perform the functions under close supervision and day-to-day technical and administrative guidance of UN Clinic Physician & UN Clinic Medical Officer, Myanmar.

Duties and Responsibilities

For detailed information, please see Terms of Reference at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=83109

Competencies

For detailed information, please see Terms of Reference at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=83109

Required Skills and Experience

For detailed information, please see Terms of Reference at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=83109

Interested Individual Consultant must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP;(Please see Template attached)
Personal CV/P11, indicating the past experience relevant to the assignment, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references;(Please see Template attached)
Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a methodology, if applicable, on how he/she will approach and complete the assignment;
Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided.

** Consultant/Contractor whose assignment require travel and who are over 65 years of age are required, at their own expense, to undergo a full medical examination, including x-rays after they are selected.

Proposal should be submitted to (either bids.mm@undp.org or UNDP Jobs website http://jobs.undp.org) no later than 17:00 (Myanmar Time), 18 September 2021. Email submission should state procurement notice number (2021/UNDP-MMR/PN/019) in the subject line.