Medical Officer – Consultant Health & Wellness

Job Description

Medical Officer, CST-II, Juba, South Sudan | World Food Programme

The Tone:
This is an International Regular Consultant (CST level II) role at World Food Programme, located in Juba, South Sudan. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and fostering peace through food assistance. This role is crucial for ensuring the health, safety, and wellbeing of WFP staff in South Sudan’s fragile security environment, thereby supporting the organization’s effectiveness and its mission to serve millions globally.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: International Regular Consultant (CST level II)
• Location: In-person Juba, South Sudan
• Team: Wellness Unit, reporting to the Deputy Country Director Enabling Services (direct) and Regional Medical Officer (functional).
• Mission: Ensure the health of WFP staff at work, their safety, and organizational effectiveness through expert medical advice, support, and emergency response capacity in South Sudan.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Clinical Leadership: Lead clinical service delivery in Juba and field offices, providing evidence-based primary and emergency care, overseeing diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, and guiding medical staff on complex cases.
• Staff Medical Services: Manage, advise, and report on all health matters for staff, including identifying health hazards, ensuring compliance with UN medical protocols, providing pre-departure briefings, and conducting medical examinations and clearances.
• Emergency Preparedness: Maintain, test, and conduct medical emergency, referral, and evacuation arrangements for Juba and field locations, coordinating with the Regional Medical Officer for timely specialist care and ensuring continuity of treatment.
• Health Promotion: Implement staff health training (e.g., Ebola/Cholera awareness, malaria prevention, first aid), coordinate with UNCT health sector colleagues, and identify and respond to disease incidents or environmental hazards affecting staff.
• Field Support: Plan and undertake medical missions to field offices, conduct workplace and health-facility risk assessments, advise on practical health-risk mitigation, and maintain remote clinical advice and referral coordination.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Medical degree (MBBS, MD or equivalent) from a recognized institution, with current and unrestricted registration/licence to practise medicine in a UN Member State.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressive professional experience in healthcare, including at least 5 years in general medicine in developing countries or conflict zones, and operational experience in complex emergency environments comparable to South Sudan. Experience in occupational health and safety, travel medicine, tropical and infectious disease, and/or emergency medicine is required.
• Skills: Formal training in CPR, preferably with valid certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), demonstrated professional competence and mastery of subject matter, sound judgment, and excellent communication, presentation, and drafting skills.
• Bonus: Postgraduate medical qualification in public health, occupational health and safety, emergency medicine, internal medicine, or a related discipline; experience within the UN system or international NGO; experience managing or providing technical oversight of staff clinics.