Family Medicine Consultant

About the role

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is seeking a Family Medicine Consultant to lead the technical update of its Standard Treatment Guidelines – Technical Implementation (STG‑TI) and to design and deliver a Training‑of‑Trainers (ToT) package. The role combines clinical review, guideline revision, curriculum development, and field‑level implementation monitoring.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct a structured clinical review of the existing STG‑TI, identifying gaps, inconsistencies and clinical risks.
• Benchmark outpatient, preventive, child health, STI management and other services against WHO guidance and international family‑medicine standards.
• Draft and revise clinical content for the ten most common diseases, child‑health protocols, STI treatment, rational prescribing and antibiotic stewardship.
• Integrate patient‑centred, family‑centred and life‑course approaches into updated protocols.
• Coordinate technical consultations with UNRWA focal points and incorporate feedback into final drafts.
• Design the ToT curriculum, facilitator guides, participant materials, case studies, competency checklists and evaluation tools.
• Develop a practical monitoring framework to track field‑level implementation progress.
• Deliver ToT sessions (in‑person or virtual) for senior medical officers and field specialists across five operational fields.
• Support cascade training, provide online assistance during trainer sessions, and monitor uptake of the updated guidance.

Required profile

• Medical professional with expertise in family medicine and clinical guideline development.
• Proven experience in designing and delivering training programmes for health professionals.
• Familiarity with WHO clinical guidelines and international standards for family medicine.
• Ability to work collaboratively with UN agencies and adapt materials to diverse field contexts.

Required skills

• Clinical guideline revision and development.
• Training curriculum design and facilitation.
• Monitoring and evaluation framework creation.