Development Advisor Medical Pool (m/f/x)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 60 countries to populations in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination and irrespective of origin, religion, creed or political affiliation.

Development Advisor Medical Pool

CONTEXT

Following the OCB networked OC statement in July 2020, the HR department started a reflection on how this resolution could be applied, At the same time, the decision to start the Field Recentralization project in the Central Africa Region brought the consideration of potential synergies. Both elements resulted on a decision to strategically delocalizing a Recruitment capacity and Development Advise and Mobility offer, in the Central Africa region (Burundi, Cameroun, Central Africa Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo) to reinforce OCB’s HR answer to the regional and global operational needs.

This HR Central Africa Unit will be composed of 2 Recruiters (including HR marketing) and 2 Development Advisors for medical and non-medical profiles and will be based in Kinshasa.

The Development Advisor (DA) is a crucial partner of our staff throughout their MSF career, by supporting and planning our staff’s growth as professionals and individuals within the organization, and at the same time ensuring the needs of the organization are met. The DA also plays a pivotal role in staff engagement and sense of belonging to MSF.

RESPONSIBILITIES

FACILITATING INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The DA is the reference point for all Central Africa regional mobile staff regarding their professional development within MSF and in general. The DA will:

• Encourage staff to reflect on their longer-term ambitions, motivation and commitment, strengths and improvement areas and translate this in career and development actions that create a win-win for our staff and the organization.

• Discuss, understand and enrich the development plan of staff. The added value of the DA will be in the:

o Coaching of staff.

o Providing guidance in the means of development that MSF can offer

o Establishing concrete personalized plans

• Be a person of trust and maintain regular contact with OCB staff before, during and after missions/job assignment.

• Ensure enrollment procedures for staff in case of learning events, coaching, detachment…

The DA will contribute MSF’s current and future organizational needs by:

• Giving MSF insight in its current population and by identifying areas where action is needed.

• Having regular contact with the pool manager (PM) on needs of the pool.

• Being involved in the analysis of the pool exercise and the development of an action plan (once a year).

• Ensuring staff career data (e.g. availability dates, development plan, evaluations…) are registered and up-to-date in order to allow HR colleagues to use these data efficiently.

MATCHING

• The DA ensures a maximum number of placements, as set in pre-defined targets, whilst retaining professionalism and quality, for experienced as well as first mission candidates, mainly for OCB

• The DA ensures the availability of the candidates in his/her pool is up to date in the relevant IT systems.

• Throughout the staff member’s career, the DA facilitates the process of finding a new mission or job in line with his/her development plan and the organizational needs, checks if requirements are met, and defends the applications.

• The DA is the primary contact for the candidate during the matching process.

o The DA discusses a potential mission/job with the candidate and makes sure the candidate has all available information on the mission/job to allow an informed decision.

o The DA makes sure that the candidate receives proper feedback in case of refusal.

FACILITATING MISSIONS/MOBILITY

Once the candidate has accepted the mission/job, the DA ensures:

• staff member can start their job in a correct way, with access to all required information and briefings, compliant to legal and MSF’s regulations and procedures.

• duty of care at departure, during and after the mission/job.

• Personal contact to follow-up with staff during their mission

• Debriefing after the job/mission

• Processing of evaluations

OTHER

• Liaise with Central Africa Recruiter and HR Marketer upon request.

• Take on some transversal DA files in line with the OCB HR Strategic plan

• Connect regularly with the different stakeholders in the region (HR Development Advisor, HR Coordinator, the Regional Support Team)

• Actively participate to DA team meetings

REQUIREMENTS

• 2 years MSF experience – ideally as PM/DA, or at least in the medical or paramedical field is essential

• Professional experience in HR management in an international organization is an asset

• University degree in social and human sciences is an asset

• Strong listening and interpersonal skills

• Coaching attitude and skills. If not present yet, willing to invest in acquiring them.

• Team management experience is an asset.

• Good analytical and synthesis skills

• Able to work as part of a team and cross functionally

• Thorough knowledge of French and good communication skills in English.

CONDITIONS

· Expected starting date: 15/03/2022

· Contract type: Closed-end contract (CDD) End of contract 31/08/2023 independently of starting date, full-time (100%)

· Location: based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

· Frequent travels in the region

· The contractual conditions will be established based on candidate residency and administrative constraints (work permit, etc) and in respect of MSF function grids and salary policies.

· Adhere to the MSF principles and to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust and Empowerment

· Adhere to the MSF Behavioral Commitments

Deadline for applications: 20/02/2022