MEDICAL STRATEGY & OPERATIONAL SUPPORT (H/F)

Médecins Sans Frontières, founded in 1971, is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of medical professionals, logistics, administrative and various other professions, all guided by our medical ethics and our principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

MSF WaCA, created in 2019, is the first MSF headquarters in Africa, and responds to the desire to reinvent the MSF movement after 50 years of humanitarian actions in the world, for more access to care, more reactivity and proactivity for greater medical coverage of affected populations in the world.

Why join us?

You are preparing to become a member of the MSF family, with over 50 years of emergency medical action that earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

We are an inclusive organization that considers social and professional well-being a right for all and provides an environment that takes into account the diversity of each member.

MSF WaCA claims an African anchorage that considers the local expertise with which it contributes in the implementation of its activities and makes each member, a key actor of the new dynamics of the humanitarian action in the world.

We Are Looking for: MEDICAL STRATEGY & OPERATIONAL SUPPORT (H/F)
Department: Medical

Direct Manager: Deputy Medical Director

Functional Manager: Deputy Medical Director

Working %: 100%

Position Based in: Abidjan, HQ

Mobility: All WaCA’s Interventions Zones

Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Renewable

Position to be filled: As Soon As Possible

Main responsibilities

Under the hierarchical and technical responsibility of the Deputy Medical Director, and by delegation of authority, the Medical Strategy & Operational Support, in line with Strategic and Medico-Ops plans & objectives:

• Provide support to Medical Coordinators/ Projects Medical Referents on medical strategies.
• Monitors thematic & health conditions, contexts, actors mapping & humanitarian needs, and contribute to build/strengthen capacities, to watch & detect relevant resources, interesting opportunities, medical innovations and operational design or synergy to address the most recurrent or complex challenges.
• Collaborate with the GIS team in collaboration with the Head of Epidemiology and in consultation with the Deputy Medical Director to improve reactivity, consistency, relevance, and collaboration by providing support in coordination, prioritization, work plans and productions.
• Promotes a synergistic approach within the region, organize meeting and contribute to create/maintain a network of relevant humanitarian & political stakeholders, medical resources & academic contacts to contribute to the best knowledge of the regional environment for WaCA’s projects.
• On request or after validated proposition from Deputy Medical Director, the Medical Strategy & Operational Support:
• Helps on identification of priorities, ways and means to address essential needs and to ensure appropriate response and tailored operational schemes during emergencies (through decentralized model of care with a focus on Nut/Ped Packages, etc.…),
• Participate in the development of operational rapid analysis (within 2-3 days) and the redaction of a concept note (within a week).
• Ensures direct support to project/country teams on any medical strategic dossiers/thematic.
• Being focal point for some transversal innovative medical topics

On a regular basis, S/He:

• Ensures documentation sharing, promote, and produce reports, capitalization & lesson learned on main WaCA’s medical thematic such as Nutrition & Epidemic monitoring and emergencies responses.
• Produces a quarterly, bi-annual & annual reports.

Job requirements

Education

• A university-level diploma, in medicine or paramedical domain.
• Master in public health is an asset.

Professional experience required

• Significant experience of at least 5 years in humanitarian work, including a career within MSF on the field.
• Successful one experience in the field of humanitarian aid as an MSF Head of Mission, Medical Coordinator or Emergency Coordinator.
• Extensive experiences of medical and humanitarian environment in West- & Central-African Region.
• Expertise in the analysis and management of unstable contexts and crisis situations and experience and interest in medical, social, economic, and political issues in countries undergoing humanitarian crises (one-off or long-term) or in the process of development are a plus.
• Experience of interacting with MSF & partner sections
• Proven track record in negotiation and networking

Skills/Competencies

• High level representation and diplomatic skills; an aptitude for negotiation and networking.
• Strong analytical skills: capacity to develop and implement a Strategic vision.
• An aptitude for analyzing humanitarian contexts; knowledge of medical issues and MSF’s intervention strategies.
• A capacity for conceiving and planning medical programs, setting up a network, animating and motivating teams, organizing roles, and delegating tasks.
• Excellent writing and reporting skills.

Languages Skills

• Working proficiency in English and French

Computer Skills

• MS Office suite (mainly MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint)

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MSF offers equal recruitment and development opportunities without any form of discrimination based on gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical origin, physical disability or any other discriminatory ground.

Female candidates who meet the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.

N.B.: This job description provides a framework for the main responsibilities and primary activities of the position. It is not exhaustive. Therefore, the responsibilities and activities of the position may differ from those described in this job description due to organizational and operational needs.