Médecins Sans Frontières
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCG Office – Amman, Jordan, is looking for a: Pool & Career Manager – Specialists Profiles – Based in Amman
◉ Applying for MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. We are an independent, neutral, impartial humanitarian organisation and go where needed most. Our teams of doctors, nurses, logisticians, and other frontline workers are often among the first on the scene to respond to the needs of people whose lives have been upended by a crisis. MSF offers assistance to people based solely on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation.
At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our employees.
We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, races, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.
◉ Context
The MSF movement is structured around 6 operational centers supported by 25 partner sections and offices worldwide. The MSF Operational Center in Geneva (OCG) is one of these centers. Together with regional entities (hubs), it coordinates medico-operations in more than 25 countries worldwide in 60 medical projects with more than 8000 employees (segmented into 550 international positions, 5500 national positions & 2000 staff under refugee or under incentive status).
OCG field interventions are carried out through the joint implementation of resources of different natures: human (national and international staff), technical (medical, logistic, supply), and financial.
The availability and quality of these resources are crucial factors in the success of medico-operations. In particular, with regard to human resources, it is essential to ensure an optimum balance between the demands of the Operations for staffing and the supply of Human Resources.
To achieve this balance, it is necessary to manage the international succession by having a permanent global vision of both the international staff pools and the positions in the field. The analysis of this global vision helps guide HR global workforce strategies in their mandate to support operations.
In this regard, the Pool & Career Manager for specialist’ profiles (Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Advocacy, Humanitarian Affairs Officers, Gynaecologists, Mental Health, Health Promoters, Epidemiologists, PSEC, Lab Technicians) plays a key role in the design and monitoring of the global vision of international pools/positions in order to ensure succession management, resource balance, and placement of HR in the field.
The role should accompany international staff in the management of their career and skills development according to operational needs and the wishes of the pool members. The Pool & Career Manager integrates into his/her work MSF’s commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion as one of the key principles and objectives of the 2020-2023 strategic plan.
While working closely with the Operational HR Responsible in the cells, the recruitment department, and the technical Departments, the Pool & Career Manager is part of the Operational HR division within the HR department and reports to the Head of the Pool & Career Management Unit.
◉ The mission can be summarised as follows:
- Ensure succession management and resource balance, mobilize the pool members, and manage their placement in OCG missions’ portfolio.
- Deploy the means and propose the necessary HR actions to maintain a pool and develop international staff, in line with the evolution of operational needs (quantity and profiles) and according to the (DEI) principles and objectives.
- Accompany staff to build and consolidate their career path and develop their skills in order to meet the HR needs and OCG mission’s needs.
◉ Main Responsibilities
- Management of international staff
- Development of the pool’s professional skills
- Contribution to the analysis of current and future needs in the field
- Monitoring and analysis of your activity
- Contribution to the development of transversality
- MSF Intersectional overview
◉ Requirements
● Experience:
- 3 years of MSF field experience
- Experience in placement, career advising and development is an added value
● Professional competences:
- Familiar with interview techniques
- Good knowledge of the organization and functioning of MSF is an asset
- Good command of computer tools.
● Languages:
- Fluent in French and English (written and spoken)
● Personal qualities:
- Autonomy
- Organization
- Rigor
- Good analytical skills
- Ability to prioritize
- Good interpersonal skills and knowledge on how to work effectively in a team
- Solution-oriented by nature
- Flexibility
- Commitment to MSF’s Principles, behavior, and SAC commitments.
◉ Contract
- Full-time position 100%
- Open-ended Jordanian contract, commitment of a minimum 3 years
- Working place : Amman, Jordan
- Ideal start date: 1st of June 2023
- Gross monthly salary: JOD 2’135 (+ seniority in MSF)
- Relocation package for staff relocated to Jordan
How to apply
◉ Application
If you recognize yourself in this profile, we welcome you to send your resume (CV, 2 pages max) and a cover letter (1 page max) in English to: [email protected]
The closing date for applications is Monday 2nd of March 2023. The applications will be treated confidentially. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Notice: No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system.