Médecins Sans Frontières
POSITION BASED IN ANY MSF-OCBA HUB SUBJECTED TO FEASIBILITIES
GENERAL CONTEXT
Médecins Sans Frontières is an international independent medical-humanitarian organization, which aids populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.
The MSF movement is built around five operational directorates supported by MSF’s 21 sections, 24 associations and other offices together worldwide. MSF OCBA is one of those directorates. The operations are implemented by field teams and the mission coordination teams; together with the organizational units based in Barcelona, Athens and decentralised in Nairobi, Dakar and Amman. The field operations are guided and supported by 5 Operational Cells, the Emergency Unit and other departments supporting operations, including the Learning Unit.
JOB CONTEXT AND GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The Learning Unit works closely with all MSF-OCBA departments with the objective of providing adequate learning solutions to the diverse needs of the missions, teams and individuals across the organization. The learning needs addressed range from induction to managerial to technical issues, including many medical, logistics, human resources aspects that are central to the success of the operations.
Some of the courses we have generated need to be translated and available in other languages, to help the field to have access to them and generate the knowledge transfer. The working languages in the MSF office in Barcelona are English, Spanish and Catalan. The courses are fully developed in English and then translated into other languages (French, Spanish, Arabic and Portuguese).
Given the nature of MSF, we need to make sure that new MSF courses are available into the main three international languages used in most countries where we work. The translations need to be both appropriate to the diverse workforce that constitutes MSF (25 countries, many staff not entirely fluent in these international languages) and to the medical-humanitarian nature of the organisation.
The Translator will support and oversee the translation into French the PMR-Fieldco Course.She/he will mostly collaborate with Medical and OPS learning referents and learning unit officer working on the translation of the modules.
The course is divided in 2 parts: 1 asynchronous that online-self learning (4 blocks) and synchronous part that it is more interactive but for now still online.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
In collaboration with the Learning Unit, medical and ops learning referents and TEMBO staff, will:
Translate from English to French, the FieldCo – PMR course, content of the course.
1. ONLINE COURSE – ASYNCHRONOUS PART:
- Strategic orientations.
- Medical strategies.
- Leadership dimensions.
- Emergency response.
- FCs part.
- PMRs part.
- Evaluation.
2. SYNCHRONOUS PART:
- Context analysis.
- Security analysis.
- Intervention design.
- Monitoring and supervision.
- Emergencies.
- Planning.
- End of mission and handover.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Education and experience
- Fluent English, and French (preferably bilingual).
- Medical or FieldCo background in MSF with some desirable knowledge (as participant of the course).
- Experience in translation (desirable).
- Advanced knowledge of MS applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.).
COMPETENCIES
- Commitment to MSF’s Principles.
- Cross-cultural Awareness.
- Behavioural Flexibility.
- Results and Quality Orientation.
- Teamwork and Cooperation.
CONDITIONS
- Position homebased or based in any MSF OCBA Hub (Barcelona, MSF-Spain delegations, Amman, Dakar or Nairobi). Final location will be subject to the employability of the preselected candidate (residency, work permit, etc).
- Full time work (40 h/weekly).
- Duration: 3 months. Contract modality according to local legal framework.
- Annual gross salary: HQ-2B (divided in 12 months payments) + Secondary benefits based on OCBA Reward Policy. Subjected to local conditions.
- Starting date: as soon as possible.
How to apply
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter: https://careers.msf-applications.org/job-invite/7045/
Closing date: September 25th, 2022, 23:59 CET (Central European Time)
MSF is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, race, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We are committed to achieving a balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. MSF provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.
Médecins Sans Frontieres, as a responsible employer, under article 38 of “Ley de Integración Social del Minusválido de 1982 (LISMI)” invite those persons with a recognized disability and with an interest in the humanitarian area to apply for the above-mentioned position.