About Action MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in more than 70 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. 

Main Purpose 

Supporting the Medical Coordinator through delegated tasks and responsibilities including defining, leading, and coordinating the entire medical scope of the mission, according to MSF protocols, standards, policies, and values, in order to ensure the quality of the medical care given to the targeted population and thus improving their overall health and living conditions. Fully assuming the medical coordinator's responsibilities in case of absence

Essential Duties 

• Supporting the Medical Coordinator in defining, monitoring, and updating the medical content of the MSF country policy and annual plan, by scanning health needs and translating them into objectives, priorities, and resources needed in order to cover the medical and humanitarian needs of the population at risk.

• At the request of the Medical Coordinator, representing MSF before third parties concerning medical issues, ensuring its good public image and alignment with the mission interests, through regular contact with other actors in the country, negotiating with authorities when necessary, and informing on MSF charter, values, and principles.

• Participating and contributing in the definition and update of the country policy, annual plan, and budgets in order to develop the projects and programmes aimed at addressing humanitarian issues at stake ensuring its efficiency and quality ( i.e. monitoring the project implementation, assisting the Project Coordinator and the medical teams in drafting the project proposal and follow up, identifying priority needs, other potential areas of action and emergency situations and collaborating and assisting in the production of medical reports).

• Coaching, training, and motivating the teams in the mission in order to align all field staff with MSF values and ethics, and ensuring their capability to carry out their job achieving MSF quality standards (i.e. induction, briefing/debriefing, training, potential detection, evaluation).

• Collaborating, together with the logistics department and according to project needs, in the pharmacy management in order to ensure enough and quality supply of drugs and medical material (i.e. review of medical orders and monitoring of medicines consumption and stock levels of the different projects).

• Assisting in defining and implementing the staff health and security policies for international and national staff in order to ensure its overall safety (i.e. monitors both physical and mental health state of staff, promotes compliance of all related protocols and procedures, and collaborates in the update of issues regarding the security context).

• Ensuring the Medical Coordination in the Mission and fully assuming the Medical Coordinator’s tasks and responsibilities in case of absence/gaps.

MSF Section/Context-Specific Accountabilities 

MSF is an independent, neutral, and impartial organization that is providing quality medical care, free of charge regardless of the ethnic origin of our patients, so to both local and internally displaced populations. So we ensure that our staff is aware of and respect the cultural differences of our patients and colleagues.

Currently, MSF Belgium is providing the most needed medical care in Afar and SNNP regions targeting host and Internally displaced people. A further need assessment is being conducted in different regions. Therefore, the opening of other project(s) could be soon a reality

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

• Degree in Medicine or other paramedical studies is required.

• Training in tropical medicine or Public Health will be an asset. 

Experience 

• Essential 2 years experience in relevant jobs, in MSF or other NGOs in developing countries.

• Experience in assessment and emergency response is an asset. 

Knowledge Required

• Computer proficiency in MS Excel, Word & Internet

• Excellent communication and diplomatic skills, including writing skills

• Epidemiological background/analysis capacity is an asset

Competencies required

Strategic vision

Leadership

People Management & Development

Service Orientation

Teamwork & Cooperation.

Language: 

Good command of both Amharic, and English is desirable

How to Apply

If you are interested, please send your National ID, CV (not more than 3 pages), and cover letter (not more than one page) with “Deputy Medical Coordinator position” written in the subject line through Msfocb-addis-recruitment@brussels.msf.org.

 Deadline: January 13, 2023.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

MSF Belgium promotes EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.

We strongly encourage women and people with reduced mobility (able to work in remote places) to apply.