Medical Polyvalent Responsible, 100%

Job description

Medical Polyvalent Responsible, 100%Job Offer

(strictly no recruitment agencies)

Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse has a vacancy for a

Medical Polyvalent Responsible – Cell 3

6 months, 100%

As a member of a the Cells multidisciplinary team (the Cell) and based on the propositions from the country coordination teams, the Medical Polyvalent Responsible (RMP) advises and provides support to the RP and to the Medical Coordinator in conceiving and developing medico-operational strategies in order to best achieve the project objectives.

Context

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent humanitarian organization providing medical aid to victims of man-made or natural disasters, epidemics and endemic diseases. In the MSF Operational Centre of Geneva (OCG), the steering and implementation of field programmes is under the responsibility of an Operations Department, which includes direct medical support to field implementation ensuring fundamentals are reached in all projects. The development of technical and/or strategic solutions adapted to complex medical challenges faced in the field, or to fulfill chosen medical ambitions, is under the responsibility of a Medical Department. Collaborative work between the two departments is considered a cornerstone for the organisation to improve the general quality of its projects and the level of care for patients.

The Medical Polyvalent Responsible (RMP) will be working in the Operations Department.

Your Responsibilities

Together with the medical ARP, the RMP :

- identifies the strategic medico-operational priorities in order to adapt the medical support with the MOSU (Medico-operational Support Unit);
- expresses the needs in terms of expertise to be developed by the Medical Department;
- follows up the monitoring of the medical activities;
- ensures the medical fundamentals are reached in the frame of good practices and minimum of standards implementation, and
- checks the coherence between medical resources and medico-operational objectives.

Your Profile

Education

- Medical or paramedical degree
- Diploma in Tropical Medicine or Epidemiology is an important asset
- Infectious disease background is an asset
- Public health is an asset

Experience

- 3 – 5 years professional experience in developing countries
- MSF experience, possibly as a Medical Coordinator
- Experience at headquarters would be an asset
- Knowledge of recent developments in the field of humanitarian relief, international public health and tropical medicine
- Experience with field research in resource poor settings is an asset

Skills

- Understanding of medical humanitarian work with regards to the medical-technical and the political dimensions
- Ability to analyse medical and structural issues
- Program management

Languages

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- Fluent in English and French (oral and written)
- A 3rd language would be an asset

Personal qualities

- Team management and cooperation
- Strategic vision
- Problem solving and service oriented
- Results and quality oriented
- Planning and organizing, ability to solve complex organizational issues
- Good analytical and synthesis skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, team spirit, networking and communication skills
- Ability to travel

Terms of Employment

- Fixed-term contract (6 months), full-time position (100%)
- Based in Geneva, with frequent travels to Dakar.
- Ideal starting date : as soon as possible
- Gross monthly salary : from CHF 8’845.- to CHF 10’090.- (salary commensurate with experience and internal salary grid)

How to apply

Interested candidates should send by email only their cover letter and curriculum vitae (CV 2 p. max. – letter of motivation 1p. max. – French or English – 5MB max) to stating in

the subject line "RMP Cell3 2018.09".

The deadline for applications is 30th September 2018. The applications will be treated confidentially. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

For more details on the job offer or MSF, please visit our website: http://www.msf.ch/travailler-avec-nous/

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