Emergency Medical Coordinator – Antenna Nairobi (m/f/x) at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

MAIN OBJECTIVE

The main objective of the Emergency Medical Coordinator is, together with the Emergency Coordinator, to identify emergencies in the East African Region, to prepare assessments and launch emergency interventions.

Tasks and responsibilities

As part of the East African Emergency Pool Antenna based in Nairobi, the main responsibilities are to:

• Ensure high quality and timely integrated health assessments of the medical needs during exploratory missions
• Design medical emergency responses and strategies
• Lead the implementation of the health emergency interventions
• Identify health staffing needs for emergency interventions and ensure rapid recruitment, induction and training of new medical staff
• Ensure consistent monitoring and analysis of results to enhance the effectiveness and quality of medical emergency interventions
• Ensure compliance with MSF policies and protocols throughout the emergency team, activities and staff health in the field
• Represent and coordinate with the community, other agencies, local governments and other stakeholders
• Close emergency interventions incl. the handover of medical activities to other actors and ensure the proper archiving of medical files at the end of an intervention

Specific to the mandate of the East African Emergency Pool Antenna based in Nairobi, the Emergency Medical Coordinator will also have the following responsibilities:

• Provide specific support and develop functional links with the coordination and the projects of the existing missions in East Africa in order to raise the emergency response capacity within existing teams through trainings/review/development of an Emergency Response Plan / Strategy
• Actively participate in emergency preparedness and capacity building initiatives in the East African Region
• Field replacement or interim coordination positions in regular MSF-OCB mission in the East African Region
• Contribute to development of technical tools and protocols for emergency operations
• Contribute to the continuing development of the overall strategic approach in emergency health response
• Capitalize on experience and develop lessons learnt after emergency interventions in East Afric

Requirements

Education

• Essential Medical and Para-medical Profiles: medical doctor, nurse or midwife

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of MSF field experience
• Minimum of 1-year MSF field experience as a Project Medical Referent and/or Medical Coordinator in emergency interventions
• Experience in the region is a plus
• Strong technical skills related to primary health care, maternal and child health, reproductive health, communicable diseases, vaccination, emergency preparedness and response

Competencies

• Strategic vison
• Dynamism, rigor and reactivity
• Resistance to stress, ability to adapt to different contexts
• Leadership (able to set priorities, make choices and assume decisions)
• Diplomatic and negotiation skills (intra and extra MSF)
• Strong networking skills
• Experience in supervising, capacity building, coaching and training being a strong asset
• Strong communication skills - both written and oral
• Flexibility – Autonomy

Languages

• Languages: English is essential.
• Swahili and/or French and/or Arabic is an asset.

Conditions

• Expected starting date: 15/03/2022
• 12 months fixed-term contract (extendable), full-time, with duty station in Nairobi, Kenya and up to 80% mobility requirement in the sub-region
• Salary according to the applicable MSF salary scale
• International insurance package over the duration of the assignment
• 45 paid leave days per year
• Completion bonus = 1,5 months salary upon completion of 12 months contract
• A dynamic and stimulating work environment alongside multicultural colleagues
• Adhere to the MSF principles and to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust and Empowerment
• Adhere to the MSF Behavioral Commitments

Please, send your CV and cover letter to Recruit-HQ-Operations@brussels.msf.org until the 27th February 2022 indicate the subject line “Emergency Medical Coordinator – Antenna Nairobi” in the subject of your email.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.