Sunday, December 10, 2017

Medical coordinator (M/F)

Employer: Médecins du Monde
Location: Bangladesh
Closing date: 07 Mar 2018

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the field coordinator, you will be responsible of defining MDM strategy regarding medical activities in line with MdM’s overall framework and you will be in charge of supervising the implementation of MDM medical activities mainly through a partnership.

You will be in functional links with the pharmacy coordinator, the GBV coordinator and the MHPSS coordinator, and you will manage the deputy medical coordinator and several short-term trainers (nurse, medical doctor, SRH/Midwife, Community Health Education). You will work in collaboration with the medical referent at HQ.

More precisely, you will be in charge of :

The program management

Participate in the development of the general strategy and develop health activities operational plan with the coordination team

Ensure the consistency of MdM programs according to the public health needs, MdM policies, international humanitarian and ethical standards and available funds.

Ensure quality health data monitoring system

Perform/Validate health assessments in new identified areas according to public health needs.

The team management

Establish and follow the priorities to be followed by, and give guidance to the deputy medical coordinator

Provide technical supervision and support to the trainers (medical and paramedical) and partners’ supervisors.

Responsible of recruitment and appraisal processes of medical/paramedical staff.

Identify and validate technical trainings

Provide briefing on health services availability and process for international staff at arrival in country.

Identify, validate referral health facilities for international and national staff

The partnerships

As all the activities are run by the local partners, MdM not being yet registered, capacity building to partners is particularly important, and it implies the necessity to work together with them most of the time.

Accompany the partners in medical staff recruitment and follow up to ensure proper qualification for medical positions.

Ensure quality health data monitoring system is applied by the partner.

Participate to technical aspects of local partnership development.

Prioritize medical issues trainings for the partners to be implemented by the deputy medical coordinator and the trainers.

The coordination

Participate to health and nutrition clusters and any relevant health coordination mechanisms.

Establish and maintain good relationship with Ministry of Health, partners, United Nation agencies and other Non Governmental Organizations

The pharmacy management

Work with the pharmacy coordinator on international orders, adequacy in line with MdM standards and budget available.

Supervise the pharmacies operations quality (consumptions, orders & inventory) in collaboration with the program health coordinators.

The reporting/communication

Participate to MdM internal meetings

Participate in the writing of donors activity reports and proposals

Internal and external ad-hoc communication on Health aspects of the program.


CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Status : Employee
Contract : Fixed-term contract
Duration : 6 to 12 months
Starting date: January 2018
Based in Cox's Bazar
-2778 euros gross monthly salary on 13 months
-Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
-Transportation cost (home-work), vaccines and visas covered
-Guesthouse housing
-22.5 RTT per year
-5 weeks of paid leaves per year.
-Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee)
-Insurance (repatriation…)
-Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
Single posting

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

Medical Doctor or Nurse or Midwife with experience in Public health and project coordination
Demonstrated 2-3 years professional experience in humanitarian settings with significant experience in similar positions
Experience in outbreak management and emergency response
Experience in hard negotiations with local authorities, partners and staff in a tricky context
Demonstrated experience to work with local partners
Ability to have a global overview of a program (not only on medical plan)
Ability to take quick decisions according to the context in coordination with the team
Ability to take initiative, work independently and foster a team environment
Strong organizational, oral and written communication and coordination skills
Excellent project design and proposal development skills and developing tools for cross-organizational sharing of best practices
Good sense of diplomacy and understanding of international global political issues
Languages: English fluent, French added value
You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.

TELEPHONE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.

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