Monday, April 6, 2020

Roving Emergency Medical Coordinator (M/F) - Worldwide

Employer:Médecins du Monde
Location:Worldwide

MdM currently works in more than 35 countries across all continents where it focuses on 5 priority areas: emergency and crisis, sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction, migrants and displaced populations (health rights), health and environment.

The Emergency Unit oversees the organization’s global emergency preparedness and response activities. Our mission is to re-establish the continuum of care where disrupted or
non-existent in the wake of a natural or manmade disaster and in the case of both forgotten and long-standing crises, where vulnerable populations can no longer access care.

The roving emergency medical coordinator is part of an emergency team that can be deployed in the field for up to 80% of the work time - either in an emergency or roving capacity,
Emergency team members may be deployed to start a new intervention on a crisis setting or to support existing MdM country programmes in their emergency response or preparedness activities.
The roving emergency coordinators have the critical responsibility to assess, design and implement the response to meet the immediate health-related needs of the affected population.
They may be requested to provide specific support or training for the teams in place. The missions are diverse in terms of contexts as well as types of responsibilities.
The duration of each mission assignment is 3 months maximum.
Non-field-based activities can be up to 20% of the work time mainly based in Paris (HQ).

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the responsibility of the head of the emergency unit, you are responsible for leading an emergency health response team and you work closely with the emergency health advisor at the HQ.

As part of the emergency response team, your main responsibilities are to:

Ensure high quality and timely integrated health assessments of the humanitarian needs during the exploratory missions
Design programme responses and strategy
Draft technical proposals and budgets for donors
Lead the implementation of the health emergency programme
Identify health staffing needs for emergency programmes and ensure rapid recruitment, induction and training of new staff
Prepare donor and management reports on grants
Ensure consistent monitoring and analysis of results to enhance programme effectiveness and quality
Ensure compliance with MdM policy and procedures throughout the programme team and activities
Represent and coordinate with other agencies, local government, donors and other stakeholders
When at HQ - Emergency unit, you will also have the following responsibilities:

Provide specific support related to emergency preparedness and response for country programme teams
Contribute to develop technical tools and protocols for emergency operations
Actively participate in preparedness and capacity building initiatives
Contribute to the continuing development of the overall strategic approach in emergency health response
Capitalize on experience and develop lessons learnt

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Status : Employee Contract : Fixed-term contract
Duration : -

Starting date: as soon as possible
Long term or short-term contract (minimum 12 months) - depending on your profile and/or your availability
Gross monthly salary: 3 041 euros
Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments - minimum of 6 months seniority required
Working conditions bonus depending on the time spent in the field (198.18 gross euros per month maximum)
Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered
Accommodation taken in charge in the field
Food expenses covered in the field, meal vouchers during the presence at HQ
22.5 RTT per year (recuperation days)
5 weeks of paid leaves per year
Health insurance (60% covered by MdM)
Insurance (repatriation…)
Punctual teleworking agreement (after 6 months – 1 day/week)
Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
Single posting

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

Medical profile: doctor or nurse or midwife
A minimum of 3 years of experience as a medical/health coordinator in emergency settings
Strong experience related to primary health care, maternal and child health, reproductive health, communicable diseases, emergency preparedness and response
Experience managing donor funded programmes and grants

Languages: fluent in English and French (both written and spoken), Spanish or Arabic are an asset
Interpersonal skills, diplomacy and negotiation
Dynamism, rigor, reactivity
Resistance to stress, ability to adapt to different contexts

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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