Job Opportunities at Medecins Sans Frontieres - Holland

Job Type:                              Contract end Date on Dec 31st 2020 (with a possibility of Renewal)

Duty Station:                        MSF OCA, Sokoto Project

Main objective and responsibility of the position

Contribute to the development of humanitarian affairs activities in the Mission by supporting the Management Coordination Team in the analysis of context, humanitarian situation, security and in the definition of advocacy strategies, according to MSF policies and values, in order to improve the humanitarian and human rights situation among population.

Generic Accountabilities

• Perform data collection and research concerning local and international context, with regards to security, medical, nutritional and humanitarian issues, in order to provide reliable information for further decision-making.
• Support the Head of Mission and field coordinators in the analysis of the data collected, in order to better orientate the programmes and projects, to provide an optimal response to population needs.
• Compile regular updates of the ongoing (inter-)national activities and plans of NGO’s, UN, ICRC, donors, authorities and other actors on lobby, policy and operational plans and initiatives in order to adequate MSF ’s activities and objectives.
• Collaborate with the HoM, the Operational/Humanitarian Affairs Department at HQ and other relevant parties to develop a coherent global strategy, in order to address the humanitarian situation.
• Define and review messages, tools, lobbying activities and other advocacy action plans and strategies, in order to raise all humanitarian issues in the mission and seek assistance and protection to affected population.
• Ensure smooth working relationship with local authorities, other NGO’s, local communities and other factors, in order to facilitate MSF teams a better access to the population and improve MSF activities’ coordination with third parties.
• Organize discussions, trainings, briefings, etc. about human rights and humanitarian law issues and current and future advocacy activities, in order to raise awareness of MSF staff regarding these matters.
• Participates in the elaboration and updating of the Country Risk Analysis
• Promotes and assists in the implementation of advocacy activities locally, nationally and internationally.
• Supervises humanitarian affairs related staff in the Mission.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

Orientation/ Information

• Informs the PC and/or PMR and Deputy PC about issues of access to healthcare services and any humanitarian needs assistance.
• In collaboration with PC Assistant, contributes to updating contacts list of relevant stakeholders/actors in the project with names, telephones, addresses and any other relevant details.
•  Data collection, context analysis and liaising with stakeholders
• Scan and gain sound understanding of Humanitarian situation and actors in Sokoto, Zamfara and neighboring states of Northwestern (NW) region as well as monitoring of services availability and delivery for urban communities in project operation areas
• Support the mission in gaining a better understanding of food insecurity in the NW and the challenges that people face, including in accessing health/nutrition services and the impact of insecurity and displacement
• Liaise with other NGOs, UN agencies, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and local authorities regarding humanitarian situations, services and support available to facilitate access to services for patients and vulnerable person as needed.
• Support on establishing and identifying referral pathways and following up on the humanitarian referral outcomes of patients
• Participate in various coordination field meetings.
• Collaborate closely with the medical team in humanitarian needs exploration and reporting when necessary
• Targeted data collection in line with MSF core standards, collect information from patients’ background and stories, main protection challenges, access to basic needs and healthcare services and summarizes the reports for advocacy use. In the event of survey or humanitarian assessment, s/he carries out and/or support interviews.
• Ensures analysis and contextualization of collected data including of red flags, medical/surveillance data, and gaps/needs assessment

Outreach & Community Engagement

In collaboration with PC Assist, proposes and continuously engage with the Noma ambassadors as well initiates and participate in project advocacy

In support of project coordination, s/he liaises with communities’ leaderships and other actors with focus on services for Noma disease services and to contribute to identification of other medical/humanitarian needs and reaching out to other actors to respond to vulnerable populations needs.

Advocacy and Reporting

• In support of operations, contributes to organizing advocacy contacts and meetings with local partners to ensure continuity of effective relations and information flow between MSF and humanitarian actors
• Ensures information gathering, analysis and interpretation on the state and regional situations on humanitarian issues and activities of NGOs to inform and improve MSF operational decision making and response
• Participate in defining advocacy messages and strategies and promote and assist in the implementation of advocacy activities
• Initiate and/or participate in project advocacy written material and when needed, supports on communication pieces, when needed and may be involved in identifying potential staff for interviews, potential patient case stories and other communications requested

REQUIREMENTS (QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE)

To apply for this role applicants MUST meet the following criteria:

3a. Fixed Requirements 

Education

Essential degree in Law, Humanitarian affairs, Political Sciences or related university degree.

Experience

• Essential previous working experience of at least two years in research, analysis and advocacy
• Essential experience with MSF or other NGOs.
• Desirable working experience in developing countries

Languages

Mission language essential. Local language desirable.

Knowledge

Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Competencies

• Commitment to MSF Principles, Result & Quality Orientation, Teamwork & Cooperation
• Behavioural Flexibility, Stress Management

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Job Type:                            Indefinite

Duty Station:                      MSF OCA, Sokoto Project

Publication Date:                 7th March, 2022

Deadline for Applications:  18th March, 2022

Main objective and responsibility of the position

Define, organize, implement and follow-up all care and nursing related activities in the project, ensuring the daily management of the human resources as well as the implementation of the MSF nursing protocols, in order to warrant efficiency , quality and continuity of prescribed care.

Generic Accountabilities

• Plan and organize all nursing related activities (IPD, OPD, maternity, nutrition, etc.), its organization design and sizing and participates in the definition and update of its associated budget in order to efficiently maintain the continuity of the healthcare at the standard quality levels.
• Coordinate and supervise the implementation of the legal therapeutic protocols, procedures and standards, providing technical support when needed, to ensure the quality of the nursing care, confidentiality and information traceability, patient surveillance, as well as ensuring that therapeutic and sterilization rules are used by the health care personnel.
• Ensures all administrative procedures and documents (individual patient’s card and registration book, discharge paper, transfer paper, etc.) are used correctly, as well as the existing data management tools (i.e. Fuchia, EpiInfo, etc.).
• In cooperation with the pharmacist and medical coordinator, supervise the management and running of the medical equipment and pharmacy activity, preparing new orders when required, supervising expiration terms and consumption patterns, in order to ensure its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and above minimum safety point.
• In close coordination with the HR department, plan and supervise the associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the nursing staff of the project in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people capabilities
• May be responsible for scheduling duty rosters, shifts and on call of nursing staff.
• In accordance with medical prescriptions and according to protocols in force, supervise the distribution of drugs and equipment as well as train nursing staff to ensure a rationale use of both.
• Be responsible for the surveillance of patients in wards and train nursing staff on Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with all patients, informing them regularly about their health state and responding to their questions.
• In close coordination with the logistics manager, supervise laboratory outputs related to nursing activities (blood test) to ensure samples are collected correctly and results are provided on time.
• Supervise nutritional activities to ensure that therapeutic food is provided regularly and complies with quality and quantity standards.
• Supervise implementation of protocols depending on project objectives (Prevention Parent To Child Transmission (PPTCT), Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)) and social services (Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT),

REQUIREMENTS (QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE)

To apply for this role applicants MUST meet the following criteria:

3a. Fixed Requirements 

Education

Essential nursing diploma for general or specialized health services (Desired Bachelor in science of Nursing); specialization or training in tropical medicine would be an asset. Desired Bachelor in science of Nursing

Experience

Essential working experience of at least two years in nursing activities related jobs. Desirable working experience in MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries.

Languages

Essential, mission language; local working language would be an asset.

Knowledge

Computer literacy

Competencies

• People Management
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Result & Quality Orientation
• Teamwork & Cooperation
• Behavioural Flexibility
• Planning & Organising