Medical coordinator (F/M)

Medical & Health

Description

For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies.

Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM currently works in 30 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.

MdM strategy in Palestine focuses on 2 pillars: Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPREP) and Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), with two cross-cutting topics: Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and gender mainstreaming.

In MHPSS, MdM intervention in the Palestine is focused on provision of MHPSS emergency response activities following critical incidents related to occupation, local partners capacity building and MHPSS integration at Ministry of Health (MOH) and Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs).

Job description

Under the supervision of the deputy general coordinator and in collaboration with the health advisor based at HQ, you are in charge of designing, planning, implementing, adapting and monitoring health activities. You directly manage the medical team.

Your main responsibilities are the following:

• Ensure quality health programming in line with health strategy
• Ensure the quality and relevance of medical activities by supervising the collection and analysis of medical data
• Carry out health assessments and implementing medical partner assessments
• Contribute to the development of new projects, proposals, internal and external reporting
• Technical development, support and monitoring of the missions medical programs
• Recruit, manage, train, lead and coach the medical team
• Ensure management of stock and logistic chain for medical procurement
• Represent MDM to authorities, partners, clusters and actors in the healthcare sector
• Support in ensuring the integration of the different existing and planned sectorial components of the Medical program

Benefits

• Starting date: as soon as possible
• Duration: 3 months
• Gross monthly salary: 3,570 euros
• Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments - minimum of 6 months seniority required
• Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
• Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered
• Housing allowance
• 22.5 recovery days per year
• 5 weeks of paid leaves per year
• Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee) I
• nsurance (repatriation…)
• Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
• As part of our measures to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism, any selected candidate may be subject to a background check on international sanctions lists (UN, the EU, France, the United States…). This information is handled confidentially and stored on a secure server. For more information on the processing of personal data throughout this process: http://bit.ly/3CSTDYO

Requirements

• Professional health training or paramedic diploma (Doctor, Nurse, midwife etc)
• Master’s in public health or mental health is an asset
• Project Management training
• Minimum 4 years relevant professional experience in similar position in humanitarian sector
• Experience in health project management within humanitarian sector or a related field
• Previous experience, knowledge and skills in integrated programming with mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), emergency unit, SRHR, GBV an asset
• Expertise in medical project cycle management and its relation to data analysis
• Solid knowledge and experience in leading Health /MH assessments
• Experience in working with local authorities, and local partners
• Previous professional experience in Middle East is an asset
• Knowledge and understanding of project management tools
• Experience in managing several multi faceted projects across several areas
• Capacity building skills
• Coaching, leading, and supportive management style (experience managing and supervising staff)
• Confident and proficient in the use of MS Office
• Ability to work under pressure in complex crisis
• Good analytical skills
• Anticipation and adaptability
• Strong problem solving and organisational skills in day to day crisis situations
• Languages: English is mandatory (oral and written), knowledge of French or Arabic is an asset
• You embrace the core values and support the proactive philosophy of Médecins du Monde.

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Added 1 month ago - Updated 3 hours ago - Source: medecinsdumonde.org