Job Vacancy For a Medical Coordinator at Medecins Du Monde
Medecins du Monde or Doctors of the World, is an international humanitarian non-profit organization that provides emergency and long-term medical care to vulnerable populations while advocating for equal access to healthcare worldwide.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Medical Coordinator (M/F)
Location: Maiduguri, Borno State
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Under the direct supervision of the general coordinator, you guarantee that the medical activities implemented through the project are in line with MdM’s strategy, policies and principles.
- You are responsible of every medical aspect of the program.
More specifically, your responsibilities are to:
- Supervise the implementation of MdM’s activities, proactively monitoring the context and health response, subsequently sharing any proposition in case of context change
- Lead the development of the general strategy on medical activities with the general coordinator, HQ referent and the team
- React to any change by adapting the program if necessary and conduct rapid health assessments when requested
- Participate to the different MdM meetings and to external medical meetings especially on health and nutrition Cluster
- Lead on liaison with the MoH authorities and with health actors
- Be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the medical programme
- Analyse the medical data received on a weekly basis and submit weekly reports
- Participate in the writing of donor’s activity reports and proposals
- Skills and Experience Needed:
- Medical doctor, nurse or midwife diploma
- Significant experience in public health and/or project coordination
- Experience in humanitarian response
- Experience in working within the cluster system
- Knowledge in primary health care and sexual reproductive health
- Experience in supervising health promotion activities
- Experience in working with local authorities, partners
- Ability to manage a multi-national team
- Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability
- Excellent organizational skills
- Good writing, computer and communication skills
- Capacity to work and to live in tense conditions
- Languages: fluent English is required.
- Participate to the monitoring on a regular basis and set up corrective measures in case of need
- Supervise and provide support to the medical team
- Be responsible for ensuring the team capacity building
- Support and supervise the health programme coordinator
- Supervise the data base officer to ensure that all data from the field reaches in a timely manner
- Identify needs of medical staff, draft job profiles and validate recruitment from a technical point of view
- Conduct regular performance appraisals with directly supervised staff (quarterly basis)
- Ensure the timeliness and accuracy of the medical purchase process in close collaboration with the logistics coordinator
- Ensure the supervision of the pharmacy
Skills and Experience Needed
- Medical doctor, nurse or midwife diploma
- Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability
- Excellent organizational skills
- Good writing, computer and communication skills
- Capacity to work and to live in tense conditions
- Languages: fluent English is required.
- Significant experience in public health and/or project coordination
- Experience in humanitarian response
- Experience in working within the cluster system
- Knowledge in primary health care and sexual reproductive health
- Experience in supervising health promotion activities
- Experience in working with local authorities, partners
- Ability to manage a multi-national team
Conditions of Employment
- Status: Employee Contract: Fixed-term contract
- Duration: 6 to 9 months
- 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.
- Based in Maiduguri
- Starting date: ASAP 2700 gross monthly salary on 13 months
- Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
- Transportation cost (home-work), vaccines and visas covered
- Guesthouse housing
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 31st March, 2018.
Note
- Telephone application will not be accepted
- Medecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.
- MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against discrimination.