Medical Coordinator at Medecins Du Monde

Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care.

We are recruiting to to fill the position below:

Job Position: Medical Coordinator (M/F)
Job Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Description

• 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 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
• 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.

Requirements

• 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 multinational 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
• You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its nonstatutory, NFP model.

Conditions

• Fixed term contract
• 6 to 9 months
• Starting date: ASAP
• 2820 Euros gross monthly salary on 13 months
• Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
• Transportation cost (homework), vaccines and visas covered
• 22.5 RTT per year
• 5 weeks of paid leaves per year
• Health insurance (60% covered by MdM)
• Insurance (repatriation…)
• Punctual teleworking agreement (after 6 months)
• Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
• Single posting.