Head of GIS Product

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Join MSF OCG as a Head of GIS Product!

We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.

Below, you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.

Inclusivity and Diversity at MSF

Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?

At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF’s social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don’t meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.

Context & mission

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).

The MSF movement is built around 5 operational centers supported by 24 sections and offices worldwide. MSF Operational Center Geneva (MSF OCG) is one of these centers.

GIS at MSF has been developed as a service to MSF operations since 2013, evolving towards an Intersectional Centre of Expertise & Services effectively serving the entire MSF Movement. The GIS Centre builds on the existing service team, maximizing the past investments, maintain continuity of service, and continue fostering the GIS network within the humanitarian community. The GIS Centre is coordinated out of Geneva and organized as a network of internal and external partners spread out across a dozen of mostly European locations.

GIS core mission is to support informed decision making through better spatial comprehension, enhancing the focus of health services around patients, and increasing the impact and efficiency of MSF’s regular and emergency interventions. GIS service team aims to provide an intersectional operational support system, thanks to a framework of dedicated tools and services, that is reliable, agile, adapted to emergency contexts and needs, timely, and efficient.

The GIS Centre – Head of Products will manage and lead the GIS products stream, oversee the delivery of solutions and GIS products (e.g. maps, apps) on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet the internal customer expectations. She/He is also responsible for the definition, maintenance and evolution of tools and infrastructure supporting the delivery of products and the work of field GIS specialists.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Head of GIS product conducts the policy of the GIS Centre: contributes to the definition and implements the policy, manages her/his budget, manages the internal, partnered, and external teams. She/He is expert of very high level in their field (geomatics) and accountable for the product stream which includes:

• GIS Products, platform and infrastructure management (development, maintenance, testing)
• GIS Data management and administration
• Technical support
• Managing providers

Head of GIS product represents the GIS Centre within intersection working group on Data Analytic, Data Governance.

As manager of the product stream, Head of GIS product is accountable for:

• Product development, maintenance and management, functional and technical testing.
• Platform & products availability, Infrastructure management and technical support.
• Geospatial data management, processing and administration as well as of external datasets integration R&D.
• Mobile Data Collection, R&D Technological watch.
• Technical Providers management.

Your profile

Education

• Engineer or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, geomatics or related field is a requirement.
• Post-graduate diploma / certificate in geomatics is a requirement.

Experience

• 5 to 10 years of work experience in IT or geomatics
• 5 years of work experience as project manager
• Experience with multiple technologies and functions
• Experience in GIS (or other cross functional) systems deployment with a strong architecture component
• Experience in data management, software development and integration
• Experience in an international environment
• Experience in an NGO and or humanitarian organization is a strong asset.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of MSF Switzerland. Fluency in both English and French is required for this position (oral and written).

Skills/ Technical competencies

• Outstanding analysis and synthesis skills
• Strong capacity to capture the demands of the lines of business and transform them into solutions
• Excellent overall understanding of IT matter (architecture, data, tailor-made and off-the-shelf business and IT solutions, IT organization, technologies)
• Knowledge of GIS systems is a strong asset
• Knowledge of various business areas
• Strong project management skills
• Capacity to lead internal and external project team
• Vendor management

Personal Abilities/Qualities

• Strong capacity to manage expectations
• Outstanding capacity to deliver
• Excellent communication skills
• Very strong oral and written presentation skills
• Autonomous and very well organized
• Charismatic and capacity to convince
• Excellent team player/team leader
• Quality and results oriented
• Flexible
• Pro-active
• Committed to MSF values

Terms of employment

• Full-time position 100% (40h/week)
• Open-ended contract
• Working place: Geneva, Switzerland
• Ideal start date: June 16th, 2025
• Gross annual salary (for 100%): from CHF 119’964.- to CHF 134’604.- (salary commensurate with equivalent experience and internal salary grid)
• Paid vacation: 25 days per year, prorate temporis, plus any Swiss public holidays falling within the contract period.
• Pension plan: pension contribution covered 3/4 by MSF, 1/4 by staff member.
• Relocation package if moving from a different country to Switzerland.

How to apply

Candidates are invited to submit their application exclusively through our recruitment platform, following these guidelines:

• CV (maximum 2 pages)
• Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
• Documents must be submitted in either English or French.

The application deadline is March 23rd 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive a sufficient number of quality applications.

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All applications will be treated confidentially.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please note that we do not wish to use the services of recruitment or placement agencies.