Medical coordinator (F/M) – Palestine

For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations here and abroad. It has continued to bear witness to obstacles that exist in accessing healthcare 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 France currently works in 30 countries across all continents to facilitate access to healthcare through 6 political battles:

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
• Migration, Exile, Human Rights and Health
• Harm Reduction
• Environment and Health
• Humanitarian Space
• Healthcare systems and rights

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) Primary Health Care Centres (PHCCs).

MdM Palestine has one office in Gaza, a base in the West Bank (Nablus), an office in Jerusalem, and a coordination office in Bir Zeit – Ramallah.

Job description

Under the supervision of the 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:

• Participate in the definition of the country strategy led by the general coordinator and drive the medical and technical aspects in the development of this strategy
• Design, plan, implement, adapt and monitor the programme’s health activities
• Ensure the quality and relevance of health activities, supervise the collection and analysis of medical data
• Recruit, manage, train, and motivate the medical team
• Ensure the management of pharmaceutical products
• Carry out health needs assessments and evaluations of medical partners
• Cooperate with the administration team regarding budgeting and supervise the medical purchase process
• Represent MdM with authorities, partners and other NGOs on health issues
• Participate in the writing of proposals and reports

Profile

• Professional health training OR paramedic diploma (Doctor, Nurse, midwife etc)
• Master’s in public health or mental health is an asset
• Project Management training
• At least 4 years of relevant professional experience in similar positions in the humanitarian sector (INGO, emergency contexts, management of medical projects)
• Previous experiences, 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
• Previous professional experience in Middle East is an asset
• Ability to work under pressure in complex crisis and to classify and change priorities
• Diplomacy, communication, listening skills
• Languages: fluency in English is mandatory (written and spoken), proficiency in Arabic and/or French is an asset

Conditions of employment

• Starting date: as soon as possible
• 6 month contract
• Gross monthly salary: €3,570
• Position based in Bir Zeit with regular field visits to sites of intervention or assessment
• 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
• Guesthouse housing
• 22.5 recovery days per year
• 5 weeks of paid leaves per year
• Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee)
• Insurance (repatriation…)

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