MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES UK
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, we deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.
MSF relies on donations from private individuals and organisations for the majority of its income. This private funding gives MSF the freedom to respond where needs are greatest and to speak out publicly, free from any political interference.
MSF has around 63,000 local and international staff working in over 70 countries, in some of the most challenging places in the world. Our medical humanitarian projects are supported by offices in 44 countries, including the UK and Ireland. These teams recruit staff, organise fundraising, and raise awareness on the humanitarian crises our colleagues are witnessing, as well as running different and diverse support activities. MSF offices are spread across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.
At MSF UK/IE, we support MSF’s operations by building relationships with our supporters, increasing awareness of our work, raising funds, providing specialist medical expertise, ensuring MSF staff have access to relevant higher education programmes, catalysing change on medical humanitarian issues, and recruiting field staff. MSF UK/IE personnel are dynamic, hard-working, enthusiastic and committed to MSF’s values and aims. In addition MSF continues to build upon its presence in Ireland to become a widely recognised, accepted and respected humanitarian organisation among Irish audiences, and within the Irish humanitarian and political sector.
Position
The Public Health Specialist Advisor – Person Centre Care (MSF OCA) provides strategic and technical guidance related to Person Centre-Care to MSF OCA’s medical operations, at programme and headquarters at all levels. This position plays a key role in supporting teams to integrate a person-centred approach in OCA projects. There is already strong experience in tailored programming, MSF now plan to expand this approach and increase the level of patient/carer/community engagement throughout the project cycle.
The interim postholder will be responsible for the dissemination and contextualised implementation of mechanisms to collect, uptake, and act upon patients’ feedback in all our projects; this may also include substantial travelling to project and present to accompany implementation where applicable.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri
Duration: Fixed Term Contract – 12 Months
Location: London or Amsterdam
Salary: £58,282.07 per annum
Please download the job description and person specification below for full details of the role.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Master’s in public health or social science or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrable working experience gained with MSF or equivalent in humanitarian settings.
- Excellent relevant data analysis ,statistical skills and written skills.
- Ability to meet specified deadlines.
- Proven experience of working independently under minimal supervision.
- Previous mentoring or supervisory experience.
- Solid interpersonal skills with willingness and ability to communicate effectively with senior operational management, national authorities and other international organizations.
- Good presentation skills/ Public speaking experience.
- Strong MS Office skills including Word, Excel and O365.
- Demonstrable communication, listening and negotiation skills.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Experience in the practical use of personal IT equipment and Microsoft Office 365 suite. The ability to effectively collaborate and communicate within a hybrid working environment utilising Teams, SharePoint, One Drive and Yammer.
Other information
How to apply:
Please apply on our website by submitting a copy of your CV together with a letter of motivation (please upload as one document) by the closing date.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Recruitment timetable:
- Closing date for applications: 6 May 2024, 11.59 (BST)
- First round interviews: w/c 13 May 2024
Right to work
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Employment sponsorship may be provided for the successful candidate. Please click here to check whether you have the right to work in the UK. If you would like to discuss your right to work status further, please contact [email protected].
Accessibility
We are committed to removing barriers for people with specific accessibility needs. If you need an adjustment to the recruitment process to be considered for the role, please let us know by contacting [email protected]
Examples of adjustments we can make:
- offering you an alternative if you are unable to use our online application system
- providing necessary information, such as the job description or assessment materials, in an alternate format
- allowing you to have someone with you during an interview for example, a Sign Language interpreter.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We are a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive organisation. MSF UK thrives when everyone feels comfortable bringing their best self to work. We celebrate difference, whilst striving to create an environment where colleagues feel respected and valued for their unique potential. We are committed to our values on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Please read our Equality & Diversity policy for more information.
MSF UK is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community.
Safeguarding
MSF UK/IE is dedicated to safeguarding everyone who comes into contact with the organisation, for whatever reason and however brief. All posts are subject to safer recruitment process which include robust reference requests, scrutiny of employment history and where applicable criminal record and barring checks.
Our safeguarding commitment is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the organisation. On joining MSF UK/IE you will be required to attend safeguarding training to ensure responsibility for and maintaining safe working practice and to safeguard our teams, beneficiaries, and communities.
For questions, issues or further information, please contact [email protected].
We look forward to receiving your application!