Medecins
Sans Frontieres – Switzerland, Dadaab Programme
Vacancy: Deputy Project Coordinator
Based in Dagahaley Refugee Camp
Project Summary: The objective of our project is to provide primary and secondary level of health care to the Refugees in Dagahaley refugee camp.
Project Summary: The objective of our project is to provide primary and secondary level of health care to the Refugees in Dagahaley refugee camp.
MSF is
looking to recruit a successful experienced person in the field of humanitarian
aid, in the position of a Deputy Field Coordinator for Dagahaley project in
Kenya.
The deputy field coordinator shall be a Member of the General Coordination and the scope of his/her responsibilities is according to objective criteria taking into consideration sustainability in the treatment of the different dossiers.
The successful candidate shall be based in Dadaab, Dagahaley.
Contract duration: 1 year fixed term contract with possibility of extension based on performance.
Main Tasks:
- Is
responsible for monitoring the political and humanitarian situation in the
project’s region
- Develops
contacts with national partners on a local level (civil society, civil and
military authorities, local NGOs, Ministry of Health representatives,
etc.) in order to obtain all the information and agreements necessary for
the integration of MSF’s programmes in the local context.
- Proposes
exploratory missions and organises them following the supervisor’s
approval.
- Sets
up data collection and epidemiological surveillance system (in agreement
with the medical coordinator) and checks the team’s reactivity in the
event of newly identified needs.
- Draws
up the project’s priorities and objectives, the action plan, the
chronogram and the partnerships and submits them to the capital team.
- Steers
the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes in
collaboration with the team, by collecting information and comparing it
with the objectives fixed.
- Check
that constraints linked to security and health are understood by everyone
- Oversees
HR and finance management of the project
- He/she
is the person responsible for the Project’s security.
- Checks
adherence to security rules particular to the Project, and ensures that
they are known and applied.
- Takes
an interest in MSF’s associative issues and an active part in the
decisions concerning MSF’s general direction and future.
- Managing,
guiding, welcoming and coaching teams.
Requirements:
- At
least 5 years of working experience in similar position.
- Preferably
a medical or paramedical qualification or university-level studies
- A
capacity to analyse the context and understand medical issues and MSF's intervention
strategies; a capacity to lead and motivate teams, organise the roles and
delegation of tasks within the Project’s team, set up a network and write
up minutes; demonstrates management qualities
- Autonomous;
sense of responsibility; dynamic; skilled at representation: a capacity to
take the initiative and make decisions; a capacity to listen in a
multicultural context; good stress management skills; ease of
communication; apt at resolving problems and negotiating.
How to
Apply
If you meet the above requirements, please send your CV, motivation letter outlining HOW you fulfill each of the requirements in bullet point on or before the 27th June 2016 to http://www.uhired.me/e/job/54
Due to the high volumes of applications received, we regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
MSF is an equal Employer and does not charge any application/recruitment or
training fee.
