For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde (MdM), a campaigning medical organization committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organization 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 more than 30 countries across all continents where it focuses on 5 priority areas: emergency and crisis, sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction, migrants and displaced populations (health rights), health and environment.
In July 2017, MdM-F conducted a fact-finding mission in the South Sudanese refugee settlement of Bidibidi in Yumbe district, northern Uganda. Uganda approximately hosts more than one million refugees and asylum seekers, with South Sudanese accounting for more than two-thirds of this total. The refugee population is spread across 13 settlements located in 12 districts.
Following the fact-finding mission, two project proposals were successfully developed to gradually take over Médecins Sans Frontières France (MSF-F) activities in Zone 4 of Bidibidi refugee settlement, including support to Bolomoni Health Centre (HC) III (level 3) and to outreach activities. The project was launched in July 2018. The catchment population includes an estimated 37,500 South-Sudanese refugees (the majority being women and children, many of whom have fled across the border alone) and 12,500 host communities. However, as a number of government health facilities are under rehabilitation, the catchment population is likely to be larger.
In January 2019, MdM–F took over the in-patient department from MSF-F. The IPD capacity is as follows: emergency room: 2-bed; paediatrics: 20-bed; adult (female): 6-bed; adult (male): 6-bed; maternity: 1 observation room; 2 delivery coaches; 13 post-delivery beds; and 5 neonatal beds. There has been an average of 350 hospitalizations per month. The outreach component includes community mobilization and sensitization through a team of four community workers.
The 2019 – 2021 project strategy included two key phases:
However, as the government health facilities in Yumbe district are still under rehabilitation, the above-mentioned downsizing strategy will not take place as initially planned. In 2020 Bolomoni HC III is likely to continue delivering a high level of activity, with quality and continuity of health care remaining core priorities.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of the general coordinator, you are supervising the implementation of medical activities. You are defining MdM strategy regarding medical activities in line with MdM’s overall framework and responsible for the overall quality of medical and health-related activities of the programmes.
More specifically, your responsibilities are to:
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Status : Employee
Fixed-term contract
Duration : 8 months
Starting date: as soon as possible
Gross monthly salary: 2.816 euros
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 RTT (recovery days) per year
5 weeks of paid leaves per year
Health insurance (60% covered by MdM, 40% by the employee)
Insurance (repatriation…)
Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
Single posting
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:
Medical doctor or nurse or midwife with experience in public health and project coordination
Demonstrated 2-3 years professional experience in humanitarian settings with significant experience in similar positions
Working experiences in public health. Experience in outbreak management and emergency response
Experience in hard negotiations with local authorities, partners and staff in a tricky context
Demonstrated experience to work with local partners
Ability to have a global overview of a programme (not only on medical plan)
Ability to take quick decisions according to the context in coordination with the team
Ability to manage a team
Reactivity, anticipation, adaptation
Ability to manage the priorities
Ability to take initiative, work independently and foster a team environment.
Strong organizational, oral and written communication and coordination skills.
Excellent project design and proposal development skills and developing tools for cross-organizational sharing of best practices
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Demonstrated writing and reporting skills
Team spirit
Good sense of diplomacy and understanding of international global political issues
Interest in politically sensitive projects (e.g. sexual minorities and gender identities)
Languages: English mandatory, French is an asset
IT: Excellent excel skills
You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.
TELEPHONE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.
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This vacancy is archived.