Title: Medical Research legal advisor

Location: any MSF offices*

Duration: 7 months
Reporting to: Legal manager

Starting day: September 1st 2022

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2022


*By default, the successful candidate will be offered a contract in the MSF office of their country of residence at the time of application.


I. MSF INTERNATIONAL

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.
MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSF’s 21 sections, 25 associations and other offices together. MSF International provides political oversight, coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implementing international projects and initiatives as requested.
Within MSF International, the International Office (IO) is the Secretariat of MSF International Board and is under the direct management of the Secretary General.

The International Legal Department (ILD) is currently the only intersectional department of MSF; its field of expertise is varied, including international humanitarian law (IHL), registration, taxes, medico-legal issues, medical research, labour law, commercial law, trademarks and international governance.


II. POSITION BACKGROUND

The position of Medical Research legal advisor is based in Unit 6 entitled “Medical research, Innovation and Data” of the ILD.

This Unit of the ILD is managed by one Unit manager and is dedicated to providing legal support to the MSF movement on medical research and innovation of 4 main areas of expertise:

Medical research, medical innovation, R&D contractsDigital health and digital innovationHealth Data sharing and Health Data useEmergency use, compassionate use, MEURI, temporarily licensed medical products


III. OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

The Medical research legal advisor will respond to legal queries in its area of expertise. His/her role, in close connection with the Unit managers, will be to:

provide legal and strategical advice to MSF field, operational and medical teams on medical research and medical innovation projects and issues;draft and negotiate all necessary legal agreements with MSF counterparts and other stakeholders involved in medical research projects (countries, NGOs, WHO, laboratories, research institutes) to frame and locally implements MSF medical research projects.


IV. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide legal and strategical advice to MSF field, operational and medical teams on medical research and medical innovation issues which can include applicable legal frame of MSF research activities, biobanking legal issues, intellectual property issues in relation to medical research, access to essential medicines issues etc. Provide legal support to MSF research projects including negotiation and drafting of related agreements with multiple high level actors and organizations having different and sometimes competing agendas (countries, NGOs, WHO, laboratories, research institutes), notably: drafting and negotiating research collaboration agreements including consortium agreement, clinical trial agreement, material transfer agreement, data sharing agreement, intellectual property agreements.Analyze, draft and review legal frame of implementation by MSF of its research activities in their countries of performance of researches, this can include negotiation and drafting of agreement with the relevant ministries of health or public bodies in MSF countries of activities.Carry out legal risks analysis on MSF anticipated medical research projects and different legislation in countries of implementation, Provide briefs, design tools, and provide trainings regarding the legal frame of medical research and related agreements.Work as a team with others legal advisors on common topics involving medical researches.

This vacancy is archived.

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