Title: Leader of the MSF nutrition working group
Location: Any MSF Office*
Duration: 1-3 years TBC
Working time : part time 50%
Starting date: Asap
Deadline for applications: 30 August 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 organization 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 23 sections, 25 associations and other offices together. Based in Geneva, MSF International provides coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implements international projects and initiatives as requested.
II. CONTEXT AND RATIONALE
MSF, as medical humanitarian organization, is committed to improve the quality of its field projects. To better define MSF vision, medical policies and strategies and improve the implementation of our action in the field, the intersection medical and technical working groups have been organized between the medical departments of the MSF sections.
The working groups are one of the ways to improve intersections coherence and coordination, to increase collaboration, and to share resources and tasks between the different sections.
The medical directors have set the expectations from the working groups as follows: the overall objective of the WGs is to share MSF medical expertise intersectionally to improve quality of care for our patients and support the achievement of operational objectives. This is achieved through:
A normative function: developing and updating intersectional policies, strategies, guidelines and protocols, and monitoring implementation of these; proposing new medicines and medical articles for DirMed approval, and leading further medical education in MSF focussing on priority-setting, content and methodology (training, coaching, e-learning, etc.);A capitalisation function: sharing of expertise and experience between OCs and capitalising on this, to maximise synergies and learning across MSF;A forward-looking function: challenging current MSF and external medical practice, identifying gaps and new and innovative approaches or practices. This includes developing an operational research agenda and setting strategic and advocacy objectives for each WG topic area.The DirMed platform has the responsibility to ensure the dynamics and rationalization between working groups and to set priorities in the needs and requirements for specific working groups according to the objectives of the MSF movement. This is translated partly in the resources (human and financial) attributed to each working group. The medical directors regularly review the priorities of each and all the working groups.
III. OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION
The leader of the nutrition working group is expected to coordinate and facilitate the nutrition working group internal dynamic and activities, to reach the objectives mentioned above, specifically according to the nutrition WG action plan.
IV. SPECIFIC TASKS
The nutrition WG leader will act as a focal point on nutrition for the Medical Directors, Access Campaign, other MSF or external entities, coordinating and promoting synergy between OCs, between WGs and with external groups. The WG leader will as such support the nutrition WG in achieving the following objectives):
Ensure smooth working group internal organization and efficient functioning by (not exhaustive):- Organizing at least two F2Fl working group meetings per year (agenda, minutes, documents circulation, etc.)
- Preparing the 2022-2023 action plan including the operational research agenda, and report on progress and achievements in 2022 to the Medical Directors;
- Support the further development of the nutrition WG needs analysis and approach to learning and development of MSF staff involved in nutrition.
Support and coach working group membersSolve urgent problems with the support of the medical director in charge of the working groupMaintain collaboration with the quality assurance coordinator for specialised medical foodPropose and validate standard articles to be introduced in MSF catalogues and order lists, reviewing kits composition, in coordination with Spinco and with Quality Assurance Coordinators.Ensure up-to-date NUT resources platform for internal and external useEnsure inputs on MSF’s advocacy and communications initiatives related to (mal)nutrition and food insecurity
V. POSITION WITHIN THE ORGANISATION
Functionally under the guidance of the medical director in the working group, hierarchically under the medical director of the OC or IMC (depending on contract holder).
This vacancy is archived.