Career Development Officer at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain talent pipelines for key operational and leadership profiles, ensuring the availability of qualified staff to meet current and future organizational needs.
• Implement and maintain career development frameworks, competency pathways and professional growth tools to support staff career progression across the MSF movement.
• Conduct periodic talent reviews and monitor career progression indicators, ensuring timely interventions to support employee growth, retention and mobility.
• Provide professional career coaching and guidance to staff, supporting informed career decisions, mobility opportunities and long-term development planning.
• Partner with Learning and Capability Development teams to identify capability gaps and facilitate targeted learning interventions that support individual and organizational talent needs.
• Utilize performance and potential assessments to recommend development opportunities, mobility pathways and readiness for advancement.
• Promote equitable career development opportunities and support diverse representation within leadership and specialist talent pipelines.
• Analyze workforce and career development data to generate insights, identify trends and provide evidence-based recommendations to support strategic HR decision-making through the application of HRIS systems.
• Facilitate internal mobility and developmental assignments across MSF entities to broaden competencies, enhance career growth and support organizational workforce needs.
• Develop and implement career development initiatives for Country-Based Staff (CBS), facilitating career planning, talent development, and internal mobility while collaborating with managers to enhance workforce capability and support succession planning activities.

Other Responsibilities

• Contribute to HR activities and process improvements through various individual projects.
• Integrate EDI & Safeguarding aspects in area of work responsibility by incorporating safeguarding into career development discussions and serving as an intermediary to ensure staff have access to duty-of-care mechanisms after challenging assignments.
• Recognize, respond, and document any form of abuse or inappropriate behavior and alert the safeguarding unit of any suspected potential abuse.
• Proactively participate in the individual performance management process including objective setting, performance monitoring and performance evaluation.

Qualifications

Education

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Studies, Psychology, Humanities, or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Knowledge of Career Development and Staff Development.
• Fluency in English is required, and knowledge of French is an added advantage.

Experience

• At least two (2) to three (3) years of relevant working experience in placement and career development.
• Field experience with MSF or other humanitarian NGOs is an added advantage.