Medical Coordinator (F/M) at Médecins du Monde

Job description

In the context of mission opening, the medical coordinator will be specifically in charge of the following :

• Participate in the definition of the country strategy led by the general coordinator and drive the medical and technical aspects in the development of this strategy 
• Design, plan, implement, adapt and monitor the programme’s health activities 
• Ensure the quality and relevance of health activities, supervise the collection and analysis of medical data 
• Recruit, manage, train, and motivate the medical team 
• Ensure the management of pharmaceutical products 
• Carry out health needs assessments and evaluations of medical partners 
• Cooperate with the administration team regarding budgeting and supervise the medical purchase process 
• Represent MdM with authorities, partners and other NGOs on health issues 
• Participate in the writing of proposals and reports  

Requirements

• Medical Doctor or Nurse or Midwife.
• Master’s in Public Health is desirable.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in similar positions or in humanitarian sector.
• Experiences in public health and in managing health welfare in communities.
• Experience in supervising Sexual and Reproductive Health and Nutrition programs.
• Experience in outbreak management and emergency response.
• Experience in hard negotiations with local authorities, partners and staff in a tricky context.
• Understand a healthcare system (including organisation, curriculum of medical profiles and national healthcare programmes) and summarise the broad outlines. 
• Understand and analyse a health context, health problems and data.
• Define a level of emergency (micro and macro).
• Plan and quantify health activities.
• Define medical needs and adapt operational activities to new constraints in the field of new scientific information.
• Draft a project (including funding formulation).
• Identify training needs, create and lead medical training modules.
• Discuss, present arguments and negotiate with healthcare authorities
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (especially Word and Excel).
• Languages : English is mandatory (oral and written), knowledge of Swahili is an asset
• You embrace the core values and support the proactive philosophy of Médecins du Monde