MSF is looking for a total of five Regional Coordinators
Locations: Brussels, Dakar, Kuala Lumpur, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro
Duration: Three years, with a possible three-year extension
Salary and benefits: MSF practice is to offer the standard package of the contracting MSF entity hosting the APH hub. If needed, MSF will sponsor visa and work permit formalities.
Reporting to: Executive Director, APH Structure
Deadline to apply: 3 June 2024
Start date: As soon as possible, no later than 1 October 2024
Médecins Sans Frontières is searching for five Regional Coordinators who will be part of a new structure dedicated to improving access to products for healthcare. As part of the global leadership team, the successful candidates will contribute to the set-up of this structure and lead the implementation of its activities and the provision of support on access to products for health initiatives to the medical teams and offices of MSF in the region where they are based.
I. ABOUT MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (MSF)
Médecins Sans Frontières 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.
II. POSITION BACKGROUND
Access to Products for Healthcare (APH) refers to the accessibility, availability, affordability, appropriateness and quality of products for healthcare for the populations MSF assists and their communities.
Building on its successes in improving APH during the past 20 years, MSF is undertaking a step change in how it organises its work in this area. Part of the organisational model is a new structure that replaces MSF’s Access Campaign, with a different and broader scope of work. Most of the structure’s staff will be based in five regional hubs:
The new structure has the following responsibilities:
III. PLACE IN THE ORGANISATION
The Regional Coordinators report to the Executive Director of the APH Structure. They are members of the Management Team. They implement MSF’s APH agenda in their region and oversee activities of APH Structure staff in their locations. They are strongly connected with MSF’s medical teams and offices in the region.
IV. PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
The role of the Regional Coordinators is a) to contribute to MSF’s global approach to improving APH, and specifically within their hub’s geographical area, b) to monitor and connect with parties in their region that can contribute to MSF’s agenda for APH, c) to lead the management of APH Structure initiatives in their region, and d) to ensure MSF programme teams and offices are supported when they initiate their own APH-related activities.
V. RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy, vision and leadership
Within the region
External communication, representation and advocacy
Monitoring and analysis
Hub management