Context :
For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies.
Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.
MdM currently works in more than 35 countries across all continents where it focuses on 5 priority areas: emergency and crisis, sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction, migrants and displaced populations (health rights), health and environment.
Since 2015, MdM has been supporting Most At-Risk Populations (MARPI) through grants and training. Since 2009, MARPI has been running a health facility located in the Mulago national referral hospital, which provides free and friendly health services to the key populations, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people. MdM provided MARPI staff with training on proctology, mostly for screening and treatment of anal warts, while providing basic equipment and consumables. Between 2016 and 2017, MARPI has started expanding their activities to a few regional referral hospitals. MdM wishes to support MARPI in the scaling-up of their activities through possible EU funding.
In July 2017, a fact-finding mission was conducted in the South Sudanese refugee settlement of Bidibidi in the district of Yumbe, West Nile sub-region, northern Uganda, where the French section of MSF has been present since 2016. The fact-finding mission has led to an intervention proposal to progressively take over all the MSF activities at Bolomoni HC III (Health Centre level 3) as well as their outreach activities in Bidibidi refugee settlement. The handover was completed in January 2019. Also, a 3-year intervention with partnership with Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) aims at reducing mortality and morbidity rates.
It includes :
- The running of all OPD and IPD activities at the Bolomoni HC III based on a broad and comprehensive package including primary health care, surveillance and response to childhood diseases with epidemic potential, sexual and reproductive health, mental health and psychosocial support ;
- The preparation of the progressive handover of the Bolomoni HC III to the health district of Yumbe (by the end of 2021 at the latest) through capacity building of MoH staff, which will make the intervention fit into a long-term approach ;
- A close collaboration with the local population and the empowerment of communities through continued training and support to Village Health Teams (VHT), and the strengthening of female participation and leadership within VHTs and/or other groups ;
- A strong focus on mental health and psychosocial support, while developing a mental health community approach and covering some gaps identified (e.g. detection of cases) ;
- The strengthening of the GBV levels of intervention through covering some identified gaps ;
- A socio-anthropological analysis of community organisation, community coping mechanisms and expression of emotion within the refugee settlements.
Tasks and responsibilities :
Under the responsibility of the desk manager at the HQ, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of quality programmes, donor and government relations, fundraising and budget management, security and operations management, and developing a motivated and professional team.
In a specific operational context (downsizing prior to closure of the main project of the mission), you will have a strong additional focus on working on a handover of activities to the UNHCR and other possible actors.
Management of operations :
- Be responsible for planning the MdM programmes downsizing/re-sizing, in country strategy, for supervising programme implementation and monitoring and evaluation system ;
- Supervise the overall implementation of the different programme activities ;
- Assess and analyse continuously the overall humanitarian situation in Uganda ;
- Ensure that the different components of the programmes are consistent and in link with medical needs and standards ;
- Identify potential new donors and raise funds for the mission ;
- Be responsible for proposing and designing the modification of proposals and potential no cost extension of the projects ;
- Ensure operational compliance with MdM and donor policies and project objectives ;
- Guarantee the accomplishment of project objectives defined by the donors is fulfilled and that contractual obligations are respected ;
- Supervise the design of MdM annual budgets and revised budgets
Finance and administration :
- Supervise the financial system to ensure that the organization finances are maintained in an accurate and timely manner ;
- Take part in the construction of the annual and revised budgetary frame.
HR and team management :
- Manage and supervise international and national staff teams ;
- Work with the administrative coordination team for quality of HR and working conditions of the entire mission ;
- Define collective and individual objectives for the coordination team.
Partnership and advocacy :
- Be responsible for exploring, identifying, designing and establishing partnership relations, direct support in supervising the partnership project and capacity building project activities ;
- Participate in identifying the possible advocacy goals in country (e.g. GBV for the project in Bidibidi with HRAPF, LGBTI rights for the project with MARPI).
Security :
- Be responsible for the security of people and property for the mission supervision and organisation of the implementation of safety rules ;
- Pass information, including security incidents, to RMs (volunteer board delegate to the mission) and desk officer regularly, and to the security unit ;
- Review regularly the analysis of the context and of security & safety conditions.
Coordination with stakeholders :
- Participate to the different coordination meetings and clusters ;
- Carry out negotiations and maintains regular relations with the local authorities and other stakeholders (NGOs, donors, embassies) ;
- Negotiate agreements, work connections, MOUs etc. with the local authorities ;
- Draft and ratify possible reports required by the authorities at national level ;
- Ensure coordination with national and international health stakeholders, UN bodies and medical actors, and with advocacy actors.
Reporting and donor relations :
- Ensure submission of appropriate, timely high quality proposals and participate in required donor negotiations in country ;
- Maintain professional relationship with donor and ensure MdM’s visibility ;
- Send monthly reports to HQ.
Communication :
- Be responsible for communication with the head office of MdM, for the quality of the reports on activities and ensure compliance with procedures for the exchange of information and reporting ;
- Ensure smooth communication flows between HQ (including desk officer and RM) and other missions in the region ;
- Supervise the organisation of visits to the field for representatives of the head office ;
- Facilitate media activities in coordination with desk officer and HQ communications department.
Conditions of employment :
Status : Employee
Contract : Fixed-term contract
Duration : 6 months
- Starting date: as soon as possible ;
- Gross monthly salary: 3041 euros ;
- Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments – minimum of 6 months seniority required ;
- Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month) ;
- Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered ;
- Guesthouse housing ;
- 22.5 RTT (recovery days) per year ;
- 5 weeks of paid leaves per year ;
- Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee) ;
- Insurance (repatriation…) ;
- Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility ;
- Single posting.
Skills and experience needed :
- Significant experience managing emergency and development projects as field coordinator or general coordinator ;
- Significant experience in working with donors and local partners ;
- Good sensitivity and experience with administrative and registration issues ;
- Experience in advocacy would be an asset ;
- Experience in hard negotiations with local authorities, partners and staff ;
- Experience in reporting for institutional donors ;
- Ability to have a global overview of a programme ;
- Ability to take quick decisions according to the context in coordination with the team ;
- Diplomacy, strong organizational and management skills ;
- Good writing and communication skills ;
- Interest in politically sensitive projects (e.g. abortion, LGBTI rights) ;
- Languages: English (written and spoken) is mandatory ;
- You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.
Telephone applications will not be accepted.
Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.
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