Deputy Medical Director

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We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.

Below, you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.

Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?

At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.

The MSF OCG Deputy Medical Director (DMD) is responsible for coordinating the Department’s work towards operations and ensuring the coherence and pertinence of the technical support of the Department towards the field. She/he is expected to supervise the work of Medical Leaders, work closely with the RMPs (polyvalent medical referents) and Medical Officers and follow the needs of the medico-operation projects. Moreover, the DMD will have the responsibility of overviewing specific transversal projects that will impact on the care we provide to patients and communities.

• The DMD coordinates the Department’s work towards operations, ensuring the coherence and pertinence of the strategic & technical support of the Department towards the field. To obtain the latter, strong technical supervision of RMP and fluid interaction and coordination with the cells is mandatory.
• The medical strategic & technical support (Advisers, Officers, Medical Advocacy and Training) are guided by her/him towards the field challenges and needs in a coherent and timely fashion.
• She/he follows the implementation of medico-operational policies and associated strategic and technical packages helping in its capitalization and knowledge distribution.
• She/he engages fruitful discussion/debate in key medico operational and coordination meetings, training as well as co-leading CoPros and Strategic discussions with Operations. She/he contributes actively to the Head of Mission and MedCo week.
• She/he engages with advocacy and positioning work in collaboration with the deputy Ops director and with the Advocacy & Communication team.
• The DMD is involved in the development & support of Project Managers in charge of transversal health-medical projects. She/he participates in the Steering Committees of other departments projects in direct effect on missions.
• In terms of medical capitalization, publications and reports, she/he coordinates the capitalization of health & medical operational strategies implemented by OCG, contributing to high level advocacy initiatives.
• The Medical Director and Deputy are to coordinate the Annual Medical report and contribute to the OCG Annual report, Mutual Accountability Report and international typology.
• As middle manager the DMD interacts with other middle managers in HQ OCG (ForOp) and intersection (Deputies of Medical Departments) with regards to shared institutional objectives.
• The DMD is involved in the career development of medical field staff. She/he validates training requests, diplomas, master’s and PhD studies.
• Briefings & debriefing of managers in the field (MedCos and Medical Team Leaders) are crucial activities of this position. She/he makes sure that this interaction with field staff is considered when shaping future medico operational activities.
• By delegation from the Medical Director, the deputy medical director can be responsible for any arising transversal issue and any other dossiers.

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