Deputy Medical Coordinator at Medecins du Monde

Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care.

We are recruiting to to fill the position below:

Job Title: Deputy Medical Coordinator

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Line Manager: Medical Coordinator
Length of contract: 6 months
Possibility for extension: yes
Starting date:  ASAP

Job Tasks
Under the supervision of the Medical Coordinator, the Deputy Medical Coordinator will be responsible for the following activities:

• Support the Medical Coordinator through delegated tasks and responsibilities.
• Among others, support and collaborate with the Medical Coordinator in defining, leading and coordinating the entire medical scope of the mission, according to MDM standards, policies, protocols and values, in order to ensure the quality of the medical care given to the population at risk and thus improving their overall health and living conditions.
• Fully assumes the medical coordinator responsibilities in case of absence including communication within Coordination Team and with the Medical Department.

Tasks Description

• Support the medical coordinator to define, monitor and update the medical content of the MDM country policy and annual plan, by scanning health needs through Exploratory Missions and implementation of health information system, elaborating, monitoring and reviewing project proposals, determining, necessary resources in order to cover medical and humanitarian needs of the population at risk.
• At the request of the Medical Coordinator, represent MDM before third parties concerning medical issues, ensuring its good public image and the alignment with the mission interests:
• Ensuring regular contact with local authorities and institutions, other NGOs in the country and other MDM sections, for a better coordination in the implementation of health projects and programs.
• Negotiating with the authorities when necessary.
• Informing on MDM charter, values and principles.
• Participate and contribute in the definition and update of the country policy, annual plan and budgets in order to develop the projects and programmes aimed at addressing humanitarian issues at stake ensuring its efficiency and quality.
• Monitoring the project(s) implementation.
• Assisting the Medical Coordinator and the medical teams in drafting the project proposal and follow-up.
• Participating together with the Medical Coordinator in the definition and follow-up of medical staff needs, other medical resources needed, and budgeting.
• Collaborating and assisting in the production of medical reports.
• Identifying priority needs, other potential areas of action, and emergency situations.
• Coach, train and motivate the teams in the mission in order to align all field staff with MDM values and ethics, and ensuring their capability to carry out their job achieving MDM quality standards:
• Ensuring proper induction of all MDM Staff.
• Carrying out medical briefings and debriefings.
• Identifying training needs for medical staff.
• Identifying personnel showing potential.
• Supervising and carrying out technical evaluations.
• Promoting strict follow-up of MDM values and ethics by all staff and identifying any possible issue regarding this matter.
• Collaborate, together with logistics and according to project needs, in the pharmacy management in order to ensure enough and quality supply of drugs and medical material.
• Reviewing medical orders.
• Supervising the monitoring of medicines consumption and stock levels of the different projects.
• Assist defining and implementing the staff health and security policies for international and national staff in order to ensure its overall safety.
• Monitoring both physical and mental health state of staff.
• Promoting the compliance of all related protocols and procedures.
• Collaborating in the update of issues regarding the security context (Economy situation, social disorders, etc.).
• Ensures the Medical Coordination in the Mission and fully assumes the Medical Coordinator’s tasks and responsibilities in case of absence/gaps.

Others
Strategic Vision:

• The capacity to identify, articulate and communicate principles, ideas and priorities in order to channel efforts and resources towards the social mission of MDM. The ability to link day-to-day work with the long-term objectives to be achieved.

Leadership:

• The capacity to persuade, inspire and mobilize people to contribute to MDM’s social mission, including the ability to make difficult, political and/or operational decisions even against popular opinion/will, and to explain clearly the reasons for them.

Results and Quality Orientation:

• The drive and tenacity to achieve the defined objectives and to implement efficient solutions within a set timeframe, with the given resources and in accordance with the established procedures and models; the will to constantly seek improvement in the performance of his/her own tasks and actions.
• Flexible: to be re-located
• Analytical Thinking
• The ability to analyse a situation, its time sequences and cause–effect relationships, in order to set priorities based on rational judgment

People Management and Development:

• The capacity to motivate and manage team members so that they successfully carry out their responsibilities, and the ability to guide staff development towards excellent performance.

Networking & Building Relationships:

• The ability to identify relevant actors in a given context, engaging, cultivating and maintaining relations with them according to the aims of the organization.

Theoretical knowledge:

• Can demonstrate skill under supervision
• Can demonstrate skill autonomously,
• Can transfer the skill to others through training

Clinical skills:

• L3: Diagnosis and treatment of comment childhood illnesses, including malnutrition, and common outbreaks (measles, malaria, cholera and meningitis)
• L1: Diagnosis and treatment of main (other) morbidities in country

Assessment and planning skills:

• L2: Asses medical and humanitarian emergencies, prepare and implement outbreak response

Medical stock management and pharmacy:

• L3: Rational prescription principles and good dispensing practices
• L2: Stock and supply management

Quality assurance skills:

• L3: Hygiene and infection control to MDM standards (
• L1: Bio-safety
• L3: Clinical quality assessment, improvement and assurance of program
• L2: WASH requirements

Data-management skills:

• L3 Master MDM relevant tools
• L2 Analyze and use of MDM data tools generated information
• L2 Knowledge of epidemiological principles

HRM skills:

• L2: Coaching and performance evaluation of medical staff

Resource management skills:

• L1: knowledge of logistic and financial tools
• L1: prioritization of resources

Representation skills:

• L3: Representation of MDM in national medical forum
• L2: Representation of MDM in media, advocacy related fora

Other Fixed Requirements
Education:

• Degree in Medicine or other Paramedical Studies. Specialization in tropical medicine or a degree in Public Health would be an asset.

Experience:

• Experience in two different projects (minimum of six months each); preferably 18-24 months MDM field experience or equivalent in another organization;

Languages:

• Mission language English; local working language would be an asset (Hawsa and / or Margi and / or Arabic.

Knowledge:

• Computer literacy: WORD, Excel, Epi-info and Isystock programme skills are essential (or should be actively obtained)
• Knowledge of key international public health issues and clinical topics relevant to MDM (eg HIV, malaria)

Profile Required

• Bachelor Degree with 5 years relevant technical experience or a Master Degree and 3 years relevant technical experience
• Degree in medicine or other paramedical studies. Specialization in tropical medicine or a degree in Public Health would be an asset.
• Experience in two different projects (minimum of six months each); preferably 18-24 months MDM field experience or equivalent in another organization.
• Demonstrated experience of working with communities
• Demonstrated experience in capacity building
• Strong understanding of gender, human rights, and issues surrounding violence against women arid girls
• Excellent interpersonnel and communication skills
• Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, and email
• Languages: Hausa and English, other local languages an advantage
• Team player

Application Closing Date
15th May, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit a two page Curriculum Vitae, three work-related references and one page cover letter, in One Document explaining how your skills and experience match the job requirements stated above. If possible, please send all the above in one document - MS Word or PDF. Also, write the job title and your name in the subject line to: [email protected]

Note

• Only applications by email will be considered
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• We are unable to accept phone calls.
• We’ll pay attention only to the complete files in English.
• Our process of selection include some written tests and oral interviews.
• Please notice that if you have not heard from MdM within 2 weeks, you should presume you were not short listed for this position. However, MdM thanks you for your interest and encourages you to apply for other openings where your skills and experience match.
• MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against discrimination.