Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Recruitment

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, private, non-governmental, non-profit humanitarian organization. Our organization offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Assistant to the Head of Mission

Job Location: Sokoto

Job Description

• Sokoto with regular travel to Abuja and to the projects and places where we intervene in emergencies.

Major Duties

• Support the HoM and Country Management Team (CMT) in the strategic guidance of the Nigeria mission.
• Support the HoM through delegated managerial and representation responsibilities when requested.
• Assist in the elaboration and maintenance of an active network of context and health-related contacts.
• Assist in the elaboration of Nigeria Country POlicy,project plans, advocacy strategy and other strategic documents
• Act as a liaison with Federal and State MoH (Ministry of Health) and other officials.

Requirements

• Experience/understanding of public health programs and epidemic response.
• Experience in management ideally in large and/or complex structures.
• Knowledge and experience in international policy and context analysis.
• Experience in dealing with national authorities, national and International NGO's/UN bodies.
• Strong negotiating and problem solving skills, patience, diplomacy and resilience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently.
• Flexibility and ability to work on multiples tasks with shifting priorities.
• Commitment to the aims and values of humanitarianism.
• Willingness to work and live in Sokoto.

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Application Deadline: 16th August, 2013