EMERGENCY PROGRAM MANAGER

Médecins Sans Frontières, founded in 1971, is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of medical professionals, logistics, administrative and various other professions, all guided by our medical ethics and our principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

MSF WaCA, created in 2019, is the first MSF headquarters in Africa, and responds to the desire to reinvent the MSF movement after 50 years of humanitarian actions in the world, for more access to care, more reactivity and proactivity for greater medical coverage of affected populations in the world.

Why join us?

You are preparing to become a member of the MSF family, with over 50 years of emergency medical action that earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

We are an inclusive organization that considers social and professional well-being a right for all and provides an environment that considers the diversity of each member.

MSF WaCA claims an African anchorage that considers the local expertise with which it contributes to the implementation of its activities and makes each member, a key actor of the new dynamics of the humanitarian action in the world.

Diversity, Inclusion & Safe Recruitment

MSF offers equal recruitment and development opportunities without any form of discrimination based on gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical origin, physical disability or any other discriminatory ground.

Female candidates who meet the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.

MSF is committed to applying Safe Recruitment principles, ensuring transparent, fair, and respectful recruitment processes that protect candidates, the organization, and its beneficiaries.

Objectives

•     Be responsible for updating the medical department of the E.Cell emergency unit (strategy, tools, etc.) and monitoring the implementation of the unit's strategy.

•     Participate in the regular review of emergency scenarios and the preparation of E.Prep missions; define the overall strategy, thresholds, and stocks.

•      Act as a technical advisor to deploy PMRs and medical coordinators.

•      Like any other member of E-cell, share the various alerts received and participate in their analysis for future exploration or other purposes.

Main responsibilities

Provide strategic and technical support to field teams

•        Support field teams in designing emergency project proposals.

•        Define and justify the medical strategy for emergency interventions, ensuring that it is consistent with the objectives of the medical and operational departments.

•        Collaborate and provide technical support during the launch, implementation, and closure of emergency interventions.

•        Ensure the effectiveness of emergency interventions and the quality of medical interventions in accordance with MSF-WaCA standards.

•        Supervise and support the implementation of policies and plans.

•        Provide direct technical and medical support in the field whenever necessary.

Ensure appropriate procurement, monitoring and management of medical supplies

•        Ensure the proper monitoring and management of medical supplies by medical teams in the field.

•        Ensure that all MSF-WaCA procedures are followed for local purchases and donations of medical products.

•        Place initial medical orders when interventions are launched.

•        Technically validate medical orders.

•        If necessary, provide support in developing the EPREP stock as part of a regular assignment.

Follow-up and reporting

•        Provide technical monitoring of projects through periodic medical/technical reports and/or field visits.

•        Support field teams in dealing with methodological issues.

•        Analyze epidemiological data.

•        Ensure that medical teams receive basic technical and methodological information during briefings and participate in staff debriefings.

•        Decide, in collaboration with the Deputy Medical Director and the Medical Department or the person designated by the latter, on the operational research to be conducted.

Participate in HR processes and training

•        Collaborate with the Human Resources Referent of the Emergency Cell in reviewing and approving descriptions of field positions, based on job profiles.

•        Collaborate with HR in the matching of medical emergency field positions.

•        Participate in the support and development of Emergency PMR and Medical Coordinators

•        Participate in internal and external courses/information sessions provided by MSF-WaCA.

Contribute to the Emergency Cell

•        Participate in and contribute to the formulation of scenarios, strategy, and emergency unit stocks on an annual basis.

•        Have a comprehensive understanding of all projects and the current status of each one.

•        Represent the operations department during field visits.

•        Actively participate in decision-making processes within the emergency office.

•        May be assigned operational monitoring on an ad hoc basis for vertical medical interventions.

Relationship with other MSF sections.

•        Participate in MSF international Emergency Cell meetings opened to Medicals.

•        Promote and participate in international working groups relating to emergencies at the request of the Deputy Medical Director.

•        Develop and maintain a working relation with counterparts in other OCs

Other

•        Consult medical advisors for technical advice and information, as necessary.

•        Agree with the medical operations department on operational research surveys conducted in the field.

•        Ensure that knowledge management and archiving policies are implemented at every level of responsibility.

•        Ensure that medical/technical/bibliographic documentation is distributed to projects that request it.

•        Ensure the availability of data relating to emergency interventions implemented by MSF-WaCA.

Education

•        Healthcare professional (preferably a physician) with basic knowledge of epidemiology and epidemic research.

Competencies

•        Commitment to MSF-WaCA’s Principles

•        Cross-cultural Awareness

•        Behavioral Flexibility

•        Strategic Vision

•        Results and Quality Orientation

•        Service Orientation

•        Planning and Organizing

•        Initiative and Innovation

•        Teamwork and Cooperation

•        Leadership

•        Security Awareness and Management

Professional experience required

•        At least one experience in a nutritional intervention and emergency vaccination is required.

•        At least 2 years of MSF professional experience in emergency projects (response to epidemics, displaced persons, malnutrition).

•        Experience as an emergency coordinator or medical coordinator is required.

•        PSP training will be considered an asset.

•        Experience in field coordination is considered an asset.

Languages Skills (Required)

·       Working proficiency in English and French

Computer Skills

·       MS Office suite (mainly MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint)

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N.B.: This job description provides a framework for the main responsibilities and primary activities of the position. It is not exhaustive. Therefore, the responsibilities and activities of the position may differ from those described in this job description due to organizational and operational needs.

Deadline: 10th October 2025 18:00 GMT
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.