Starting Date
January 2026 – 24 months, full-time
Role Summary
The Regional Ebola Coordinator is responsible for coordinating, supporting, and representing Medair's Ebola Treatment Centre activities in Mambasa, Biakato, and other Ebola response locations established beyond Medair's existing operational bases.
Based in Bunia, the role ensures that the operational needs, priorities, and challenges of these remote treatment centres are effectively represented within Medair's Ebola response structure and with external stakeholders.
The Regional Ebola Coordinator serves as the principal focal point for Mambasa and Biakato and any response in new locations, facilitating communication between the treatment centres and Bunia-based support functions while ensuring that logistics, finance, human resources, administration, security, and programme support are provided in a timely and effective manner.
Working closely with the Project Coordinator and Country Ebola Coordinator, the Regional Ebola Coordinator supports the implementation of Ebola response activities through practical coordination, stakeholder engagement, representation, problem-solving, and operational oversight. The role contributes to maintaining high-quality service delivery while ensuring that the specific needs of the remote treatment centres are adequately represented both internally and externally.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Coordination
Act as the primary coordination focal point for Medair's Ebola Treatment Centres in Mambasa, Biakato and new locations to be identified
Monitor operational activities and support the effective implementation of programme objectives in each location.
Identify operational constraints, emerging risks, and resource gaps and facilitate timely solutions.
Support planning, prioritisation, and implementation of activities in coordination with field teams and management.
Assist in balancing priorities between activities in and around Bunia and those in the remote treatment centres.
Internal Support Coordination
Coordinate closely with logistics, finance, human resources, supply chain, administration, security, and other support functions to ensure timely support to the locations.
Follow up on operational requests and ensure support departments respond effectively to field requirements.
Facilitate communication and collaboration between field teams, Bunia-based management, and technical advisors.
Ensure support services remain aligned with operational priorities.
Representation and Stakeholder Engagement
Represent the needs, priorities, and operational challenges of the field locations within Medair and with local authorities, health officials, coordination structures, and response partners.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
Attend meetings and coordination forums relating to Mambasa and Biakato and any new locations
Prepare updates and briefing notes for the Country Ebola Coordinator to support participation in wider strategic coordination forums.
Represent Medair professionally and confidently in challenging or high-pressure situations involving external stakeholders.
Support to Leadership
Support the Project Coordinator in the practical coordination of activities in Mambasa and Biakato. And new locations
Provide regular analysis and recommendations concerning operational priorities, risks, and support requirements.
Ensure that management is informed of significant developments affecting programme implementation.
Contribute to operational planning and response decision-making for the assigned region.
Monitoring and Reporting
Contribute to operational reporting, situation updates, planning documents, and performance reviews.
Monitor key operational indicators and identify areas requiring additional support or intervention.
Promote accountability, effective communication, and adherence to Medair policies and procedures.
Reporting Line
Line Manager: Country Ebola Coordinator
Education and experience
Relevant university degree, with postgraduate, security, and leadership training desirable. Training in Public Health an advantage but not essential,
At least 2 years’ experience in managing programmes in international public health work, with at least 1 year in humanitarian emergency context. Experience in Ebola/VHF or infectious disease outbreaks strongly preferred.
Strong project management skills with the ability to support, oversee and coordinate multiple projects
Fluent English and French (spoken and written).
Experience in the design, monitoring of implementation and evaluation of public health programmes.
Strong knowledge of humanitarian principles, Sphere and CHS Standards.
Good report and proposal writing skills. Experience of external representation.
Behavioral Skills
Strong servant leadership skills with a consultative management style.
Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner, with good understanding of cross-cultural issues.
Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
Able to oversee multiple tasks, prioritising and delegating as required.
Excellent communication and diplomacy skills. Ability to represent the organization confidently externally.
Team Spiritual Life
Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.
Before you apply
Please ensure you are fully aware of the:
- Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.
- Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).
Application Process
To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed. Advertised on JobUpfree.