General coordinator (M/F) - Ethiopia

For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies.

Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM currently works in more than 45 countries across all continents where it focuses on 5 priority areas: emergency and crisis, sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction, migrants and displaced populations (health rights), health and environment.

MDM has been working in Ethiopia for more than 20 years in different types of projects from long-term interventions to emergency response. MDM has concentrated its efforts on projects related to basic access to primary health care (projects centred on rural health facilities and isolated populations) and to reduction of maternal mortality through improved quality of obstetric care. Over the last 10 years, MDM has also been involved in the building of health facilities, in surgery related to obstetric care, in PMTCT (Prevention of mother-to-child transmission) and in primary health care in Somali region. Due to huge operational constraints, MdM suspended activities in Somali region in June 2011 and has restarted in January 2014 in Afar region for a 4-year project, under the title of preventing genital mutilation and its harmful consequences with the objective to reduce the maternal and neonatal mortality rates.

In 2017, 2 exploratory missions have been implemented: one has been done in the same area of last year’s project in zone 5 of Afar region, in the continuity of the project to extend the activities in Sexual Reproductive Health area.
The second one has been done on sex work area among the corridor AA- Djibouti, focusing in the Afar part – zone 1.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

As the general coordinator you supervise and coordinate all the activities of the mission, in accordance with the safety of property and people, and to guarantee that the mission is relevant and complies with the contract of objectives.

More in details, you :

• Are in charge of planning the entire mission and assessing programs; you supervise and organise their implementation

• Ensure the safety of people and property for the entire mission; you supervise and organise the implementation of safety rules and ensures that decisions are applied

• Define the general organisation of the mission and the staff; you manage and supervise the co-ordination team; you make or approves management decisions; and you are in charge of the quality of the overall climate and the working conditions of the entire mission

• Are in charge of the communication between the mission and the headquarter

Within the framework of staff management, you :

• Ensure compliance with the administrative and legal framework of the country and the rules and regulations of the mission

• Supervise and you are in charge of facilitating the drawing up of the budget; you approve any eventual adjustments; ensure the quality of the budgetary follow-up, as well as the safety and transparency of funds’ use

• Are in charge of raising funds in the field; you guarantee that the contract of objectives defined by the donors is fulfilled and that contractual obligations are respected

• Carry out negotiations and maintains regular relations with the local, regional and federal authorities and partners of the mission, you ensure the respect of agreements and contracts

• Organise relations and communication with the head office of MDM; you are in charge of the quality of the submitted reports on activities and ensures compliance with procedures for the exchange of information and reporting

• Encourage contacts with the media, transmit and spread the MDM’s official positioning to the staff and to the media; s/he ensures the visibility of the mission and the consistency of any comments made with the MDM's positioning

• In terms of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, you are in charge of heightening the staff’s awareness, of collecting and spreading data collections according to the directives of the DH unit; you make sure that the actions led are coherent and that the MDM’s positioning on the gathering of testimonies is respected.
  CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
  Status : Employee Contract : Fixed-term contract
  Duration : 12 months

Position to be filled for june 2018
2820 gross monthly salary on 13 months
Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
Transportation cost (home-work), vaccines and visas covered
Housing allowance
Tuition/Schooling allowance
Living allowance (per diem) for the accompanying member if unemployed + 1/2 per diem for each child
22.5 RTT per year
5 weeks of paid leaves per year.
Health insurance (60% covered by MdM)
Insurance (repatriation…)
Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:
Master's degree level
Training in management
Public Health background or medical background is a plus

Experience in team management and project management
Experience of 5 years in an international NGO and in a similar position
Experience on SRH / SGBV / Sex Work / Harm reduction an asset (through not mandatory)
Significant experience in the field security management

English, well spoken and written mandatory

Strong communication skills, with strong sense of diplomacy
Drafting and reporting skills, ability to write concise and well presented reports in a timely manner
Technical skills in assessment, monitoring and evaluation
Ability to lead and work as part of a team of expatriate and national staff
Computer skills - Microsoft Office, internet and data management

You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.

TELEPHONE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.
MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against discrimination

Interested ? please apply via : http://www.jobs.net/j/JDysUdbx?idpartenaire=128