MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES UK



Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, we deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.

MSF relies on donations from private individuals and organisations for the majority of its income. This private funding gives MSF the freedom to respond where needs are greatest and to speak out publicly, free from any political interference.

MSF has around 40,000 local and international staff working in over 70 countries, in some of the most challenging places in the world. Our medical humanitarian projects are supported by teams in 32 countries, including the UK, spread across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.

At MSF UK/IE, we support MSF's operations by building relationships with our supporters, increasing awareness of our work, raising funds, providing specialist medical expertise, catalysing change on medical humanitarian issues, and recruiting field staff. MSF UK/IE personnel are dynamic, hard-working, enthusiastic and committed to MSF's values and aims. In addition MSF continues to build upon its presence in Ireland to become a widely recognised, accepted and respected humanitarian organisation among Irish audiences, and within the Irish humanitarian and political sector.

Hours: 40 hours per week

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £43,374.61 per annum (£39,874.61 non-London Allowance)

The Manson Unit (MU)

The MU is a multi-disciplinary medical team within MSF UK and is the London based part of the Public Health Department. We aim to improve the quality of MSF’s medical programmes worldwide, so the best possible care is delivered to our patients.

The MU is a team of 30 comprised of medical doctors and specialists in infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, health information systems, epidemiology, social science, geographical information systems, medical editing and research communication. We also have a clinical trial team working towards improved treatments for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis. We provide direct support to our field programmes through specialist advice on medical issues, implementing new ways of working, supporting research studies and outbreak response.

JOB PURPOSE

Team: The eHealth Advisor position will be part of the eHealth team within the Manson Unit - a multidisciplinary team of eHealth and health data experts. The key purpose of this team is to ensure eHealth solutions are integrated and managed correctly and in a sustainable way across OCA. The team is responsible for:

• overall ownership and management of digital health tools including the Health Information (DHIS2) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems, as the core health data systems of OCA
• ownership of the data model (content structure of the core health data systems); custodian of all the data collected therein (e.g. individual patient data, facility based aggregate data, community data etc.) oversight of all eHealth related requests for OCA

• ensuring that the health data protection policy principles and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance are applied within the portfolio of eHealth solutions including the processes around them
• representing OCA in eHealth related intersectional work, including exploring mutualisation opportunities of work and resources.

Key Objectives: The eHealth Advisor is responsible for providing guidance, direction and support to end-users on the use of eHealth solutions in the field. These can include mobile data collection tools as well as other evolving solutions to meet the needs of the field related to data collection and management.

Please download the job description and person specification below for full details of the role.

Summary of knowledge, skills and expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. information management, computer science, epidemiology, geography, GIS) or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience of work with eHealth and GIS in in humanitarian settings.
• Experience of using a range of eHealth solutions (software, tools and related hardware), including in the area of mobile data collection.
• Experience in bringing datasets together from different sources (both spatial and tabular).
• Experience in project management in humanitarian / NGO sector.
• Experience working with MSF, or equivalent NGOs, in complex humanitarian emergencies and/or during outbreak response.
• Willingness to travel extensively, including to areas of unstable security.
• Ability to work independently; capacity to take initiative and seize opportunities
• Excellent data management skills.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cooperatively in a dynamic and complex organisation.
• Strong organisational skills with experience of managing multiple tasks.
• Commitment to the aims and values of Médecins Sans Frontières.

MSF UK/IE is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply on our website by submitting a copy of your CV together with a letter of motivation by the closing date.

Closing date for applications: 16 January 2022, 11.59pm GMT