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: 20 hours per week

Duration: FTC until 31 December 2023

Salary: £25,928.42 per annum (£24,178.42 p.a. non-London weighting)

MANSON UNIT (MU)

The MU is a multi-disciplinary medical team within MSF UK and is the London based part of the PHD. 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, 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

Our Epidemiology Advisors support health surveillance, and data management; provide rapid response to disease outbreaks and emergencies and facilitate field-based surveys and support operational research. This epidemiological capacity strengthens routine health data collection and analysis and improves evidence-based decision-making, including research in our field projects.

Please download the full job description and person specification for more information.

Essential knowledge, skills and experience:

• Masters in Epidemiology or Public health (with strong epidemiology modules).
• Epidemiology experience gained in humanitarian settings.
• Skills and proven experience in medical data management and analysis.
• Experience and skill in designing, implementing and analysing health facility and community-based surveillance systems.
• Demonstrable ability and experience in population-based surveys (mortality surveys, vaccination coverage surveys, nutritional surveys and others), and/or cross-sectional studies and the process of designing and implementing epidemiological studies.
• Skills and proven experience in supporting the use of data in decision-making and developing data literacy in others.
• Computer literate with demonstrable ability and experience using epidemiological and health information system software such as R, STATA and Excel, Epi-info, Epi-data, District Health Information System 2(DHIS2)
• Previous proven experience in report-writing and publication of epidemiological research studies and surveys.
• Thorough understanding around ethical issues in research, particularly in humanitarian settings.
• Experience in training and supervision of other epidemiologists
• International field experience with MSF or equivalent INGO.
• Fluent in written and spoken English. And ideally French and/or Arabic.
• Experience with mapping/GIS techniques, dashboard development, and use of mobile data collection.

MSF UK/IE is dedicated to safeguarding everyone who comes into contact with the organisation, for whatever reason and however brief. All posts are subject to safer recruitment process which include robust reference requests, scrutiny of employment history and where applicable criminal record and barring checks.

Our safeguarding commitment is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the organisation. On joining MSF UK/IE you will be required to attend safeguarding training to ensure responsibility for and maintaining safe working practice and to safeguard our teams, beneficiaries, and communities.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

For positions where a criminal record check is identified as necessary, an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be submitted in the event of the individual being offered the position.

MSF UK 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 (please upload as one document) by the closing date.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Recruitment timetable:

• Closing date for applications: 16 October 2022, 11.59pm (BST)
• Interviews: TBC
• Proposed start date: ASAP

For questions, issues or further information, please contact [email protected].