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

Location: London/Amsterdam

Duration: Fixed term until July 2023

Salary: £51,856.84 per annum (£48,356.84 p.a. non-London weighting)

THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

The Public Health Department (PHD) of Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA) supports the overall purpose of MSF, providing medical and public health leadership for the organisation. The department is responsible for providing strategic direction and integrated advice on medical and public health issues to the field and headquarters. The PHD plays a key role in developing and maintaining the medical humanitarian identity and image of MSF-OCA, and in continuing to develop and improve intervention strategies so as to be relevant and effective.

The PHD is made up of health programme managers and clinical and public health specialists, mostly based in the MSF offices in Amsterdam, Berlin and London. In addition to providing medical management of MSF’s field operations, the PHD gives technical and strategic guidance across a range of fields including infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, mental health, nutrition, paediatrics, and vaccination as well as epidemiology, health promotion, laboratory, pharmaceutical quality/medical supply, and water/sanitation.

The 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

Work within the social science team the Health Promotion Advisor provide expert advice and specialist support within the PHD and across OCA operations on health promotion (with community engagement) programming; and implement the operational policy (development, introduction and continuous improvement) of the PHD in health promotion intervention strategies.

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

Essential knowledge, skills and expertise:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent higher qualification in health promotion, public health, sociology, social science, allied disciplines or equivalent experience.
• Post education experience working in Health Education and Promotion in humanitarian contexts.
• Proficiency in delivering training and supervising health promotion teams.
• Previous work experience with communities and/or local associations on awareness raising, prevention, mobilisation and/or community strengthening including work with patients and community members in humanitarian settings.
• Experience in designing and delivering health promotion activities in humanitarian contexts using innovative approaches: drama, music, graphic design, storytelling, writing, multimedia, social media.
• Ability to conduct rapid assessments (for example, situation analysis).
• Understanding of geographic and social mapping of communities.
• Previous use of specific tools to measure and follow up health promotion activities.
• Demonstrable experience in developing locally strategic health promotion with community engagement work plans / guidelines.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, multi-cultural workspace and within a multi-disciplinary team
• Proficient knowledge and experience of how to support Anthropologists in contextualisation of health promotion and Community engagement activities.
• Demonstrable knowledge of community-based and person centre approaches.
• Good technical report / proposal writing skills and presentation and interpersonal communication skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English: minimum C2 level.
• Strong MS Office skills including Word, Excel and O365.
• Commitment to the aims and values of MSF.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

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.

Please can you complete our anonymous Equity, Diversity & Inclusion form here.

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.

Recruitment timetable:

• Closing date for applications: 10 July 2022, 11.59pm (BST)
• Interviews: w/c 18 July 2022