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, 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 personnel are dynamic, hard-working, enthusiastic and committed to MSF’s values and aims.
The Manson Unit is a multi-disciplinary medical team within MSF UK and is part of MSF Operational Centre Amsterdam’s Public Health Department (PHD). We aim to improve the quality of MSF’s medical programmes worldwide, so the best possible care is delivered to our patients. The Unit focusses on complex medical issues, using health intelligence, research and medical innovation. Our goal is to catalyse change through demonstrating effective new approaches and models of care and linking in with international advocacy and global health actors.
The Manson Unit 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.
Each year MSF UK’s Manson Unit organises a conference to present research from our field programmes. The aims of the MSF Scientific Days are to:
The 2022 MSF Scientific Days will be in May with sessions focussing on medical research, and innovative solutions to field problems. There will be linked events in Asia and Latin America, and material will be selected via a centralised editorial process. Our audience consists of MSF researchers and staff, academia, journal editors, NGOs, and people based in the countries where we work.
The role involves providing research communications and administrative support to the Manson Unit, with an emphasis on the MSF Scientific Days and the OCA research system. This role is an opportunity to:
Candidates must hold an appropriate passport or permit to work in the UK.
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.
Apply on our website by submitting a copy of your CV together with a letter of motivation by the closing date.