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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international,
independent, medical humanitarian organization created in 1971 that delivers
emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare
exclusion and natural disasters. MSF is one of the largest independent medical
humanitarian organizations in the world, with projects located in 65 countries worldwide. Its work is based on
the humanitarian principles of medical ethics; the goal of MSF is to provide emergency care and to offer assistance to people based only on
need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. The
French section is present in around thirty countries.
In the context of a permanent position, we are looking for a GIS Advisor F/M.
Mission
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at MSF has been developed as a
service to MSF operations since 2013. In January 2021, the GIS services was transformed in an Intersectional
Centre of Expertise & Services serving effectively the full Movement.
The GIS Centre is built on the existing service team, maximizing the
past investments, maintaining continuity of service, and continuing to foster the GIS network within the humanitarian
community. The GIS Centre is coordinated
from Geneva and organized as a network of internal and external partners spread
out across France, Austria, and Czech Republic, etc.
GIS core mission is to support informed decision making through better
spatial comprehension, enhancing the focus of health services around patients,
and increasing the impact and efficiency of MSF’s regular and emergency
interventions. GIS service team aims to provide an intersectional operational
support system, thanks to a framework of dedicated tools and services, that is
reliable, agile, adapted to emergency contexts and needs, timely, and
efficient.
Each operational Centre has a dedicated GIS Advisor (acting as GIS focal
point for the OC) whom are member of the GIS Centre. GIS advisors are the
keystone of GIS network as they convey their OC’s operational needs &
reality towards the GIS Centre. Conversely, they are ambassadors of GIS
services and best practices within their OC. More importantly, being highly
operationally rooted in an OC, they are at the forefront to provide most
adapted support and services to MSF operations. The GIS advisors are also full
members of the GIS Working Group, one of the active International Technical
Working Groups of MSF.
Main responsibilities:
His/her main objective is to ensure that the GIS related operational
needs are met, and that the good practices in GIS are implemented in his/her
OC. Referent in the field of GIS, he/she constitutes the link between the OC
operations requesting GIS support and the GIS Centre. He/she monitors the
requests, progress of work and its delivery. As a member of the GIS Centre he/she is responsible of promoting GIS
within MSF and takes an active part in elaborating the GIS strategy which
he/she is in charge of implementing in his/her OC.
Responsibility
distribution:
Business
analysis (20%): Identification of domains of support, initial business
requirements with end users, Field liaison and visit
Business
support (20%): First line of support within their OC (requests for products
& services, use of tools), technical support for GIS deployments,
Learning
and Development (20%): Support for coordination of GIS trainings, plan and deliver
short training sessions, integrate GIS in other sectors trainings
Change
Management and Communication (35%): Promotion of GIS products & services,
identification of sectors for potential collaborations
GIS
Strategy and Governance (5%): Participate to GIS Working Group and coordinate
with the OC Sponsor on strategic GIS related topics. Participate to the
Movement GIS strategy and implement the GIS strategy in his/her OC.
Description of main activities:
As specialist in his/her domain he/she is responsible
of the first line of support for their OC:
for HQ:
(S)he is accountable for GIS strategy implementation in their OC and
contributes to overall OC strategy elaborations
(S)he is accountable for GIS good practices implementation in his/her OC
and contributes to Good practices definition
(S)he is responsible of promoting GIS within his/her OC
(S)he is participating to the GIS Working Group and the Stakeholders
& users Committee
(S)he participates to coordination of GIS training and is responsible of
planning and delivering short training sessions
(S)he is responsible of creating the link between his OC and the GIS
Centre for specific sectors:
(S)he is responsible for assessing sectors need and identifying sectors
for potential collaborations
(S)he is responsible to integrate GIS in other
sectors trainings for field user & coordination
(S)he is accountable of gathering field requirements and priorities
(S)he is responsible of doing initial user requirements and priorities
and liaising with the GIS Centre Business Analyst for detailed requirements on
complex products
(S)he participates in GIS deployments technical support
(S)he is responsible of first responses to field requests and
participates to support on the use of GIS tools
(S)he monitors the requests, progress of work and its delivery. (S)he is
responsible to ensure that the GIS related operational needs are met.
(S)he is Manage and coordinate GIS internships
and/or GIS volunteer staff in his/her OC.
Internal relations:
Within the Operational Center:
All
departments supported by GIS: Operations, Medical, Logistics, etc; and
concerned projects.
Learning
and Development (LnD) for trainings/capacity building activities.
Field:
end users, coordinations, regional setups, GIS specialists (mobile and
permanent).
Within the GIS Centre network:
GIS Centre management team.
Other
GIS advisors (GIS Working Group), GIS technical team, partner sections,
partners/actors members of the network.
External relations:
GIS Centre
partners (when relevant) i.e. academics, industry; GIS solution vendors, confrerences,
etc.
Humanitarian
GIS Community and actors (outside MSF)
Reporting to:
As
employee of an OC, the Advisor hierarchically reports to Head of Operational
Logistics
As a
member of the GIS Centre, the Advisor functionally reports to the GIS Centre's Head
of Services.
Position in the structure :
Technical
Advisor (sector specialist), member of the Logistics Dpt, in close connection
with the Operations and Medical Departments
Professional skills
Education:
Primary education is
compulsory.
University degree in
social sciences (i.e. geography, epidemiology, etc.) or in engineering is a
strong asset.
Post-graduate degree
or vocational training in GIS or mapping related domains is a strong asset.
Experience:
Minimum 2 years of
missions in humanitarian contexts with various intervention thematics including
emergency missions.
Minimum 2 years
project management experience.
Minimum 2 years of
experience in GIS domain.
Experience with MSF
Operations is an asset.
Operational or
Support function at HQ experience is an asset.
Skills and aptitudes :
• Excellent communication, coordination, and information
management skills
• Excellent team working capacity
• Knowledge of ArcGIS software a strong asset
• Knowledge e-volunteers Communities a strong asset
• Planning and organization
• Judgment and decision making
• Analytical thinking
• Providing technical support and advices
• Innovation and creativity
Languages: Fluent in English (C1) and French
(B2) (oral and written) is compulsory
Qualities
Solution Oriented
Good listening and
analytical skills
Good sense of
organization,
Pedagogue and good
communicator
Ability to work with
multidisciplinary and multicultural people
Openness, curiosity,
practical and pragmatic spirit
Position's specificities
Status:
Full-time permanent contract (CDI). Managerial
position based in Paris.
Expected starting date: March 2025
Our wish is to promote inclusion and diversity. We also wish to improve
the representation of people with disabilities in our workforce.
Contract type
Open-ended contract
Salary (€)
49,7 €K gross per year based on 13 months.
Benefits
11€ Luncheon voucher, 60% care of MSF
100% Mutual health insurance
50% public transportation expenses
22 days RWD per year
Deadline for submission
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