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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.
The Women’s Health Unit in OCP Medical Department is
looking for Mobile Implementing Officer (MIO) Women’s Health as soon as possible.
Mission
Contexts
The MSF POLICY FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE states that:
MSF guides actions according to the potential impact on maternal and newborn mortality and suffering by responding to specific reproductive health needs,
All MSF projects should be prepared to offer medical care to victims of sexual violence (SV), independently of or as a complement to reproductive health care activities,
MSF will respond to girls’ and women’s needs for a termination of their pregnancies by providing Safe Abortion Care (SAC); SAC is part of the organization’s actions that are aimed at reducing maternal mortality, morbidity and suffering resulting from unsafe abortions.
Our projects work under tremendous pressure to improve
the quality of care women, girls, newborns, and survivors receive. They face
clinical challenges when healthcare needs are competing or when more
life-saving priorities take precedence. Therefore, the challenges of offering
SRH & SV care can seem overwhelming, especially if our staff have little or
no experience in implementing and integrating specific elements of
sexual-reproductive healthcare like Contraception, SV and SAC into their
activities. The perception, awareness and acceptance of these essential
services within the communities we care for is often the biggest obstacle to
overcome.
Main responsibilities
Specific key subjects to manage
Implementation of services that may include all or part of these services:
Antenatal consultations
Postnatal consultations
STis care (including PMTCT)
Contraception
Safe abortion care
Sexual violence care
Normal and complicated deliveries
Other services as per the project needs, e.g. menstrual hygiene, fistula, FGM etc.
These activities will be implemented depending on the
project and its context.
Overall Objectives of the MIO
Follow MSF strategic plans and women’s health roadmap 2024-2026
Follow MSF guidelines, policies and procedures
Integrate the patient-centred approach in all women’s health activities. A respectful maternity care package will be soon available for implementation.
Assess women’s health activities in the projects, identify the gaps, and prioritize the needs in collaboration with the project team and the women’s health and sexual violence advisors. The activities could be entitled for example the activities listed below:
Map partners
around MSF projects to integrate other components of women’s health (medical,
psychological, social, legal.)
Map internal
and external partnerships to ensure a holistic approach to women’s health
activities (newborn care, mental health, nutrition, vaccination services,
social services, legal services, etc.)
Assess and ensure
human resources can perform safely their duties: trained, supervised, equipped,
managed correctly
Assess and ensure
women’s health activities are performed with necessary and sufficient hygiene
and security (bed spacing, IPC measures, etc.)
Understand the
medico-legal constraints on women’s health activities in the project. In
collaboration with the legal department and the women’s health referents,
provide clear guidance to the project team on how to mitigate the potential
risks
Assess and
ensure that women’s health activities are registered correctly in the dedicated
data collection platforms (PRAXIS, DHIS).
Extended Objectives of the MIO
Contribute to the project through their experience and proximity to the projects, which are elements for revising guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Represents MSF within and outside the organisation to foster networking between OCs and external stakeholders. For example, being involved in forums to share experiences and to discuss Women’s Health activities in the movement
Participate in meetings with the intersectional SRH WG.
Collaboration, Communication and Reporting Line
The project, coordination, the respective Cell, and the women’s health advisor supporting the mission will decide on the MIO's placements.
Regular communication will be done with the women’s health Advisors supporting the project/mission
Assignments to the projects will be short-term with specific Terms of Reference for each project
The MIO will work closely with other medical advisors such as Pediatricians, Health Promotion, Mental Health, IPC, vaccination, etc. and operational advisors (medico-legal, hospital management, etc.) for practical implementation of women’s health activities and ensure their work is relevant to the needs and transparent
The MIO will deliver an
activity report within two weeks of return from the field covering the context,
Assessment of the situation, activities implemented and reinforced and recommendations
for follow-up
Professional skills
Skills
Knowledge in computer: Excel, Word and PowerPoint
programs.
Training in ALSO, EVA ToT and SACI will be a valuable
asset.
Language
Strong
written and oral skills in French and English (minimum of B2 level of
proficiency)
Knowledge of other
languages (Arabic, Swahili) is an asset
Position's specificities
Status: 12-month fixed-term contract - Full-time.
Field contract, salary level 12 according to the MSF field salary scale and
according to seniority and experience.
80% of the time is spent in
the field on projects and 20% at headquarters (Paris) or any OCP HQ offices.
Expected starting date : November 15th, 2024
We wish to promote inclusion and diversity
and improve the representation of people with disabilities in our workforce.
Contract type
Fixed-term contract
Contract duration
12 months
Salary (€)
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Deadline for submission
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