Emergency response medical coordinator (M/F) Ethiopia – Djidjiga – Somalia region 67 views0 applications


For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations. MdM currently works in 44 countries across all continents where it focuses on 4 priority areas: caring for the health of migrants and displaced persons, promoting sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction associated with drug use, emergencies and crisis.Since February 2017, Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak has been recorded in some regions of Ethiopia starting from Afar region and then spread progressively in different other regions: Somali, Amarha, Oromia and SNPP. Since March 17, MdM has supported the health bureau of the Afar region in the response to the AWD cases management (with HR and logistic support), in the project area, implemented for the past 3 years. In Somali Region, The Government-led Health Command Post continues to lead and strengthen the coordination of the acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) response from Jijiga; holding daily meetings with operational partners. The Federal Ministry of Health has deployed two rounds of national health staff from across the country to Somali region to scale up the response. Currently more than 300 Government mobilized staffs are on the ground. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also deployed some 25 surveillance officers to Somali region to support Government in identifying the causes of the outbreak and improve case reporting. Despite the intervention the Somali Regional Health Bureau and different humanitarian actors there are now obvious increasing gaps between the spread of AWD outbreaks and the response which is being given, especially in the management of medical cases. In view of the deteriorating situation, NGOs present in the affected areas are even encouraged to redirect their existing funding to the AWD response. Upon request of ECHO and the authority, MdM has decided to assess the situation to bring a rapid medical response according to the AWD situation in Somali region, in front of the very low medical cases management response implemented up to now.**

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The main objectives of the emergency response medical coordinator is the assessment of the situation and to be able to provide appropriate emergency response about AWD (Acute Watery Diarrhoea) crisis in Somali region.

Your responsibilities include:

  1. Assessment of the AWD crisis
    You participate in the coordination meeting at field level: authorities and NGO/UN
    You map the different actors implemented in the Somali region
    You provide the assessment of the Health Bureau’s capacities: stocks, HR, coordination of the response
    You manage the data collection about the AWD cases and about the actions implemented in different zones of the Somalia region
  2. Intervention Strategy of the AWD response by MdM
    You identify the area of intervention: zones, districts (woredas) and kebele
    You propose a response action plan including activities responses and means
    You write the project proposal including budget (with the support of the logistics manager and the administrative coordinator)
  3. MdM Representation
    Upon request of the general coordinator, you attend cluster’s meetings, coordination meetings, donors’ meetings and any other relevant representation meetings
    Upon request of the general coordinator you ensure MdM’s representation and visibility towards UN agencies, other INGOs, local NGOs, community-based organisations, donor’s representatives
  4. Report
    You propose a design of proposal for the emergency response
    You weekly provide a feedback to the general coordinator / medical coordinator on the humanitarian situation

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Status : Salarié

Contract : Fixed-term contract

Duration : 3 months

  • Position to be filled as soon as possible.
    Based in Jijiga (capital of the Somali region) with frequent movements to the zone,districts and kebele of the region.

Single posting

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

Master in public health, or medical background
Solid humanitarian background is necessary, experience in management of health programs in emergency settings
Former experience in Cholera cases management
Ability to work in a sensitive security context and to manage security and risks
Excellent knowledge of project cycle management and programming
Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills
Experience in the Horn of Africa is valuable
Fluent English (oral and written) mandatory
You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.

TELEPHONE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.

MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against discrimination.

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Médecins du Monde (MdM; French pronunciation: [medsɛ̃ dy mɔ̃d]) or Doctors of the World, provides emergency and long-term medical care to the world's most vulnerable people. It also advocates to end health inequities.

It was founded in 1980 by a group of 15 French physicians, including Bernard Kouchner. It works in both the developed and developing world.

MdM was formed with a mission to provide timely emergency medical care, free of legal and administrative restrictions; to work with local populations to ensure long-term sustainability of healthcare systems; and to advocate on behalf of client populations.

After more than 35 years of work, MdM is a famously active advocate for its beneficiaries, and works to change the underlying inequalities that affect people's ability to access medical care.

MdM was formally established on 1 February 1980. Its goals were "to go where others will not, to testify to the intolerable, and to volunteer".

Its origins lay in a 1979 intervention to assist a drifting boat of Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea. Kouchner, with volunteer doctors, journalists, and others organized a hospital boat, L'Île de lumière, to provide medical care and to report the refugees' suffering.

MdM was founded as Bernard Kouchner and 14 others doctors split from the group he previously founded, Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF, or Doctors WIthout Borders). It has been reported Kouchner felt that MSF was giving up its founding principle of témoignage ("witnessing"), which refers to aid workers making the atrocities they observe known to the public.

Kouchner was president of MdM from 1980 to 1982. In 1989, the foundation of MdM Spain paved the way for the creation of the MdM international network. In 2015, the MdM global network consisted of fifteen associations; France (founded 1980), Spain (founded 1989), Greece (founded 1990), Italy and Switzerland (both founded 1993), Sweden (founded 1994), Cyprus (founded 1995 by Elena Theoharous[1]), Argentina (founded 1998), Belgium, Canada and Portugal (all founded 1999), as well as in Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Netherlands, and the USA.

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0 USD Djidjiga CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Médecins du Monde

For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations. MdM currently works in 44 countries across all continents where it focuses on 4 priority areas: caring for the health of migrants and displaced persons, promoting sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction associated with drug use, emergencies and crisis.Since February 2017, Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak has been recorded in some regions of Ethiopia starting from Afar region and then spread progressively in different other regions: Somali, Amarha, Oromia and SNPP. Since March 17, MdM has supported the health bureau of the Afar region in the response to the AWD cases management (with HR and logistic support), in the project area, implemented for the past 3 years. In Somali Region, The Government-led Health Command Post continues to lead and strengthen the coordination of the acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) response from Jijiga; holding daily meetings with operational partners. The Federal Ministry of Health has deployed two rounds of national health staff from across the country to Somali region to scale up the response. Currently more than 300 Government mobilized staffs are on the ground. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also deployed some 25 surveillance officers to Somali region to support Government in identifying the causes of the outbreak and improve case reporting. Despite the intervention the Somali Regional Health Bureau and different humanitarian actors there are now obvious increasing gaps between the spread of AWD outbreaks and the response which is being given, especially in the management of medical cases. In view of the deteriorating situation, NGOs present in the affected areas are even encouraged to redirect their existing funding to the AWD response. Upon request of ECHO and the authority, MdM has decided to assess the situation to bring a rapid medical response according to the AWD situation in Somali region, in front of the very low medical cases management response implemented up to now.**

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The main objectives of the emergency response medical coordinator is the assessment of the situation and to be able to provide appropriate emergency response about AWD (Acute Watery Diarrhoea) crisis in Somali region.

Your responsibilities include:

  1. Assessment of the AWD crisis You participate in the coordination meeting at field level: authorities and NGO/UN You map the different actors implemented in the Somali region You provide the assessment of the Health Bureau's capacities: stocks, HR, coordination of the response You manage the data collection about the AWD cases and about the actions implemented in different zones of the Somalia region
  2. Intervention Strategy of the AWD response by MdM You identify the area of intervention: zones, districts (woredas) and kebele You propose a response action plan including activities responses and means You write the project proposal including budget (with the support of the logistics manager and the administrative coordinator)
  3. MdM Representation Upon request of the general coordinator, you attend cluster’s meetings, coordination meetings, donors’ meetings and any other relevant representation meetings Upon request of the general coordinator you ensure MdM’s representation and visibility towards UN agencies, other INGOs, local NGOs, community-based organisations, donor’s representatives
  4. Report You propose a design of proposal for the emergency response You weekly provide a feedback to the general coordinator / medical coordinator on the humanitarian situation

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Status : Salarié

Contract : Fixed-term contract

Duration : 3 months

  • Position to be filled as soon as possible. Based in Jijiga (capital of the Somali region) with frequent movements to the zone,districts and kebele of the region.

Single posting

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

Master in public health, or medical background Solid humanitarian background is necessary, experience in management of health programs in emergency settings Former experience in Cholera cases management Ability to work in a sensitive security context and to manage security and risks Excellent knowledge of project cycle management and programming Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills Experience in the Horn of Africa is valuable Fluent English (oral and written) mandatory You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.

TELEPHONE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.

MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against discrimination.

2017-07-31

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