Belgium

CANDIDATE PROFILE

•  MD, specialization in paediatrics, clinical experience in low-resource settings
• MSF field experience at least 2 years.
• Master in Public Health / International Health / Tropical paediatrics is an asset
• Management and coordination experience is an asset.
• Teaching and training experience is an asset.
• Paediatric emergency care/intensive care experience is an asset
• Good communication capabilities, ability to work as a team
• Flexibility to carry out field visits and participate in international meetings
• Languages: good oral and written skills in English and French is a must

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Permanent contract – Full-time - based in Brussels with travels to the field
• Salary according to MSF-OCB HQ salary scale + Hospital Insurance (DKV) - Pension plan – Canteen - 100% reimbursement for public transportation costs
• Starting date: as soon as possible

Interested? Send a cover letter and your CV before 05/03/2017, to MSF Belgium, Caroline Maes, Rue de l’Arbre Bénit 46, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, or email them to caroline.maes@brussels.msf.org;

Web site : www.msf.be

 

CONTEXT

 MSF-OCB provides paediatric support to field projects, mission coordination teams and headquarter through:

• Two full time Paediatric Referents covering co-ordination, centralization of information, vision, and technical support.
• Referents in charge of vertical dossiers on HIV, TB, nutrition, vaccination, pharmacy, labs, etc.
• Experienced paediatricians providing a direct field support as Mobile Implementation Officers (MIO).
• The International Paediatric Working Group and External networks of experts.

The paediatric referent will work in the medical department. S/he contributes to the definition of medical policies and strategies with regards to his/her medical speciality and assists in its implementation. Further, s/he contributes through his/her expertise to the improvement of care of patients in MSF projects, taking into account the evolution of the global environment. S/he will work with another full-time paediatric referent with whom s/he will closely collaborate and communicate to assure coherence in the approach and vision for the paediatric population and to be able to act as back-up in the absence of the other. Both positions will carry individual responsibility over the different Paediatric related dossiers. In case of incoherence, or need for clarification, the referent who has been longest in the position will act as end responsible. The paediatric referent will work alongside a team of child health experts, women´s health experts and other medical colleagues specialized in relevant fields (Nutrition, vaccination, Infection control, nursing care, etc.). S/he will have an overview of the majority of programs providing child care but will have a closer oversight over a selected number of paediatric programs. The paediatric referent reports to the director of medical department in charge.

JOB PROFILE

• Provide support to the field
• Co-define medical policies, strategies and technical norms related to paediatrics
• Work on specific paediatric technical dossiers, including research
• Update or validate the content of paediatric trainings and paediatric modules of other trainings; organize and facillite trainings 
• Analyse activities in his/her field of expertise
• Assure representation within and outside of MSF
• Collaborate with the management of paediatric HR

Provide support to the field

• Give technical support to field programs through:
  • Respond to technical queries, discuss paediatric cases, provide feedback on context adaptation of protocols 
  • Field visits
  • Collaborate with the medical responsible in the concerned operational cell and relevant medical department referents.

• Give strategic support to field programs on child health issues through:
  • Collaborate with the medical responsible in the concerned operational cell to provide strategic direction to the field.
  • Participate in patio, comité de projets, annual review of operations meetings
  • Contribute to the definition of indicators necessary for monitoring medical activities in the field

• Assure the technical briefing & debriefing of paediatricians, general practicioners, nurses, medical and field coordinators returning from or leaving for MSF paediatric field missions, and follow-up on specific issues/concerns with the coordinators and medical responsible of the respective cell.

• Assure the implementation of paediatric issues at field level through mobile implementing officers

Co-define medical policies, strategies and technical norms related to paediatrics

• Identify major gaps in paediatric care in the field and recommend strategies to address these
• Give guidance for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health services in the field, including goals or targets for children´s health and services
• Recommend horizontal integrated child management strategies in IPD, OPD, and the community at large
• Recommend strategies for the reduction of paediatric mortality and morbidity in different contexts, during different kind of operations, and for different age brackets.
• Ensure coherence with policies and strategies developped and validated by medical referents in vertical topics or transversal domains (vaccination, nutrition, infectious diseases, surgery….)

Work on specific child technical dossiers, including research

• Remain current regarding medical literature and innovative context-adapted tools and equipment
• Develop, update or validate specific paediatric technical documents, protocols, guidelines
• Develop a relevant network of external stakeholders on his/her dossier
• Attend relevant congresses and conferences
• Identify major operational knowledge gaps, propose and submit ideas/concepts for operational research, collaborate with conception/preparation/implementation/analysis/dissemination of paediatric related research and follow up on ongoing research.
• Support, monitor/follow up and evaluate the use of telemedicine

Update or validate content of paediatric trainings and paediatric modules of other trainings; organize and facillite trainings

• Determine the content or validate paediatric trainings and paediatric modules in other trainings for MSF-OCB expatriates and National staff and international trainings if required.
• Organize and facilitate the paediatric trainings and paediatric modules in other trainings and intersectional trainings (when hosted by OCB).
  

Analyse activities in his/her field of expertise

• Analyse the data in his/her field of expertise and regulary share this analysis with the relevant stakeholder 
• Follow-up and monitor activities related to his/her dossier 
• Evaluate paediatric projects and paediatric activities through field visits, debriefings, report-reading, etc.
• Capitalize the MSF experience in his/her field of expertise and disseminate lessons learned 
• Support annual paediatric activity report writing

Assure representation within and outside MSF

• Take part in discussion platforms in MSF-OCB and give feedback on peadiatric issues (referents, AAU, Access campaign, AMR, operational platforms, etc.)
• Participate in the international paediatric working group as extended member 
• Discuss and share experience in the field of peadiatric health within the movement and in external forums
• Participate to the international MSF paediatric scientific day and other MSF scientific days if relevant;
• Participate to the coordination week
• Identify possibilites of partnerships for paediatric technical and operational support
• Particpate to workshops, international expert groups organized by WHO, academic institutions or other validated initiatives
• Is the contact person for the communication department

Collaborate with the management of paediatric HR

• Co-support the HR on the organization of field paediatric positions

Profile

• You have a master degree in communication management, communication sciences, strategic communications, journalism, marketing or equivalent experience;

• You have at least 10 years relevant experience. Experience within the NGO sector is a plus;

• You can easily motivate and inspire people. You own persuasiveness, persistence and a certain amount of courage. You've already proven to be someone who can optimize the engagement, retention and loyalty of support base, volunteers and grassroots.

• You have excellent editorial, copywriting skills.

• You have strong communication skills: you can bring a positive message, recruiting and motivating. You use your talents to improve communication with the grassroots.

• You have commercial (marketing) skills and combines them with a warm heart for children’s rights & development

• You have demonstrable experience in management or coordination, you have organizational skills. You can work efficiently and effectively.

• You can translate the vision and strategy of KIYO into an accessible and convincing 360° communication

• You have a good feel about what KIYO needs and relies on facts to make decisions;

• You have experience with strategic thinking. You're good at thinking critically and analytically.

• You have experience or affinity in working with volunteers and youth.

• You are creative and innovative

• You have an excellent knowledge of social media and funding platforms. Knowledge of design programs and image processing is a plus.

• You have excellent language skills of Dutch, French and English. Knowledge of Portuguese is an asset.

• You have relations in the field of communication and/or media that can be sourced.

• You are sociable, positive attitude and confident

• You are abound of rights and children's rights, you can make it tangible, and sell it with enthusiasm

• You can come 'to the point' and enter into new partnerships

Offer

• You commit yourself for a social purpose in favor of the rights of children

• A part-time (80%) permanent contract effective immediately. Possibility to evolve to fulltime contract (100%) based on available budget.

• An exciting and challenging job that you can give substance yourself

• You work with enthusiastic, passionate colleagues in a growing organization

• A competitive salary at the level of the NGO sector (PC329.01 socio-cultural sector) to supplement with relevant seniority

• Fringe benefits: meal vouchers, 13th month, public transport commuting

• Additional training according to the needs of this function

• Flexible working hours and recovering overtime

• Place of employment: Brogniezstraat 46, 1070 Anderlecht (within walking distance of Brussels Midi station)

Apply

Send your CV & motivation letter to Iris Bogaerts: iris.bogaerts@kiyo-ngo.be before February 28, 2017.

Reference: Vacature_KIYO_COMM

We will contact you as of March 1 for one or more interview rounds (with test) between March 1-10, 2017.

For more information, contact Iris Bogaerts on 02 510 6193 or visit our website www.kiyo-ngo.be

KIYO NGO for Children’s rights is looking for:

Communication Coordinator

Part-time/fulltime (80% -100%) for an indefinite period

KIYO stands for "Kids & Youth”. All children and youth.

KIYO is an NGO (nongovernmental organization) for development recognized by DGD (Director General for Development Cooperation) and since 1977 fighting for the rights of the most vulnerable children. KIYO pays priority attention to children who are least able to protect themselves and teach them to stand-up for their rights through partnerships in the South and awareness razing in Belgium. This way KIYO contributes to an increased international solidarity for the realization of the rights of the child. KIYO also works in close  collaboration in a consortium with Geneeskunde Derde Wereld / Medicine Tiers Monde (G3W-M3M) (right to health) and Solidagro (right to food) to stand up for the human rights in the broader sense and to promote the right based approach in development cooperation.

In the coming years, KIYO wants to expand and strengthen her support base which allows to diffuse and multiply her children's rights mission, improve the notoriety of KIYO in an effective way and create greater support for the right based approach. To support these strategic and operational goals and growth of the organization, KIYO is looking for a Communication Coordinator.

Job description

The Communication coordinator leads up the communication strategy and its operationalization in order to contribute to the ambitious growth of KIYO. He/she coordinates and monitors the consistency of the message and operationalizes the various communication materials and channels. He/she reports to the program manager of KIYO and works closely with the regional offices and partnerships of KIYO. KIYO is looking for someone with experience in strategic communication and excellent writing skills.

Responsibilities

• You coordinate the formulation and implementation of the communication strategy of KIYO with the aim to broaden the support base of KIYO and strengthen, increase the notoriety of KIYO and spread the mission of children’s rights.
• You formulate clear objectives and outputs in terms of communication in an annual action plan and realizes them. You monitor the parallelism and manage the integration of joint campaigns with our partners.
• You stimulate and monitor the adhesion in the team and the coherence of the message in the various departments, projects and communication channels of KIYO. You ensure 360​​° communication in the different media.
• You update the communication charter of KIYO and implements it.
• You produce different communication materials for and about KIYO and its projects. You coordinate and coach volunteers and interns to support you in the production of visual and communication materials.
• You coordinate the dissemination of the message of KIYO in the press and media.
• You take care of the social media of KIYO (website, Facebook, twitter, newsletter, petitions ...)
• You organize awareness razing events.
• You support the fundraising department of KIYO.
• You coordinate and manage the communication teams in the South by formulating clear goals and you process the collected data to the necessary communication materials.
• You coordinate and manage your colleagues in Belgium by setting clear objectives in terms of communication within their projects and you process the collected data to the necessary communication material. You will work closely with other departments, project managers and collaborations;
• You frame engaged youth who are committed to contribute in spreading the message of KIYO on their initiative.
• You actively participate in the various relevant working groups with partners and networks in the field of communications and joint campaigns.

Professional Profile and Requirements • First degree in relevant subject • At least 5 – 10 years’ experience in developing countries including working in humanitarian settings • Background and experience in humanitarian programming, including in applying relevant tools and methods (project management, Core Humanitarian Standard, SPHERE standards, Humanitarian principles, etc.) • Strong understanding of disability inclusion and disability-inclusive Humanitarian Action • Experience in humanitarian networks for coordination, advocacy and influencing • Knowledge and understanding of key players and stakeholders in humanitarian action on global and regional levels • Experience in managing large programmes and multidisciplinary and multi-cultural teams Personal Profile & Competencies • Strategic thinking • Result orientation • Decisiveness • Building collaborative relationships • Global Perspective • Developing others • Managing performance • Persuasive communication • Initiative • Stress Management / high level of resilience • Computer literacy (Microsoft Office package) • Fluency in English (professional proficiency, spoken and written). Knowledge of French and/or Spanish would be an asset • Willingness to travel at short notice to difficult environments (e.g. countries struck by disaster) • Valid work permit for EU/ Schengen countries The future job holder adheres to CBM’s values and commits to CBM’s Child Safeguarding Policy. CBM encourages persons with disabilities to apply for this position. Candidates with the required profile and proven experience, who meet these qualifications, are invited to submit in English via e-mail, a meaningful cover letter and CV, to: recruitment@cbm.org All applicants must be authorised to work in EU/Schengen countries at the time of application.

Objective Reporting to the International Director, the position holder will lead on CBM’s global initiative in Inclusive Humanitarian Action - its planning and development, delivery, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, refinement, resourcing and promotion within the organisation and externally, and its linkages with CBM’s wider disability inclusive development work. Main tasks Strategy • Develop and oversee delivery of the initiative plan, including setting overall strategic objectives and geographic priorities • Support country planning processes and the development of emergency response contingency plans and preparedness with partner organisations • Ensure that Inclusive Emergency Response project proposals which are developed meet international humanitarian standards and quality for them to be presented to Member Associations for funding • External environment: Analyse policies, be up to date with the changing landscape of humanitarian action, identify mainstreaming opportunity and global policy development Management • Lead and manage the emergency response team at global, regional and country level for implementing the CBM emergency response initiative plan • Guide, coach and support staff in the delivery of the initiative, conduct annual key performance objectives and related annual performance appraisals • Promote the effective collaboration of initiative staff with country based staff and partners, Member Association staff and other stakeholders Programming • Ensure quality assurance of emergency response and preparedness programmes fulfil existing humanitarian standards, CBM technical requirements and disability inclusion good practices • Support the development of capacity of CBM’s existing partners in responding to emergency through the sharing of tools, guidelines and set up of contingency plans at the country level • Identify global potential partnerships with mainstream organisations and organisation of persons with disabilities to further foster inclusive humanitarian action • Support disaster/ conflict need assessments, response planning, monitoring and evaluations (at partner, country, regional, global levels) as needed • Ensure fundraising and communication material are produced according to set agreements with Member Associations Advocacy and Influencing • Engage with, support and influence alliance partners and relevant networks as identified in the initiative plan in support of initiative objectives • Engage in the development of global standards and guidelines for inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action. Quality Assurance • Set standards of quality for the initiative and the capacity requirements at different levels of the organisation to meet these standards • Oversee capacity building at country, regional and international levels as needed to meet these standards, including the delivery of training, coaching and mentoring as well as the development or updating of relevant training materials Evaluation and Research • Establish clear guidelines for programme evaluation and indicators, with alignment to CBM and global standards. Support collation and analysis of data gathered • Support the evaluation unit in setting up and commissioning independent programme evaluations for informing and further developing CBM’s initiative in inclusive humanitarian action • Support the research unit in commissioning research in order to inform and further develop CBM’s initiative in inclusive humanitarian action Resourcing and Promotion • Work with fundraising teams to develop relevant communication on model programmes and good practice for marketing and fundraising • Identify funding opportunities from institutional and other major donors, in coordination with CBM Member Associations • Pursue opportunities to work in consortia in order to leverage the impact of CBM’s initiative

We are looking for

• Technical education (technician, engineer) in ICT.
• Amateur radio License or Maritime radio certificate is an asset.
• Experience in MSF or other NGO’s in similar contexts will be an advantage.
• Experience in coaching and training of staff.
• Good communication skills
• Good analytical skills.
• Proactive and willing to propose innovative ideas and solutions rapidly.
• Ability to set priorities, plan and organize his/her own work in stressful environmental.
• Result, quality & service oriented.
• Good teamwork and cooperation capacity / excellent team player.
• Mobile & flexible.
• Practical experience in network administration (Firewall, DHCP, VPN, etc.).
• Good oral and written communication in English and French (any additional operational language is an asset).

What we offer

• 1 year “MIO contract”, full time, position based in Brussels but mainly carried out (up to 70% of the time) in the field.
• Field position: salary according to MSF-OCB Field salary scale.
• Starting date : immediate

Deadline for applications 06^th of March 2017

Application (CV + cover letter) to be sent to Recruit-HQ-DG@brussels.msf.org with “MIO ICT” in the subject.

Context

According with ICT vision @ MSF Today; agile, field-inspired and user-centric we aim to drive MSF towards digitally enabled humanitarian operation

We build, implement, maintain, and continuously improve IS architecture, IT services and infrastructure that support MSF operations’ agility and efficiency. We enable new and more effective ways of working, and we enhance transversal collaboration between functional departments.

The Raison d’être of the MIO ICT is because MSF operational activities requires Telecommunication network and ICT infrastructure in order to run and coordinate operation in the field.

S/he will be able to give support to the field. S/he will be coordinated with ICT Service Desk Team Leader to improve and/or implement MSF processes, tools and techniques related. S/he will be proactive to evaluate and propose solutions in line to her/his technical domain.

The MIO ICT is part of the ICT Unit, under the functional supervision of ICT Service Desk Team Leader, who develops and validates the technical aspects related with installation, maintenance of Telecom and ICT infrastructure under the hierarchical supervision of the ICT Coordinator.

The aim of the MIO ICT is to implement or improve practices in the field for an effective and efficient management, functioning and correct use of all ICT/Telecom equipment, network and software which ensure continuity of MSF medical activities. S/he assists the setup of ICT and Telecom in starting or running mission in terms of Human Resources, Technical Workshop and training according to MSF framework.

Job Profile

Technical support

 

• To support the ICT/Telecom field officer on ICT/Telecom equipment installation and maintenance.
• To support the ICT/Telecom field officer on functional evaluation of ICT/Telecom setup as well as in proposing new solutions.
• To support the ICT/Telecom field officer to increase the abilities and capacities of the ICT/Telecom field.
• To improve and/or implement in the field MSF protocols, tools and techniques related to ICT/Telecom equipment.
• To support the ICT/Telecom field officer to solve interdisciplinary technical problems affecting the optimal functionality of the ICT/Telecom equipment with regards infrastructural concerns, electrical, among others.
• To support Telecom referent & ICT field support staff in 3rd line support tools development, such as protocols for testing ICT/Telecom innovation product or referential documents for management of equipment and maintenance.

 

Prepare and deliver ICT training to end-users, key-users and field ICT/logistics personnel

• Ensure the training and coaching of the local ICT/Telecom officer and Logistician to be able to support the ongoing and new projects on ICT and Telecommunications procedures and troubleshooting
• Prepare and update relevant technical documentation and policies, and communicate it through appropriate channels.

 Miscellaneous

• Evaluate in the field the possibilities and advantages of intersectional ICT/Telecom collaboration.
• Search for hardware and software solutions tailored to the needs of users, and meeting the specific requirements of the MSF operational environment.
• Testing of new technologies and solutions.