Médecins du Monde Humanitarian Access and Safety Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

Médecins du Monde Humanitarian Access and Safety Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

For more than 40 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 30 countries across all continents where it focuses on 5 priority areas: emergency and crisis, sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction, migrants and displaced populations (health rights), health and environment.

MdM France has been working in Ethiopia since 1986 in different types of projects from long-term interventions to emergency response. MdM France has concentrated its efforts on projects related to basic access to primary health care (projects centred on rural health facilities and isolated populations), reduction of maternal mortality through improved quality of obstetric care, promotion of sexual and reproductive health rights including protection against gender based violence, provision of mental health and psychosocial support and reduction of malnutrition.

After a period of uncertainty, the mission has recently significantly grown. Although the Covid-19 pandemic was a challenge for the teams and the programming, in 2020 and 2021 it has expended with its current programming in Semera (Afar) and Chinaksen (Oromia) where MdM France leads a consortium with COOPI and MdM Germany, and solid prospects for intervention in connection with the conflict in some parts of the country.

The mission has also reshaped after the handover of its project in Somali region to MdM Germany in May 2021. In 2023, MdM should start new activities in Tigray, for the first time since the start of the war.

The current 2 projects operated by Mdm France are the following:

Afar Region: primary health care in Yalo area, risk reduction for female sex workers in Logia area, with project offices in Semera
Oromia Region: primary health care in Chinaksen
The coordination office is based in Addis Ababa.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the general coordinator, you are responsible for the development and implementation of the security pack and the monitoring and control of the safety and security of people and assets.

You will improve contextual analysis, build a network, support operational management and strengthen the security capacities of the mission to advise and support the general coordinator.

Your Main Responsibilities Are:

Context Analysis

Carry out a thorough analysis of the security situation in the current and potential areas of intervention

Develop and update the risk analysis for all activity locations

Regularly follow and consolidate the security events database

Security Management

Follow with logistics department all protection measures to be implemented

Participate in the review of security procedures

Ensure that the elements of the contingency plan are regularly revised

Support the general coordinator and logistics department in developing an access strategy

Support the logistics department in monitoring movements

Provide to the general coordinator with valuable information on what indicators will trigger staff movements

Constantly liaise and make sure the updated list of relocatable staff is

shared to INSO

Participate in the management of security incidents

Immediately inform the general coordinator of any incident

Centralize mission incident reports

Support the relocation and evacuation process

Team Management and Capacity Building

Ensure full safety and security briefing and debriefing with the newcomers and with each team member moving to field locations

Identify training needs and build capacity on security management

Organise training and induction sessions

Participate in the recruitment of new team members

Manage and support team members

Carry out individual action plan and performance review

Reporting and Representation

Participate in the weekly MdM mission coordination meeting

Participate in humanitarian security meetings

Liaise with security peers of other INGOs and UN agencies

Ensure and coordinate the writing of a weekly security analysis report

Ensure smooth communication with key coordination members

Mapping

Create detailed maps of the intervention areas

Map the different actors, stakeholders and groups using software tools

Telecommunication Means

Work with the logistics department on defining the needs, installation and maintenance of telecommunication equipment

Ensure that all the telecommunication means related to security management are running and properly used

Define the communication plan for each field office location

Ensure training on radio, satellite phones, GPS trackers and mobile applications

Conditions of Employment:

Status : Employee

Contract : Fixed-term contract

Duration : 6 months

Starting date: as soon as possible

Gross monthly salary: 2940 euros

Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments - minimum of 6 months seniority required

Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)

Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered

Guesthouse housing

22.5 recovery days per year

5 weeks of paid leaves per year

Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee)

Insurance (repatriation…)

Teleworking agreement for positions eligible to telework: 110 days/year (2.5 days teleworking on average per week) with a minimum of 1 day per week onsite

Skills and Experience Needed:

Relevant university degree

Similar experience or a minimum of 3 years of experience working with international NGOs in high-risk humanitarian contexts Specific trainings in security management is an asset

Mastery of Office 365

Mastery of SharePoint/cloud systems

Use of tracking and mapping mobile applications

Experience in VHF radio system setup and training of users

Knowledge of data protection methods

Mapping softwares: ArcGIS QGIS or any other mapping tool

Autonomous

Good teamwork skills, good interpersonal skills

Sense of initiative and confidentiality

Rigor and organizational skills

Negotiation skills (diplomacy)

Ability to analyse, conceptualize and plan

Good writing and communication skills

Stress management

Languages : Fluent English (written and spoken) mandatory

Knowledge of French is an asset

You embrace the core values and support the proactive philosophy of Médecins du Monde

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Médecins du Monde Humanitarian Access and Safety Manager Jobs in Ethiopia

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