Medecins Sans Frontieres NGO Jobs in Kenya

Medecins Sans Frontieres Design Lead NGO Jobs in Kenya

Médecins Sans Frontières is an international independent medical humanitarian organization, which offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
The MSF movement is built around five operational directorates supported by 23 sections and offices worldwide. MSF OCBA is one of those directorates. The operations are implemented by 41 field teams, 20 mission coordination teams and organizational units based in Barcelona, Athens, Nairobi and Buenos Aires. The field operations are guided and supported by 5 Operational Cells, the Emergency Unit and other supporting departments, including the Medical and Logistic departments, Organization & Systems and the Displacement Unit.

Background

The Displacement Unit (DU) is an extension of the MSF Nairobi Unit. It was created as part of OCBA’s specialization plan for the decentralized units, a strategy to improve the quality of the OCBA operations by placing diverse capacities in regional hubs. The DU aims at identifying operational chal-lenges and needs in the field, and at promoting and setting up innovative and multidisciplinary projects at the heart of the Nairobi humanitarian hub.

With a particular focus on the support of displaced populations, the DU is continually engaging with a range of local and international partners to develop a dynamic network of expertize in the field of innovation and humanitarian healthcare provision. Ongoing projects include the development of an ICT based platform for remote healthcare provision in Jordan, the assessment and diffusion of non-standard ideas implemented in the field, and coordination of a toolkit design for decentralized medical activities.

Objectives of the Position

This position is the focal point for initiation of DU projects and the motor of creative thinking in the DU. Hierarchically, this position reports to the Head of the Displacement Unit.

More specifically the ‘Design Lead’ should: