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About the Role

The MSF USA Ebola Focal Point will act as the centralized point of contact for an efficient emergency staffing response, coordinating essential information flow, processes, and resources pertaining to the Ebola outbreak response. This temporary role, with an anticipated duration of 6 months, is vital for addressing the current public health emergency.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate MSF USA Ebola response multi-disciplinary team and act as Team Lead overseeing preparedness, implementation, and follow-up of the staffing response.
• Report regularly on MSF USA response, challenges, achievements, and plans.
• Serve as a point of contact for non-medical matters for the OC SHU Ebola Focal points.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure MSF-USA policies for post-return surveillance and employment are approved and compliant with US specific and MSF standards.
• Support IHROs and P&C department in confirming OC and MSF-US pre-departure and post-return requirements.
• Oversee the department’s Ebola action planning tool, ensuring adequate support and resources are available to the team.
• Liaise with P&C subunits and other relevant stakeholders to ensure optimal communication and information sharing.
• Conduct Ebola-specific briefings/debriefings for Mobile Staff.
• Coordinate pre-departure health-related questions.
• Work in close collaboration with the Global Mobility team to manage staff movements to and from the Ebola context.
• Liaise with the Director of US Health Unit to finalize return plans for staff based on risk assessment, MSF-USA policy, and local health authority guidelines.
• Conduct regular check-ins with staff during their monitoring period post return.
• Refer medical questions/concerns to the Director of US Health Unit.
• Update internal Ebola knowledge management repository on Sharepoint.
• Provide comprehensive wrap-up/lessons learned assessment at the end of the intervention.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with and commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Adherence to MSF safeguarding principles, culture, and standards.
• Genuine interest in and commitment to the humanitarian principles of MSF.
• Minimum 2 years of international humanitarian experience in supervisory/coordination roles.
• Demonstrated understanding of, and prior experience with, HR policies applicable to international mobile staffing.
• Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business travel.

Skills

• Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on employee relations, corporate values, policies, and legal requirements.
• Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training on developing, monitoring, interpreting, and understanding policies and procedures.
• THOUGHT: How MSF USA staff understand the organization, manage complexity, and contribute by creating the new and different.
• People Focus: Builds strong relationships and delivers solutions geared to aiding others.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Global Perspective: Takes a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.
• Cultivates Innovation: Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Strategic Mindset: Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
• Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Values Differences: Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Builds Effective Teams: Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Manages Conflict: Handles conflict situations effectively.
• Builds Networks: Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Drives Vision and Purpose: Paints a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.
• Instills Trust: Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Manages Ambiguity: Operates effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.
• Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
• Being Resilient: Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.
• Plans and Aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with MSF-USA goals.
• Financial Acumen: Interprets and applies understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Tech Savvy: Anticipating and adopting innovations in organizational digital and technology applications.
• Data Collection and Analysis: The ability and skill to determine and analyze trends from data.
• Project Management Skills: The ability and skill to plan and manage small project work assignments.
• Presentation and Written Communication Skills: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
• Organizational Insight: Applying knowledge of MSF-USA and the industry to advance the organization’s goals.

Location

• NYC (Hybrid- in office Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Minimum 2 years of international humanitarian experience in supervisory/coordination roles

Salary/Compensations

• $78,399 to $117,599 annually

About the Company

• Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international organization that provides medical care to the people who need it most.
• The organization cares for people affected by conflict, disease outbreaks, disasters, and social exclusion in more than 70 countries.
• MSF offers medical humanitarian assistance solely based on need, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or politics.
• Our international project teams include medical, logistical, and administrative staff, most of them hired locally and working with their own communities.
• Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence, impartiality, and neutrality.
• We also bear witness and speak out about the experiences of our colleagues and patients.
• MSF USA is one of 24 sections supporting the global movement, primarily through staff recruitment, fundraising, advocacy, and communications.
• We welcome candidates who bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us in working toward MSF’s social mission.

Equal Opportunity

• MSF-USA is dedicated to creating a diverse, impartial, and inclusive workforce.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences as per applicable laws.
• We seek a diversity of experience and skills for our workplace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our openings.
• We also provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.
• We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented communities in the Humanitarian Aid sector to apply.