Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international medical humanitarian association founded in 1971, provides medical assistance to populations facing life-threatening crises, mainly armed conflicts, but also epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF's French section is present in some thirty countries. We are looking for a Regional Technical Referent – Biomed/Energy.
Reporting to the OCP Technical Support Manager.
Activities :
Participate in defining the technical policies
- Participate with the POS Technical Referent in the definition of technical policies by providing knowledge of your specialty according to the department's strategy and policies.
- Monitor the application of the procedures of your specialty in the missions of your geographical coverage.
Be the guarantor of techniques and tools for their specialty
- Draft land procedures adapted to the mission environment and ensure their application.
- Participate in R&D for new equipment or practices.
- Research innovative practices and techniques.
- Keep abreast of technical developments in your specialty.
- Take into account the needs and constraints of local users.
Provide advice and support to field and cell teams
- Be the first line of support for OCP missions.
- Advise and support Cell Coordinators and Logistics Managers in making decisions relating to their technical specialties.
- Carry out field visits according to a frequency defined in the technical policies.
- Participate in the budgeting of missions in their specialty.
Be responsible for monitoring and analyzing your activity
- Participate in defining the referential required for monitoring and reporting tools.
- Analyze the components of your activity for all missions at least once a year.
- Monitor activities in the field and maintain the Basics of the missions in your geographical coverage, in particular through frequent technical visits.
Contribute to the development of cross-functionality
- Share information and knowledge, develop the ability to work with other departments on cross-functional projects.
Contribute to skills transfer
- Contribute to training modules in your field.
- Train teams of field specialists.
- Maintain a high level of competence in your field among its employees, especially the Logistics Coordinators.
Framing
- Participate in the recruitment of country specialists.
- Monitor the progress of country specialists' technical objectives.
Participate in the annual evaluation of country specialists
