Humanitarian Affairs Officer

Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

 

Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

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Summary

• Vacancy: 1
• Location: Dhaka (Kamrangirchar)
• Minimum Salary: Tk. 95000 (Monthly)
• Experience: At least 2 years
• Published: 14 Aug 2024

 

Requirements

Education

Education Essential degree in Law, Humanitarian affairs, Political Sciences or related university degree.

Experience

• Essential previous working experience of at least two years in research, analysis and advocacy
• Essential experience with MSF or other NGOs.
• Desirable working experience in developing countries.

Knowledge Knowledge Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Languages Mission language (English) and Local language (Bengali) essential.

Experience

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
  NGO

Responsibilities & Context

CORE TASKS:

• Implement the already developped project advocacy strategy by creating actionable objectives and establishing routes for execution, in line with community needs and the health priorities outlined in the project plan.

• Develop a theory of change position as it relates to MSF Kamrangirchar project activities with a view to longer term vision of advocacting best practices in urban health programming.

• Act as an interlocutor between project departments to ensure collection, reflection and transfer of health information, research, and community data as it relates to project advocacy areas.

• Monitor and compile regular updates on the context as it relates to project activities to increase the leverage capacity and impact of MSF lobbying in line with operational plans.

• Draft ad hoc lobbying points and internal/external reports in relation to main medical, preventive, and public health concerns in Kamrangirchar and the wider context.

• Advise PC on perception related to positioning and operational strategy with a particular view on increasing local/national visibility and ensuring good acceptance for MSF project presence.

• Keep abreast of the national/local customs and legal basis as it relates to affecting advocacy and change agenda.

DATA ANALYSIS

• In close coordination with medical/clinical departments, initiate discussion to reflect on and interpret health information, and translate these into advocay reccomendations and practical implementation.

• Undertake and regularly review actor mapping and stakeholders’ analysis while providing support to the PC for the management of relations with local authorities.

• Provide discourse analysis to inform MSF positioning in terms of political/ operational environment (regulation frameworks, trade and economic developments etc.).

REPRESENTATION – COMMUNICATION

• Support networking needs by participating in relevant domestic civil society, professional groups (doctors’/nurses’ associations), INGOs and local academics/universities.

• Identify potential partners for coalition building (academic institutions, local NGOs, governmental offices / authorities etc.), prepare planning for long term partnerships building.

• Define, draft and review advocacy messages (including communications and dissemination strategies) to raise awareness of medical-humanitarian issues faced in Kamrangirchar.

• Collaborate with outreach/community engagement team to improve information sharing, dialogue and exchange of knowledge with the Kamrangirchar community, key influencers, and stakeholders in line with project advocacy strategy.

• When needed interact with the international MSF advocacy network (reflection centres, HART, ACCESS) to provide updated contextualized content.

• Provide recommendations and be a propositional voice for opportunistic communications (unplanned) from operations/health activities’ analysis.

ON REQUEST

• Undertake field assessments (in relation to data gathering/context analysis or exploratory missions) and other work-related traveling as required.

Compensation & Other Benefits

• Weekly 2 holidays, Medical allowance

This position is based on 8 months contract (Approximately) according to level-Eight (Level-8) of the internal MSF salary grid (BDT 95000 Gross/Month). Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction from salary based on current income tax rule. 2 annual leave days per month worked. Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Recruited Staff

Employment Status

Full Time

Job Location

Dhaka (Kamrangirchar)

Job Highlights

Contribute to the development of humanitarian affairs activities in the Mission by supporting the Management Coordination Team in the analysis of context, humanitarian situation, security and in the definition of advocacy strategies.

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