Head Of Mission Support

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

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  Location: Kampala, Uganda

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  Category: Administration

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  Job Type: N/A

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  Salary ( UGX) : Monthly

BACKGROUND

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an International independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from health care.

MSF offers assistance to people based on need irrespective of race, religion, gender or Political affiliation. “Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?

At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification. We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability, status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.” MSF Support Unit Kampala (SUKA) is looking to recruit a suitable candidate for the position below;

Job: HEAD OF MISSION SUPPORT
Duty station : KAMPALA
Start of work: 2025
Contract Type: Full Time

MAIN PURPOSE:
This position is responsible for supporting the Head of Mission (HoM) in security management and coordination tasks, contributing to networking and country /regional context analysis and follow-up, management of information and internal communication, according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to facilitate the mission coordination tasks.

Key Accountabilities:
Networking:

• Produce regional context analysis highlighting the latest social, economic, political and security trends with (potential) impact on the security and humanitarian contexts.

• Assist the HoM in dissemination of relevant context information to the coordination team and neighbouring missions on key issues.

• Develop and maintain a network of contacts in order to share information on the regional context.

• Analyzing the risks and the security level of the context of the mission and assisting in conducting risk assessments and in the development of security plans.

Communication:

• Guide and facilitate the management of MSF information and essential records and documents of the mission, while following MSF policies and guidelines. • Support in media mapping, maintaining key contacts for communication dissemination.

• In support to the Head of mission and management team, contribute to the internal communication for Suka staff and MSF community and partners (newsletter, internal website, etc.).

Administrative support:

• Support during management team meetings with minute taking, information organisation, report preparation etc.

• On request of the HoM, participate in the elaboration of different mission strategic documents, contributing to the mission´s strategic planning and objectives.

• Writing letters and correspondences to officials and partners and preparing reports, internal memos and formal requests.

Requirements:
Education: Bachelor of Mass Communication, or Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. A Masters in Social Science with (Political Science) as a speciality is an added advantage.

Experience: Experience in humanitarian work, and a strong understanding of country context analysis and experience working on political, security and humanitarian issues.

Knwoledge: Computer proficiency in MS Excel and Word, Good analytical skills, Good at figures and economics data, Excellent communication and diplomatic skills, including writing skills.

Competences: People Management, Commitment to MSF Principles, Behavioural Flexibility, Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation.

Language: English and basic French are prerequisites for this role.

“Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter and a detailed CV merged together in a SINGLE PDF or WORD document to the HR department via email to msfch-kampala-recruitment@geneva.msf.org by the 10th of May 2025 at 5:00 PM with the title of position as subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates meeting the above criteria will be contacted. No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favouritism, will be tolerated in the recruitment process.

MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the Justice System.”

Planning & Design Officer for Construction Interested candidates should complete their application in English or in French (5MB max) by following the link below: https://shorturl.at/0grrG

The deadline for application is 15.05.2025. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.