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.