BACKGROUND

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international independent humanitarian medical 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.

MSF is looking to recruit a suitable candidate for the position below:

Job: STAFF HEALTH FOCAL POINT
Duty station: Kampala
Department: Medical
Advert posting date: 5th of October 2022
Start of work: November
Contract Duration: Open Term – 3 months probation

MAIN PURPOSE
Support the Medical Coordinator through delegated tasks and responsibilities, including administrative tasks related to national and International staff health.

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Accountabilities:

  • Apply the national staff employee health and social policy.
  • Responsible for implementing, linking/communicating, monitoring/following up national staff health policy and international staff health needs
  • In collaboration with the HR team participate in updating the national staff health and social policy
  • Ensure all new staff are oriented about the health policy
  • Provide First Aid and refer to health facility medical emergencies occurring within the Kampala Office
  • Organize staff health promotion and education events
  • Organize staff vaccination campaigns in the mission against Hepatitis, tetanus, Covid 19 and ensure that the vaccination database is updated
  • In consultation with Medco, Update staff leaves forms upon verification of the Doctors’ notes
  • Perform annual contact updates of the medical specialists/ hospitals/clinics
  • Support the medical coordinator in briefing international staff arrivals about health risks, prevention, and access to health facilities
  • Support international staff to make appointments
  • Brief all staff coming to Uganda via Kampala for Ebola assignment, and ensure that they follow the Sops.
  • Follow individual staff coming from Ebola assignments and staying in Kampala
  • Ensure the application of Ebola preventive measures in the MSF offices
  • Update IPC measures for other diseases such as Covid 19
  • Work with the Pharmacy Coordinator to ensure that the First Aid kits in MSF cars, Guest Houses, and the medical emergency boxes are up to date
  • Collect information from Insurance health providers, analyze/ prepare and share/present a quarterly staff health utilization report and recommend action points as per the report analysis

Education Essential: Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine & Surgery. Must be registered with the UMDC
Experience

  • Essential previous experience of at least 2 years in similar or relevant positions.
  • Desirable previous experience in MSF or other NGOs in developing countries.

Languages

  • Knowledge Mission language (English) and local language essential
  • Essential computer literacy (word, excel, and internet)

Desirable knowledge of basic mechanics
Competencies

  • Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioral Flexibility, Commitment to MSF Principles.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter and a detailed CV, academic documents, and work certificates merged together in a SINGLE PDF or WORD document with the applicant’s name & job title in the subject line to the HR department via email;
Deputy HR Coordinator
Médecins Sans Frontières
Muyenga Office
E-mail : msff-kampala-recruitment@paris.msf.org

NOTE: The candidature files will not be returned.
NOTE: Only persons responding to the job profile will be contacted for a written test and/or interview.

No monetary, good, or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruiting process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system.

Deadline for receiving applications: 12th October 2022 at 17h00

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