Humanitarian Affairs Officer

The role

You will help MSF highlight the impact of conflict and neglect on the people it serves and advocate for them. You will gather testimonies, analyze information and write unbiased reports, and advise on how MSF communicates and operates when access to medical care is threatened.

What you will do

• Use testimonies and stories to document the human impact of disasters and conflicts
• Gather information from communities, patients and staff
• Collate, analyze and write unbiased reports on a wide range of issues
• Develop a sensitive advocacy strategy
• Write reports on the exclusion of communities from medical care
• Give strategic advice on how MSF communicates its voice and principles
• Advise on operations and communication when access to communities in need is threatened

Required qualifications

• Minimum 2 years relevant professional experience in civil society, NGOs or humanitarian organizations, institutional or donor work, legal work, academic or research work, or humanitarian or human righ
• Minimum 1 year working in humanitarian or development contexts with proximity to populations
• Data collection skills, such as qualitative research, human rights monitoring or refugee casework
• Master's degree in anthropology, social or political sciences, law, gender studies, protection, international relations or another relevant subject
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and multi-task
• Ability to work within a diverse team
• Good understanding of current humanitarian debates and the dilemmas of modern humanitarian interventions
• Fluency in French

Nice to have

• Spanish, Arabic and/or Portuguese
• Previous experience with international NGOs, UN agencies, human rights organizations or protection

Benefits

• Salary and benefits as MSF employees
• Opportunities for multiple assignments and professional advancement in medical, non-medical and coordination fields

Before you apply

• Employment may be contingent on satisfactory reference checks and/or background screening
• Assignments may involve active conflict or post-conflict settings with inherent security risks; staff must follow strict security rules

About the company

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 70 countries. MSF USA is one of 24 sections supporting the global movement, mainly through recruitment, fundraising, advocacy and communications.