Project Coordinator

Responsibilities

As a project coordinator with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you plan, manage and develop our medical projects by ensuring all departments work together to provide high-quality care. Your responsibilities include operational management, human resources management, financial management, communications and representing MSF when liaising with local authorities.

The nature of MSF work involves inherent risk due to our commitment to people affected by conflict or in precarious situations – as project coordinator, you are ultimately responsible for safety and security at the project level.

You will play a key role in ensuring the quality and appropriateness of project activities and the implementation of MSF programs in-country. From conducting exploration into potential medical interventions, to overseeing teams of hundreds of staff, the role of project coordinators is incredibly varied and challenging.

Requirements

• Significant professional experience in team and project management within humanitarian organizations
• Demonstrated experience in supervising, managing, coaching and training others in multicultural and multidisciplinary contexts
• Experience in security management, preferably in conflict zones or emergency settings
• Excellent negotiation, diplomacy and problem-solving skills
• Flexibility and ability to work under stress in unstable environments
• Excellent command of English, as well as French (level B2) or another language (Arabic, Spanish). Refer to this evaluation grid
• Availability of six to 12 months and willingness to commit to MSF for several assignments

Assets

MSF Core Competencies

Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context