SCIENTIFIC MANAGER (F/H/X)

at  Mdecins Sans Frontires Lu

DÉTAILS DE L’ANNONCE

Organisation : Médecins Sans Frontières - Lu
Site web : https://www.msf.lu
Lieu de l’emploi : Luxembourg ville / Luxembourg
Type d’emploi : Contrat à durée déterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Coordination
Date de publication : 29/10/2024
Date limite : 24/11/2024

DESCRIPTION

MSF, or Médecins Sans Frontières, is an international humanitarian association that has been providing medical aid to populations whose lives are threatened for over 50 years. MSF operates in over 70 countries, mainly in the event of armed conflict, epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters or exclusion from healthcare. Independent of all political, religious or military powers, and with over 95% of its funding provided by private donations, MSF acts impartially, based on an assessment of medical needs. The MSF section in Luxembourg is made up of two entities: on the one hand, the non-profit association,
which since 1986 has been the member entity of the MSF Movement; it currently has a staff of 35, divided between management-finance-HR, the operational research unit (LuxOR) and the Fundraising and Communications department. And secondly, the MSF Foundation for Humanitarian Research, whose
purpose, according to its current bylaws, is to:

• to work to improve public health in low- and middle-income countries

• to increase training in the field of public health, particularly through operational research (OR). These efforts may be carried out in conjunction and/or collaboration with universities, research centers or any other institution;

• to increase the development of resources in the field of operational research applied to humanitarian action, through effective and results-oriented models targeting front-line workers and decision-makers, such as the SORT IT initiative;
• The MSF Foundation for Humanitarian Research reserves the right to award research grants to researchers whose work is closely related to MSF’s Operational Research Unit based in Luxembourg (LuxOR). The foundation may take on the management of the initiative’s LuxOR-related OR fellows, including the management of their career development, the provision of further training and the reinforcement of PhD-level training opportunities with the foundation’s and LuxOR’s academic partners;

• Create a forum for debate on humanitarian issues and promote the concept of humanitarian action in Luxembourg. In particular, it will aim to:

  o Generate original ideas and innovative thinking;
  o Bring together experts on humanitarian issues;
  o Organize and lead debates on humanitarian issues; and
  o Produce studies and publications.
  Around the central, but non-limitative objective of increasing the quality of humanitarian action and encouraging the persistence of the effects induced by humanitarian action; and To support the activities of Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg asbl as defined in the association’s object.
  To help implement these objectives, MSF Luxembourg is looking for a :

ROLE :

Reporting to the General Director of MSF Luxembourg, he/she is responsible for defining and designing the
Foundation’s activities, in close collaboration with the Médecins Sans Frontières Luxembourg team. He/she supervises the Foundation’s administrative and financial officer.

THIS ACTIVITY CONSISTS - AMONG OTHER THINGS - OF THESE TASKS:

o Consult with relevant stakeholders (LuxOR, the Foundation’s Scientific Committee, and other operational research entities within MSF) ;
o Understand the strategic issues surrounding OR, its development within the Movement and in other relevant contexts
o Make proposals for action and support the decision-making process of the Foundation’s Board of Directors and Scientific Committee;
o Design projects in line with the set strategy. Ensure that monitoring indicators are used to enable regular evaluations of projects, which could contribute to strategic adjustments;

o Report regularly on the current portfolio of activities and progress made to the relevant bodies (notably the Board of Directors);

• Convert the strategic plan into coherent action plans with clearly formulated roles and responsibilities;