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For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM currently works in 46 countries across all continents where it focuses on 4 priority areas: caring for the health of migrants and displaced persons, promoting sexual and reproductive health, combating HIV and reducing the harm and risks associated with drug use, crises and conflicts.

Between 2003 and 2013, Médecins du Monde (MdM) intervened in Bong County - north-central of the country - in support to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) and Bong County Health Team (BoCHT) implementing a number of programs which contributed to improve access to health services for the general population and the expansion of the Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS). 2014, MdM started a new programme in Monrovia (Montserrado County) aiming at ensuring the provision of health care, psychosocial support and access to rehabilitation services for marginalized people in the ghettos.

Since the beginning of 2014, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are experienced an unprecedented Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic. In Liberia, the first wave of the epidemic (March 17–April 30) affected 5 counties with 6 EVD confirmed cases out of 26 cumulative total and 11 deaths. The second wave which started in June is evolving fast. The government has instituted a 90 day state of emergency, and has closed borders and deployed its military personnel to assist in the containment of the epidemic. As of August the 28th, 2014 a cumulative total (confirmed, probable and suspected) of 1590 cases including 896 deaths (CFR of 56.3%) have been reported. The distribution of cases shows that 2 Counties (Lofa and Montserrado) are the most affected with Lofa County being the epicenter of the epidemic. The situation of EVD epidemic is gradually deteriorating to emergency humanitarian crisis with limited access to health care for the non-EVD patients, a security threat following the sealing off of West Point in Monrovia, the rising of commodity prices, a limited access to food for the quarantine population (Lofa, Bomi, Dolo’s Town/Margibi and West Point/Montserrado) and logistics and coordination constraints at all levels.

MdM is currently scaling up its activities in response to Ebola to achieve the following objectives:

1. To reduce transmission EVD transmission rates by reinforcing community awareness of EVD prevention techniques, and to strengthen community participation in EVD prevention programs in four (4) zones of Montserrado County (Objective 5 of Liberia Emergency Ebola Epidemic Response Plan) 
2. To support five health facilities in Montserrado County offer appropriate and safe health services to the population (population base of 600,000), including measures to avoid EVD cross-contamination. 

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Deputy General Coordinator based in Monrovia works in close collaboration with the General Coordinator, mostly to implement the EVD emergency response in Montserrado County. He/she supports the General Coordinator mostly in the following responsibilities: operational management, representation, reporting (internal and external), security analysis and management, base management.

More specifically, you:

1) Management and Monitoring of existing programmes

• Supervise MdM daily project activities in Monrovia: schedules, movements, monitoring, organization of meetings. 
• Hold daily/weekly coordination meetings to ensure an effective communication and cooperation between all departments, acting as a link with the General Coordination and the technical advisors in Paris. 
• Monitor and evaluate on a regular basis the programme’s implementation in accordance with the established programme timeframe and objectives established. 
• Contribute to definition/review of activities on a regular basis 
• In coordination with the General coordinator and HQ technical advisor, ensure and supervise any research work/assessment in the field. 
• Ensure all necessary reporting: drafting of project proposals, interim and/or final reports, concept notes, etc. in collaboration with the General coordinator and the Desk Officer. 

2) Internal and external communication

• In close coordination with the general coordinator, representation functions towards partners and local/national authorities: maintain regular contact with local partners and international stakeholders 
• Represent MDM-F authorities when required. 
• Contribute to monthly reports along with the general coordinator 
• Contribute to stakeholders communication/advocacy initiatives when feasible/requested. 

3) Security analysis and management

• In conjunction with the General Coordinator and the logistics team, monitor and centralise information about security developments within Monrovia and Liberia in general on weekly basis. 
• Analyse how the situation develops, liaise with other organisations on security 
• Design security plans and rules along with General coordinator and logistics team 
• Provide the General Coordinator with weekly and monthly security-related feedback and systematically report in writing any security incident involving the MDM-F teams. 

4) Manage human resources

• Apply in close cooperation with the base administrator, MDM’s HR policies in Liberia 
• Support and lead the team, unite the team around the projects, motivate the team, share all task among the team accordingly with their position and needs of the program, supervise their work and ensure a proper workload for all team member. 

5) General context follow-up

• Follow-up and be updated on the general context in Liberia in general and in Monrovia in particular, to analyse potential impact and evolutions that might affect the situation in the Deputy as well as MDM-F strategy, activities and security.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Starting: ASAP 
• Duration: 6 months 
• Contract : EMPLOYEE (French contract) 
• Fixed term contract 

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

• Experience in a similar position 
• Experience of project management abroad is essential 
• Experience of team management is essential. 
• Field experience under potentially hazardous safety conditions 
• Ability to classify and to manage priorities 
• Organisational skills, rigor 
• Excellent knowledge of Windows environment (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point...) 
• Good management and communication qualities 
• Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability, capacity to take initiatives 
• Skills in writing proposals 
• Experience in projects funded by international donors 
• Interest or experience in women’s health based right approach appreciated 
• Legal experience or knowledge 
• Knowledge of Liberia / West Africa an asset 
• You will be committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and be motivated by its non-statutory, Not-For-Profit model 
• Languages: Fluent English (oral and written) mandatory 

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