Internship For Last Year Students Or Recently Graduated Students

I. MSF INTERNATIONAL Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSF’s 19 sections, 23 associations and other offices together. Based in Geneva, MSF International provides coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implements international projects and initiatives as requested. II. PURPOSE OF THE JOB The Assistant to the Humanitarian Advocacy Representative in the Middle East (hereafter “the Assistant”) supports the Humanitarian Advocacy Representative in the Middle East in some aspects of advocacy and humanitarian diplomacy activities for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). III. PLACE IN THE ORGANISATION The Assistant reports to the Humanitarian Advocacy Representative in the Middle East. The Assistant interacts with the Humanitarian Advocacy and Representation Team (HART) and the Humanitarian Advocacy and Representation Coordinator (HARC) in Geneva. IV. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES The Assistant will be responsible of: • Researching organisation’s and potential advocacy targets to assist the HART in developing relevant networks in support of MSF operational needs in the Middle East. • Conducting research and preparing dossiers on key issues or contexts in support of advocacy and networking activities as needed. • Monitoring and tracking of specific issues as assigned to ensure adequate follow up. • Drafting formal correspondence, including meeting requests and following up on letters to external contacts. • Attending meetings, internal and external, upon request and rapidly write up minutes and/or meeting reports to ensure timely feedback to the HART and MSF operations. • Editing or drafting reports, speaking points and other documents upon request. • Setting up and maintaining a database of external contacts. • Organises external meetings with advocacy targets from the United Nations, NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent movement and other actors in Lebanon and abroad. • Follows up over time of specific executive dossiers as assigned by the Humanitarian Advocacy Representative in the Middle East on related progresses and development and draws up working papers / discussion papers for the various meetings when needed. • Any other task upon request from the Middle East Humanitarian Diplomacy Advisor, such as reading papers/ research articles and writing summaries/commentaries. V. TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT Ability to travel, primarily within the Middle East, in order to facilitate meetings or research as needed.