Regional Technical Coordinator (Middle East) Biomedical Engineer Vacancy

Médecins Sans Frontières, an international medical and humanitarian association founded in 1971, provides medical assistance to communities faced with crises endangering their survival. These crises typically take the form of armed conflict but also include epidemics, natural catastrophes and even exclusion from healthcare. The French section of MSF is present in some thirty countries worldwide. For a new position, we recruit a: REGIONAL TECHNICAL COORDINATOR (MIDDLE EAST) BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER (M/W) You are the first technical support for the MSF Coordination’ teams based in the Middle East, where MSF runs a number of medical programs (i.e in Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Palestinian Territories). As a RTC biomedical engineer, you are the first responder to questions coming from Coordinations and the MSF Projects on the field about biomedical activity. You also are the warrant of the respect of MSF logistic policy, guidelines and procedures. Activities : On collaboration with the Headquarter Biomedical Technical Referent and the Logistics Coordinator of the countries area, the RTC: Conducts scheduled visits in the countries within her/his geographic area, according to the terms of reference established by the Logistics Coordinator of the requesting country; Is the central point for technical support requests, and answers questions coming from the Logistics Coordinators in her/his geographic area, if necessary with the help of the Technical Advisor; Helps develop the visit schedules and proposes any modifications to the original schedule, as required by operational needs. Final validation of the schedules and/or modifications to them is/are the responsibility of the host country Logistics Coordinator working with the Technical Advisor; Is available to participate in emergency operations in her/his geographic area; Along with the Technical Advisor, helps define the policies related to her/his specialty area by providing feedback; Participates in R&D on equipment and/or practices in her/his specialty by taking part in testing campaigns and offering feedback on the projects in her/his geographic area. Analyses the components of her/his activity for all of the missions in her/his geographic area at least once a year; Drafts visit reports and an annual activity report. Under the direct responsibility of the Logistics Coordinator for the intervention country, the RTC: Responds to one-off missions at the request of the Logistics Coordinators for the countries in her/his geographic region; Helps recruit national technicians; Contributes to continuing education for the teams; Evaluates the technical level of the (national and international) specialists, helps define career paths and offers ad hoc training; Validates the service providers and product-supplier pairs; Advises and supports the logistics coordinators in decision-making related to his/her technical specialty. Management: Planning decisions are made by: Dubai OCP (OCP MSF) Cell Logistic Manager (CLM) concerned RLO (precise) when several cells are involved and get reach an agreement. Yearly planning is drawn up by the CLM, adjusted quarterly according to the field/ mission requests, or any emergencies that might arise and then managed by the Regional Technical Coordinators. Administrative and health issues are handled by the host coordination team. Travels organisation to mission and headquarter is coordinated by administrative teams and Dubai Cell human resource officers respectively in line with drawn quarterly movement plan Over-arching line management is provided by the hosting logistics coordinator, short-term line management is provided by the logistics coordinator of any country visited. In collaboration with PoS (precise) the functional aspects of the post are supervised by Dubai CLM concerned The annual review is carried out by the hierarchical and headquarters' technical advisor). The post is situated at level N12 of the function scale. Reporting to: Hierarchical: Cell Logistics Manager based in Dubai; Technical: Headquarter Technical Referent based in Bordeaux, France Qualities : Flexible and well-organized Works well with others, rigorous, analytical and good at synthesizing information Good interpersonal, communication and listening skills