Midwife

Paramedical

Practical information

  • Location: in our humanitarian projects
  • Contract type : Fixed term
  • Length of contract : 6-12 months
  • Language skills: FrenchEnglish
  • Time allocation: Full time
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 70 countries to populations in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination and irrespective of origin, religion, creed or political affiliation.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Read the MSF principles and commitments outlined here
  • Availability to work in complex environments and to leave on an assignment without partner/family
  • A health status compatible with the nature of our activities and operational contexts and compliance with all vaccinations for MSF project assignments

As a midwife, you support sexual and reproductive health care and care for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This covers a wide range of services, including antenatal care, obstetric care, comprehensive abortion care, postnatal support, sexually transmitted infection care, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and contraceptive care. 

These activities can be organised at community level and at primary and/or secondary care level. You are responsible for implementing and following up the different components of care within a given project. 

You work closely with (para)medical colleagues and the mental health and health promotion teams to ensure comprehensive care. 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Ensure respectful, person-centred and safe sexual and reproductive health and GBV care 
  • Ensure the implementation of quality and evidence-based services (often based on MSF protocols) and enhance continuity of care 
  • In projects where safe abortion care is provided, act as a main provider, directly providing care to women and girls and supporting them in self-management 
  • Adapt care packages and services to population groups such as adolescents, sex workers, migrants, etc. 
  • Mentor, train, guide and develop midwife-colleagues, both international and country-based 
  • Support mental health and health promotion teams to improve access to care and encourage the use of health care services. 
  • Contribute to pharmacy management  
  • Contribute to health data collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting   

PROFILE  

  • Bachelor’s degree in midwifery 
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience as a midwife  
  • Diploma in tropical medicine or at least 1 year of relevant working experience in a tropical context is an asset 
  • Management experience is an asset 
  • Experience in humanitarian settings or previous work experience with an NGO is an asset 

LANGUAGES 

  • Proficiency in English and French, both written and spoken 
  • Good knowledge in Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic is an asset 

COMPETENCIES 

  • Collaborate and communicate clearly; build trust with colleagues   
  • Lead, support, guide, and motivate teams with confidence and empathy 
  • Take initiative, remain solution-oriented, and act proactively 
  • Translate strategic vision and operational realities into clear priorities and actions 
  • Work independently, plan effectively, and organise your and your team’s work properly 
  • Remain resilient and manage stress in challenging situations 
  • Practise cross-cultural awareness and work effectively with diverse teams 
  • Show flexibility by adjusting plans, locations and ways of working in coordination with others when circumstances and priorities change