Médecins du Monde, a medical association campaigning for international solidarity, has been committed for over 40 years to treating the most vulnerable populations here and there, to bearing witness to the obstacles observed in access to care and to obtaining lasting improvements in health policies for all.
An independent association, Médecins du Monde acts beyond care by denouncing attacks on dignity and human rights and by fighting to improve the situation of vulnerable populations.
In France and internationally in nearly 30 countries, our actions aim to facilitate access to the healthcare system through our 6 priority fights:
· Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
· Migration exile rights and health
· Risk reduction
· Environmental health
· Health systems
· Humanitarian spaces
MdM is recognized among the most important medical organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Present since 1994, MdM has historically intervened in various regions of the country: Kinshasa, North and South Kivu, Tanganyika, notably on emergency programs through responses to epidemics and vaccination campaigns, the complete implementation of the minimum package of activities (PMA) in primary health care (PHC) and support for health centers (HC) affected by various crises.
The organization has a coordination office in Kinshasa and since May 2019, MdM has once again been present in the Province of Tanganyika, with a base in Kalémie and a sub-base in Nyunzu.
Today, we are therefore intervening through several emergency and development programs:
Humanitarian Space Program, emergencies and crises
MdM has been implementing an emergency nutritional project in the Nyemba and Kalémie Health Zones (ZS) since 2019, supported by DG ECHO, and one in the Nyunzu ZS since 2021, funded by the French Embassy. Several project proposals have been submitted in 2024 to raise funds to meet the needs of vulnerable people in Tanganyika.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Program
We have also been present in Kinshasa for over 10 years with a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) program, in partnership with the national NGO Afia Mama. This program aims to improve the SRH of residents of two health zones, particularly young people and adolescents. It provides accessible and quality care and includes comprehensive abortion care, distribution of contraceptives, prevention consultations and treatment of STIs/STDs, etc.
Health Environment Program
Finally, since July 2022, MdM has launched a new Environmental Health (ES) project in Kinshasa, aimed at reducing the impact of harmful cultivation practices (in particular the unreasonable use of pesticides) on the health of market gardeners.
The context of the mission for 2024-2025 is to renew funding for Médecins du Monde in the province of Tanganyika, but also to consolidate funding for the two projects in Kinshasa.
The post
Reporting to the General Coordinator, you are responsible for coordinating the writing of project proposals and activity reports for institutional donors.
In this regard, you participate in the strategic thinking of the mission in terms of donor financing and also ensure the dissemination of donor rules to the coordination teams.
Finally, you participate in monitoring, internal reporting and internal and external communication of the mission.
More specifically, your missions are as follows:
Landlord relations
- Ensure an overview of all lessor requirements and regulations and ensure their proper dissemination and ownership by the team
- Conduct regular donor mapping and identify new funding opportunities
- Contact, upon request of the general coordinator, the donors concerned to obtain potential funding, attend meetings with donors
Project proposals
- Ensure that project proposals correspond to MdM’s strategy in the DRC and donor requirements
- Organize work planning and working meetings regarding the intervention strategy of a project proposal
- Support program teams in the development of logical frameworks for project proposals
- Support and participate in the drafting of project proposals for institutional donors
- Work closely with different departments to ensure consistency between the different components of the proposals
- Act as the mission focal point for queries related to project proposals and reports and any other type of donor requests
Reporting
- Organize work planning and working meetings regarding writing a donor or internal fund report
- Support program teams in writing reports and participate in writing
- Ensure compliance with deadlines set by lessors, including the development and dissemination of deadlines to the persons concerned
- Work closely with medical, logistics and financial departments to ensure consistency across reporting components
Project monitoring and evaluation
- Support medical coordinators in planning and monitoring activities
- Support the mission in preparing internal and external audits
- Represent MdM at meetings with different stakeholders
- Manage the mission’s internal Situation Reports (SitRep) on a monthly basis to monitor the various advances
Internal and external communication
- Ensure regular communication on ongoing projects
- Design, according to the needs expressed by the program teams, communication supports for the different projects
- Write abstracts as needed for speaking engagements with the media and at national and international conferences in which MdM or its partners are invited to participate
- Follow, share and publish on the DRC mission Twitter page
- Involve local media during major mission activities
- Advise the general coordination on messages to convey to the media and other external interlocutors
- Ensure the integrity and good image of the institution
- Promote the organization’s reputation by relying on field teams and community strategy
- Provide technical support to programs in their specific communication actions
Day before
- Monitor the country context to enrich the development of reports and proposals
- Follow local and international news on the strategic themes and advocacy carried by the mission
- Ensure monitoring of priority subjects identified by the country strategy
Profile sought
- Master in International Relations Humanitarian / Development / Cooperation
- Two years of field experience with international NGOs desired (including internship)
- Very good knowledge of project methodology, funders, and previous experience in writing project proposals and reports
- Basic knowledge in the areas of the mission projects (SSR and/or Emergencies) desired
- Excellent writing and analytical skills
- Ability to create communication media desired
- Proficiency in the Office Pack and the Twitter social network
- Excellent writing skills
- Fluency in spoken and written French and English essential
- You adhere to the values and activist positioning of Médecins du Monde.
Conditions of employment
- Position to be filled from November 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
- Fixed-term contract
- Departure alone
- Gross monthly salary of 2991 euros
- Status: employee
- Position based in Kinshasa with regular travel within the country
- Equivalent to 13th month paid in 2 installments – from 6 months of actual work seniority
- Expatriation bonus of 10% of gross salary per month
- Coverage of transport (home – mission), visas, vaccinations on departure
- Accommodation in a guesthouse
- 22.5 RTT / year
- 5 weeks of paid vacation / year
- Mutual insurance (60% participation by MdM and 40% by the employee)
- Insurance (repatriation, etc.)
Médecins du Monde promotes the training and internal mobility of its employees
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How to apply
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