Project Manager - MSF Academy for Healthcare

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CONTEXT

The MSF Academy for Healthcare is a MSF intersectional initiative that has been created with the aim to increase the quality of healthcare in health care services directed or supported by MSF by strengthening the skills and competencies of healthcare workers through structured, competency-based and recognized or accredited learning programs. The Academy has a growing portfolio of learning programmes addressing specific learning needs and objectives for different categories of healthcare staff in MSF managed or supported healthcare services. All these projects are chosen in line with overall MSF medical operational priorities.

A large focus is on MSF’s national staff but increasingly includes also staff of ministries of health, especially in the countries with the largest gaps in human resources for health (HRH) capacity. Presently, a lot of effort goes to nursing care and maternity care staff in MSF hospitals or MSF supported hospitals and to staff working in out-patient care in primary healthcare facilities. The Academy develops adapted comprehensive curricula and invests a great deal in clinical mentorship in the healthcare services of practice. Beyond MSF projects, the Academy connects also to health authorities to work on recognition of its learning programmes and organises occasionally also financial, organisational and pedagogical support (through e.g. sponsoring scholarships) to existing schools for training of healthcare workers.

Discover more about it on MSF Academy for Healthcare

We have a growing “global team”, composed of the director, deputy director, resource manager, MEAL manager (Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning), communication and information officer, project managers, training coordinators as well as a strong technical team comprising of medical experts and learning science experts to support our projects, as well as a group of distance-learning clinical mentors for the AMR programme (Antimicrobial Resistance) and tutors for PGDIP courses (Postgraduate Diploma). In the countries where a training program is implemented, strong country teams are present. The global team counts around 30 staff, and the program-based teams have around 70 staff.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee country-based project management of implementation of in-person learning programs in one or two countries
• Lead and organize the course management of one or two postgraduate diploma courses or online course
• Manage the country team-s (through the respective representative, pedagogical manager or clinical mentor leading the team-s) as well as Tutors & Mentors for the postgraduate diploma course-s
• Engage with MSF Country Coordinators, Medical Coordinators and Human Resources (HR) / Learning and Development (L&D) Coordinators for briefings and debriefings as well as engage with the concerned stakeholders of the respective Operational Centers
• Engage with external stakeholders such as Ministry of Health (MoH), Medical Councils, Universities, and suppliers
• Work in close collaboration with the relevant MSF Academy technical referents (nursing, maternity and/or outpatient care, ward supervision, pediatrics, pedagogical approaches and Monitoring Evaluation Accountability & Learning (MEAL)
• Contribute to MSF Academy’s strategy, structure, and administration in alignment with MSF medical directors as part of the Management Team
• Implement the MSF Academy information management and routine monitoring and evaluation (Information Knowledge Management & MEAL), including reporting

REQUIREMENTS

Education & Experience

• Higher education in healthcare, Development or Humanitarian assistance
• Minimum 5 years of Project Management experience, preferably with previous MSF experience
• Experience in team management is mandatory
• Good understanding of information knowledge management as well as ‘Monitoring & Evaluation’
• Experience in medical learning or in curriculum development is an asset

Competencies

• Strategic vision
• Leadership
• People management and development
• Teamwork and cooperation
• Results and quality Orientation
• Capacity to negotiate
• Initiative and Innovation
• Networking and Building Relationships, Advocacy
• Planning and organizing
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet) and facility to learn using new IT tools

Languages

• Proficiency in English and French, both written and spoken is mandatory
• Good Knowledge of Arabic is an asset

Other

• Willingness to travel overseas to visit projects, regional officers and MSF Operational Centers

CONDITIONS

• Expected starting date: As soon as possible
• Location*: Dakar (Senegal), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Nairobi (Kenya), Johannesburg or Cape Town (South Africa)

*Other location/s where there is an MSF entity could be exceptionally discussed. The final outcome depends on the residency of the candidate, the local legal limitations (residency, work permit, etc.) and on the agreement with the hosting MSF entity of these locations

• Contract type: Open-ended contract – full-time
• Mobility: at least 40% project visits per year
• The contractual terms, conditions and salary will be established according to the place of work and in respect of MSF standard function and salary grids
• Adhere to the MSF principles and to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust and Empowerment
• Adhere to the MSF Behavioral Commitments

Deadline for applications: 25th of November 2025

How to apply?

• Submit your application via the 'Apply here' button on the vacancy page
• You will be directed to the online application form for this position
• It should take 5-10 minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for having your CV and motivation letter in English or French ready to upload (preferably in PDF format)

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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