About MSF USA | Doctors Without Borders

 

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international organization that provides medical care to the people who need it most. The organization cares for people affected by conflict, disease outbreaks, disasters, and social exclusion in more than 70 countries. MSF offers medical humanitarian assistance solely based on need, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or politics. Our international project teams include medical, logistical, and administrative staff, most of them hired locally and working with their own communities. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence, impartiality, and neutrality. We also bear witness and speak out about the experiences of our colleagues and patients.    MSF USA is one of 24 sections supporting the global movement, primarily through staff recruitment, fundraising, advocacy, and communications. We welcome candidates who bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us in working toward MSF’s social mission.  

Role Overview

The Temporary Project Manager, Federal and State Humanitarian Campaigns, will develop targeted, constituent-facing advocacy and campaigning strategies for the Humanitarian Team as part of the MSF-USA program department’s work in the United States. The Temporary Project Manager will work in the Programs department and have a specific geographic focus on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

They will work to develop and implement grassroots education and advocacy campaigns to engage key constituencies, helping to further add to efforts to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza and other key contexts as requested. They will generate creative campaign ideas and contribute to innovation in advocacy strategies, and support campaign monitoring and learning efforts. They will conduct research and power mapping to identify key decision-makers and influence targets and track political, private sector, and US government developments relevant to advocacy priorities in OPT. They will conduct a landscape analysis of existing efforts in this space by civil society organizations and will coordinate outreach with key allies, coalitions, and networks to advance campaign goals. They will serve as the project lead for this portfolio, which includes travel as needed. They will also work closely with internal teams in Programs, Communications, and other areas to align strategies and implement joint tactics.

Department Accountabilities

Support for MSF Medical and Humanitarian Programs 

The Programs Department supports the medical humanitarian programs of the MSF Movement in different ways. Each unit contributes to one or more of these responsibilities: 

• Advocacy and Representation in support of Operations – develop strategies to influence public policy debates and private bilateral engagements on behalf of MSF.
• Research, Analysis, and Data Management in support of Operations – direct, perform, or facilitate research to address questions posed by Operations. Track and analyze specific policies and practices of governments, multilateral organizations, and others as requested by Operations. 
• Grantmaking in support of MSF medical humanitarian programs and movement initiatives.
• Monitoring of the Regulatory Environment - engages with regulatory issues affecting Programs to ensure grant-making compliance and inform Operations and the International Legal Department.
• Monitoring of the Policy Environment: Engages with Policy issues to ensure information sharing and action based on the movement's medical and operational needs.  
• Stakeholder Engagement: Identify, analyze, plan, and implement actions designed to engage with external and internal stakeholders to support medical humanitarian programming.
• Contribution to Medical Operational Humanitarian Projects - contributes to the management and implementation of specific medical operational humanitarian discreet projects managed by MSF USA.
• US representation, engagement, and collaboration – represents domestic social mission external relationships on behalf of the medical operational entities of the movement to create, maintain, and expand stakeholder engagement. 

 

Roles Specific Outcomes

Connectivity
Champion constant stakeholder dialogue – both internally and externally – by modeling the behavior of staying engaged with key stakeholders both inside and outside the organization.

Public/Government Relations Campaign Planning
Develop tactical public campaigns to