Humanitarian Advocacy Specialist

6 days ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Medecins Sans Frontieres Full time
Role Overview

As a Humanitarian Affairs Officer at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will play a pivotal role in exposing and advocating the impact of conflict and neglect on the communities we work with and the people we assist.

Responsibilities
  • Conduct research and gather information from various stakeholders, including communities, patients, and staff, to provide strategic advice on how MSF can best communicate its voice and principles to deliver critical humanitarian medical care.
  • Develop and implement advocacy strategies to document the human impact of disasters and conflicts, focusing on issues such as the efficacy of humanitarian actors, war crimes, and the exclusion of certain communities from medical care.
  • Collaborate with teams to gather testimonies and stories, analyze the information, and draw unbiased reports on a wide range of issues.
  • Advise on how MSF operates and communicates in situations where access to provide medical assistance to communities in need is threatened.
Requirements
  • A master's degree in a relevant field such as anthropology, social or political science, law, or gender studies.
  • Relevant work experience with data collection, qualitative research, human rights monitoring, and humanitarian advocacy.
  • Minimum one year of experience in a context similar to where MSF works, with a focus on armed conflicts, disasters, public health emergencies, or situations of healthcare exclusion.
  • Excellent research, analytical, and writing skills, as well as experience in managing staff in a multicultural team.
  • Fluency in English and French (level B2) or another language (Arabic, Spanish).

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