Medical Team Leader & Advisor – Chronic Conditions

We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.

Below, you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.

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At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

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Context & mission

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).

The MSF movement is built around 5 operational centers supported by 24 sections and offices worldwide. MSF Operational Center Geneva (MSF OCG) is one of these centres.

The Chronic Conditions Medical Team Leader & Advisor leads OCG’s Chronic Conditions team and portfolio, including non-communicable diseases, chronic infectious diseases as relevant, and mental health. The role provides strategic and technical guidance to ensure quality, evidence-based care aligned with OCG’s medical priorities and humanitarian objectives. Within the Medical Department, the position reports hierarchically to the Medical Director and functionally to both the Medical Director and Deputy Medical Director.

Tasks & Responsibilities

As team leader:

• Lead the Chronic Conditions team by setting priorities, coordinating work, and overseeing performance to ensure delivery of agreed medical objectives and strengthen team capability. Participate in the Medical Leaders platform of the medical department, and coordinate the team’s work relevant to department needs, including the annual report.

As advisor for the relevant medical domain:

• Define and drive medico-operational strategies for the relevant chronic condition, to align field practices with OCG medical priorities and operational needs.
• Advise project teams on complex clinical and programmatic challenges to support sound decision-making and ensure quality implementation of chronic condition interventions.
• Develop and maintain technical guidance, policies, and tools that promote consistent, evidence-based approaches to chronic condition care across OCG operations.
• Build and sustain strategic partnerships with academic, clinical, advocacy, and operational stakeholders to strengthen technical expertise, influence policy, and improve access to care for underserved populations.
• Monitor medical developments, operational evidence, and project performance to adapt guidance, improve quality of care, and ensure programme relevance across diverse contexts.
• Strengthen organisational knowledge and competencies by facilitating learning, knowledge sharing, training, and technical support to enhance staff capabilities and programme quality.
• Lead innovation, operational research, and evidence-generation initiatives to inform policy development, improve medical practice, and support advocacy related to chronic conditions.

Your profile

Education

Essential:

• Medical Degree or equivalent clinical qualifications

Desired:

• Master’s degree in Public Health, International Health, or related field.

Experience

Essential:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in low-resource settings for humanitarian aid agencies (MSF experience is highly desirable).

• Experience providing technical guidance or medical support in humanitarian or resource-limited settings.

• Experience developing or implementing programmes related to chronic conditions.
• be a current advisor in the Chronic Conditions Team in the OCG medical department

Desired:

• Experience in operational research or evidence-generation initiatives.

• Experience managing or supervising multidisciplinary teams.

Languages

• Fluency in English and/or French is required. Candidates fluent in only one of these languages must be willing to learn the other. Knowledge of an additional language (Arabic, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish) is considered an asset.

Skills/ Technical competencies

• Strong knowledge of chronic conditions, including non-communicable diseases and mental health.

• Good understanding of humanitarian medical operations and medico-operational decision-making.

• Ability to analyse medical, epidemiological and health system challenges.

• Knowledge of evidence-based practices, policy development and quality improvement approaches.

• Knowledge of partnership development and stakeholder engagement.

• Ability to manage a team.

• Strong writing skills.

Personal Abilities/Qualities

• Leadership and team management.

• Strategic analysis and problem-solving skills.

• Influencing and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Decision-making and prioritisation skills.

• Innovation and continuous improvement.

• Ability to travel.

• Excellent ability to work successfully in a multicultural environment and to demonstrate commitment to and support for diversity, gender-responsive, inclusive and non-discriminatory behaviours and attitudes.

• Ability to build and develop diverse and inclusive teams.

Terms of employment

• Full-time position 100% (40h/week)

• Open-ended contract

• Working place: Geneva

• Ideal start date: As soon as possible

• Gross annual salary (for 100%): from CHF 119’964.- to CHF 137’604.- (salary commensurate with equivalent experience and internal salary grid)

• Paid vacation: 25 days per year, prorate temporis, plus any Swiss public holidays falling within the contract period.

• Pension plan: pension contribution covered 3/4 by MSF, 1/4 by staff member.

• Relocation support available for eligible candidates.

How to apply

Candidates are invited to submit their application exclusively through our recruitment platform, following these guidelines:

• CV (maximum 2 pages)
• Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
• Documents must be submitted in either English or French.

The application deadline is :

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive a sufficient number of quality applications.

All applications will be treated confidentially.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please note that we do not wish to use the services of recruitment or placement agencies.

About Us

Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland – is recruiting committed professionals for positions at our headquarters and in our field projects.

Joining MSF means putting your skills to work for a humanitarian, medical, and independent organization active in over 70 countries, responding to emergencies and delivering quality care to people in distress.

Here you will find all our career opportunities to contribute to humanitarian action, both in Switzerland and in our field projects.

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