Vacancy title:
General Coordinator (head of mission)

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Social Services & Nonprofit]

Jobs at:
Médecins du Monde

Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, April 12 2025

Duty Station:
Dar es salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 31 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Job description

Under the supervision of the desk manager, you are responsible for the overall management of the Tanzania mission. Your main responsibilities are the following: 

• Recruit, manage, train and motivate the mission’s team 

• Define the operational and advocacy strategy together with the coordination team, the desk manager and the volunteer board delegates of the mission 

• Plan and monitor activities, implement corrective action when necessary, providing technical support to the team 

• Represent MdM with authorities, local actors, partners, donors and the media 

• Monitor partnership agreements with partners, authorities and donors, seek out and develop new partnerships, and ensure or supervise fundraising 

• Ensure the financial coverage of the mission by leading fundraising and budget management 

• Draft, adapt and monitor safety regulations and procedures and coordinate crisis management in the region 

• Implement and monitor the application of MdM’s programmatic and support services framework, policies and procedures  

• Supervise reporting to MdM and donors 

Requirements

Education and experience

• Higher education in project management or humanitarian aid, development, public health or related fields (five years post-secondary education)

• Minimum 3 years of experience in the humanitarian sector in a similar position (Area Coordinator, General Coordinator, Country Director, Deputy-Country Director)
• Experience in community development, and in capacity building of local civil society
• Experience in harm reduction for drug users and/or key populations and/or experience in sexual and reproductive health is an asset
• Experience in research project is an asset
• Experience with MdM is an asset

Skills

• Analyse the issues and challenges in the region

• Adapt language and feedback to the audience
• Work in partnership
• Discuss, present arguments, negotiate and convince authorities and partners
• Analyze the context and the consequences of an intervention, assess the risks and constraints, and identify priorities
• Analyse the external risks and threats to the security of teams, report on this
• Capacity to build, Manage and follow a budget
• Use financial and logistical tools
• Prioritize and adapt plans to unforeseen events
• Plan, manage and adapt a project, including in emergencies
• Identify sources of information and actors, and analyse the political, social and economic context
• Identify the levers and barriers to advocacy work
• Understand national and regional strategies and donors, negotiate with donors and the authorities
• Networking capacities
• Speak up in public

• Analytical and synthetical skills
• Ability to develop a global view and propose relevant strategic orientations
• Strong management skills & excellent capacity to motivate a team

 Soft skills 

• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Flexibility, proactivity, anticipation and adaptability
• Diplomacy and networking skills
• Strong representation skills
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills, capacity to work autonomously & under pressure
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Fluent in English is mandatory (oral and written)
• You embrace the core values and support the proactive philosophy of Médecins du Monde

Benefits

• Starting date: June 1, 2025 
• Fixed term contract (12 months)  
• Gross monthly salary: 3,571 euros 
• Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments - minimum of 6 months seniority required 
• Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month) 
• Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered 
• Housing allowance up to 2 466 USD
• Tuition/Schooling allowance (from 3 years old) 
• Living allowance (per diem) for the accompanying member if unemployed and half per diem per child 
• 22.5 recovery days per year 
• 5 weeks of paid leaves per year 
• Health insurance (50% covered by MdM) 
• Insurance (repatriation…) 
• Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility 

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: associate degree

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