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MEDICAL DOCTOR - STAFF HEALTH UNIT (BASED IN NAIROBI)

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Full Time
Human Resources

 

Medical Doctor - Staff Health Unit

(BASED IN NAIROBI)

 

Do your skills and experience not precisely match the requirements? MSF-OCBA is an organization committed to promoting diversity and equity by providing equal access to professional opportunities. We understand that women, people of colour, indigenous individuals, members of the LGTBI+ community, and other underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all the requirements. At MSF-OCBA, we strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace. Therefore, if you're interested in this position but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the selection criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the ideal candidate for this or other positions.

 

Main Purpose

Provide medical expertise and technical leadership to safeguard and strengthen the physical health of MSF staff across OCBA operations through preventive health systems, case management support, and the development of decentralized staff health strategies, ensuring safe, effective, and consistent staff health practices.

 

Job overview

The Staff Health Physician supports the health, safety, and well-being of MSF staff by providing technical medical guidance, preventive health oversight, and specialist support for staff health management. The role contributes to field and headquarters staff health systems, advises on complex health situations, supports emergency response and medical evacuations, and leads the implementation of OCBA’s decentralized physical staff health strategy. The position also contributes to policy development, quality improvement initiatives, training, and harmonization of staff health standards across operational contexts.

 

Accountabilities

  • Provide preventive health guidance and medical support to international mobile staff to ensure fitness for assignment and safe deployment.
  • Advise missions and operational teams on staff health management practices to strengthen quality, consistency, and compliance with organizational standards.
  • Assess complex staff health situations and facilitate access to specialized medical expertise to support appropriate clinical decision-making.
  • Coordinate medical evacuations and post-evacuation follow-up to ensure continuity of care and staff well-being.
  • Lead the implementation and continuous development of OCBA’s decentralized physical staff health strategy to enhance access, effectiveness, and operational impact.
  • Support and mentor Physical Staff Health Focal Points and relevant stakeholders to strengthen staff health capacity across decentralized hubs.
  • Develop and update staff health policies, guidelines, protocols, training materials, and operational standards to promote evidence-based practice.
  • Monitor and analyze staff health activities and contribute to planning, reporting, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen staff health services.

 

ROLE’S SPECIFIC ELEMENTS

  • Provides technical medical support for both international and locally hired staff health management.
  • Participates in staff health emergency response mechanisms, including on-call support for critical incidents.
  • Collaborates closely with psychosocial support resources and multidisciplinary stakeholders in the management of complex cases.
  • Promotes harmonization and collaboration with other MSF Operational Centres regarding staff health practices.
  • Contributes to staff health training, awareness, prevention, and health promotion initiatives.
  • Supports organizational efforts to strengthen duty of care and staff well-being across diverse operational contexts.
  • Position based in an OCBA decentralized regional hub.
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SELECTION CRITERIA

  • Medical Degree (MD) and valid professional qualification to practice medicine.
  • Previous MSF experience in a field-based medical or medical coordination role within a humanitarian setting.
  • Essential: English (C1) and French (C1). Desirable: Spanish working proficiency.
  • Staff health management and preventive health approaches.
  • Medical risk assessment and fitness-for-work evaluation.
  • Emergency medical response and medical evacuation processes.
  • Humanitarian health operations and MSF contexts.

 

CONDITIONS

  • MSF-OCBA supports flexible ways of working, including teleworking and flexible schedules, while operating in a dynamic and demanding humanitarian environment.
  • Position based in Nairobi. Subjected to the employability of the candidate.
  • Duration of position: 1 year in full time with possible extension.
  • Salary and secondary benefits according to Nairobi salary scale.
  • Starting date: September

 

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter

Closing date: August 19th, 2026, 23:59 CET (Central European Time).

 

INFORMATION ABOUT RECRUITMENT PROCESS STEPS

  • After the application deadline, the recruitment process usually takes between 6 and 8 weeks.
  • All candidates will be informed once the process is closed. Due to the high number of applications, individual feedback cannot usually be provided.
  • If you have not heard from us, it means the process is still ongoing and additional candidates may be contacted.
  • A reference check will be requested in the final stages of the process. Candidates will be required to provide references from former employers using professional or corporate email addresses (personal email accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo, etc. will not be accepted).

 

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. MSF provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. 

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