How to apply? - Recruitment - Act - Médecins du Monde

• Briefing sessions take place on the first Thursday of every month from 3pm to 5pm, at 62 rue Marcadet, Paris (métro Marcadet-Poissonniers.)
• Alternatively, you can send us your CV accompanied by a covering letter specifying the languages you speak and your availability, to: http://www.medecinsdumonde.org under “Recrutement”
• A list of vacant MDM posts is available on our website: http://www.medecinsdumonde.org
• For information on jobs and training in the humanitarian sector visit http://www.coordinationsud.org http://www.clong-volontariat.org and http://www.reliefweb.int

• How do you leave as an expatriate when you have a job?

- International solidarity leave: French Employment Code, Articles L225-9 to L225-14. The length of the leave is between 15 days and 6 months. During this period, your employment contract is suspended, however after your leave you will be given back your former job or be given a similar job at a comparable level and salary. The length of the leave is treated as a period of actual work for purposes of determining seniority benefits. It is, however, unpaid.

- Unpaid leave: Unpaid leave is not regulated: there are nor imposed conditions nor procedures to benefit from it. Its organisation and duration are defined by mutual consent between employee and employer. The latter is free to accept or refuse the request. An employee may request unpaid leave for various reasons. If the request for leave is accepted, it will be unpaid, except for the use of the employee’s time-saving account. Similarly, the length of the employee’s absence shall not be factored in the calculation of seniority rights as paid leave.

- Sabbatical leave: Articles L.122-32-22 to L. 122-32-28, L. 122-32-17 to L. 122-32-21 of the French Employment Code. The length of the leave is 6 to 11 months, maximum. With the agreement of the employer, the employee may, within six years, report his/her rights as the 5^th week of paid leave. This leave is unpaid. During the leave the employment contract is suspended. Upon leaving for sabbatical leave, the employee shall receive a monetary compensation equal to the total days of accumulated holiday time. Any employee may be granted a sabbatical if he/she has a seniority of 36 consecutive months or not in the company (or in a company of the same group) and 6 years of professional experience. Furthermore, the employee may not have availed him/herself of educational leave from the company in the course of the past six years, of an educational leave of at least 6 months, a leave for creating one’s own business nor of any other sabbatical leave.

- The Kouchner circular: This circular No. 8, dated 1^st February 1993, specifies the conditions for and hospital practitioners and staff to participate in humanitarian actions as per the order of 14 January 2005 (Official Journal No. 18 of 22 January 2005, page 1193, text No. 17) which sets out the details for staff of public health establishments for joining international humanitarian cooperation actions as individuals.

- Availability (hospital practitioners): (Decree no. 99-563 of 6 July 1999): Full-time practitioners may be made available upon their request. Availability can only be obtained after two years of full-time work in their respective capacity; the availability period may not exceed one year; it is renewable within a maximum period of two years.