Medical coordinator (F/M)

For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde (MdM), a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations here and abroad. It has continued to bear witness to obstacles that exist in accessing healthcare and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies.

Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM France currently works in 30 countries across all continents to facilitate access to healthcare through 6 political battles:

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
• Migration, Exile, Human Rights and Health
• Harm Reduction
• Environment and Health
• Humanitarian Space
• Healthcare systems and rights

MdM in Syria

Following the rapid power shift in Damascus on 8 December 2024, the Syrian Arab Republic is undergoing a pivotal transformation that is fundamentally reshaping its humanitarian, political, and recovery landscape. The legacy of more than 14 years of conflict continues to manifest in an ongoing and unprecedented humanitarian crisis, characterized by significant challenges.

Currently, 16.5 million people are in need, with 8 million individuals urgently prioritized—representing 33% of the Syrian population. Syria’s health crisis is compounded by multisectoral fragilities and overlapping crises, including severe shortages of human resources, insufficient medical supplies, disparities in salary scales between the Ministry of Health and INGOs, weak governance and monitoring systems, political uncertainty, evolving humanitarian coordination mechanisms, reduced funding amid increasing needs, and expanded humanitarian access to previously restricted yet highly contaminated areas.

MdM is adapting its interventions to remain effective and impactful within Syria’s evolving humanitarian landscape.

MdM’s strategy in Syria is structured around two main priorities:

• Providing primary healthcare services, including outpatient consultations, vaccination, nutritional care, and reproductive health, through the direct support of three health facilities.
• Ensuring a community-based approach to promote equitable access to healthcare services for all.

About the role

In the context of expanding our activities you will contribute to the definition and implementation of the program activities for the Syria mission. You ensures the relevance and quality delivery of all medical activities, and practices, with a particular focus on health data analysis.

What you’ll do

Under the supervision of the general coordinator, your main responsibilities are the following:

Program Management

• Lead the health and community assessments and the program aspect of the kick-off phase of the mission
• Participate to the development of the general strategy (health strategy) of MdM activities with the general coordinator and the team
• Lead the implementation of health activities as per MdM quality requirements and framework of intervention.
• Analyse the medical data received and provide feedback to the coordination team, partners and HQ and accordingly.
• Participate to the monitoring on a regular basis the different components of the program and to set up corrective measures in case of need
• Co-operate with the administration team regarding budgeting

Team management & capacity building

• Design the mission health team set-up and recruit the staff under his/her direct responsibility
• Ensure proper induction, capacity building and job training to concerned team members
• Develop and conduct medical training on specific topics to increase the MdM team member capacities and knowledge

Management of medical stock and logistics chain for medical purchase

• Ensure proper pharmaceutical management is in place and in line with MdM quality requirements.
• Develop and update essential drug list based on program needs.
• Ensure in collaboration with logistics department that orders for medical equipment, drugs and consumables are appropriate to program requirements and local constraints
• Supervise medical purchase process (needs evaluation, orders, quality)
• Ensure the supervision of the pharmacist (consumptions, orders & inventory) in collaboration with the medical team

Coordination with NGOs/local associations and representation

• Participate to the different health meetings / clusters, with proactivity and leadership
• Establish and maintain good relationship with MoH / DoH to ensure all project activities are carried out smoothly
• Ensure coordination and work in close collaboration with partners and different stakeholders including communities.

Reporting and Internal Communication

• Participate to the monthly Mission’s Situation Report compiled by the GenCo through development of medical sitrep
• Participate in the writing of donor’s activity reports and proposals

Who you’ll work with

You will work under the supervision of the general coordinator (along with the Desk Officer, HQ medical advisor and mental health (MH), and protection advisors/referents and deputy general coordinator).