General Director

Job Description

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. We offer assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. We have the following vacancy and are looking for a talented individual with a strong desire to contribute to humanitarian work and commit to the aims and values of MSF to join our team in Taipei.

General Director
MSF Taiwan is looking for its General Director; an exceptional opportunity to lead one of the fastest-growing sections within the MSF movement.

With an institutional budget of €17 million and a committed team of 45 colleagues, MSF Taiwan is undergoing dynamic growth and expanding its influence. The office engages across the full spectrum of institutional activities, from fundraising and communications to emergency preparedness, all within a vibrant and strategically significant regional environment.

This position is ideally suited for an accomplished leader (such as a General Director, Deputy Executive Director, or equivalent) with a demonstrated ability to drive organizational growth across strategic, operational, and cultural dimensions within MSF.

Major Responsibilities
The successful candidate will bring:

• Strategic vision and leadership across fundraising, communications, emergency preparedness and internal capabilities.
• Experience in risk management within ambiguous and fast-changing contexts and in emergency preparedness.
• A strong ability to navigate complex external environments and foster meaningful partnerships within MSF movement and externally.
• Operational understanding in supporting preparedness for emergency responses, ensuring alignment with MSF’s humanitarian and medical mandate.
• A commitment to MSF’s values and mission, with the agility to adapt and lead in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Requirements

• University Graduate.
• Minimum 15 years of working experience, with at least 5 years in MSF, including some operational experience in humanitarian settings.
• Significant senior managerial experience, including managing staff, directing similar organization and/or working at senior level in a large NGO.
• A deep understanding of the humanitarian field, and a strong commitment to the humanitarian principles of MSF.
• Evidence of experience in and knowledge of Asia, as well as a good reading of Asian, and especially Chinese, culture.
• Ability to foster a creative, professional, collegial, open-door management culture; to empower staff members and encourage staff to challenge assumptions.
• Strong sense of initiative.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively within Asia, to Europe, and elsewhere.
• Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

How to apply?

Please apply with a letter of motivation (in English) and full English resume on our website. Applicants not invited for interview within 4 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful. All information collected is solely for recruitment purposes and be treated in strict confidence.

At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, races, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF adopts a safeguarding culture where personnel and communities are and feel safe and valued throughout their involvement with the organization, where individuals know who to go to with any concerns and are confident that they will be listened to and heard without personal or professional repercussions, and where the organization strives to adopt the highest standards of practice across all areas of safeguarding rather than setting for the minimum standard in order to be legally compliant.

All personal information (photos, education and work experiences, letter of motivation etc.) received will be used solely for recruitment purpose. Your personal data will be strictly protected, please refer to our Privacy and Individual Data Protection Policy.

About the Organization

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian organization that delivers impartial medical care to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care in over 70 countries. We launch our operations in areas where there is no medical infrastructure or where the existing one cannot withstand the pressure to which it is subjected.

MSF Taiwan office focuses on 4 key pillars:

1. active engagement with Taiwanese public and civil society on global humanitarian crises and health emergency for awareness, support and advocacy purposes;
2. recruitment of skilled Taiwanese medical and non-medical staff to dispatch to field project;
3. fundraising from Taiwanese donors to directly supports MSF Social mission and medical humanitarian activities.
4. Increase technical exchange with medical audiences and provide support to most vulnerable population

MSF Taiwan’s vision is to be a vital enabler of MSF’s social mission and to root our humanitarian story in Asia, being a model of efficiency and accountability for our donors, patients, staff, board, authorities and other networks. The organization seeks to attract and engage the best professionals to join and maintain meaningful, productive and lasting work relationships.

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