General Director MSF Holland / Chair Of OCA MT

Job Description

Are you a compassionate, influential and principled leader?

As General Director MSF-Holland/Chair of OCA Management Team, your responsibilities will comprise of oversight and leading a team of more than 11,000 staff working in 115 emergency aid projects in 31 countries, and at the head office in Amsterdam. The income of MSF-Holland amounted to over €300M, of which 94.1% was invested in the direct implementation of our humanitarian medical goals. As the highest executive position in MSF OCA, you will lead the principled implementation of OCA’s humanitarian and strategic objectives, the management of the organisation, collaboration and coordination with the worldwide MSF movement, and external representation. You report to and are held accountable by the OCA Council, made up of representatives of the OCA partner section boards.

OCA is embarking on several organisational changes. The GD will lead OCA through this transition, with strategic insight, thoughtful change management and excellent communication.

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead one of MSF’s five operational centres at a time when public health is at the forefront of world discourse and humanitarian action threatened.

Guided by the principles as laid out in the MSF Charter, you will be part of a field-based movement, engaging MSF staff and supporters from all over the world in a shared commitment to medical humanitarian action.

Main role characteristics include:

• Leadership – facilitative leadership with strong collaboration instincts to effectively deliver principled high-quality humanitarian medical action for the people we assist.

• Strategy –capability to develop and implement the strategic direction of MSF-OCA.
• Representation & Communication – accountable OCA representative externally and in relevant international platforms within the MSF movement.
• Management – empathetic leader who shows a leadership, communication and management style that ensures a safe environment for staff and patients by promoting respectful behaviour, positive morale, diversity, equity, inclusion, and the non-acceptance of racism or any form of discrimination.

Key competencies include:

• Open and inspiring leader with highly developed communication skills and a global humanitarian perspective.
• Strong leadership/management experience with strategic vision and operational skills, including crisis management that has been developed and tested in an international humanitarian context in organisations of appropriate scale and complexity.
• Successful track record of forming a cohesive, innovative, and culturally diverse team and proven commitment to systemic response on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ARDEI) within an organisation.
• High levels of emotional intelligence, diplomacy, honesty, open mindedness, and empathy
• Prior experience in MSF or similar NGO experience, including field experience.
• Must be fluent in English (written and verbal); ability to communicate in one or more languages used in MSF contexts is a plus.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, race, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

We offer

A Dutch employment contract, based on 40 hours per week. The appointment term is an initial 3 years with renewal for a further 3 years.

A salary commensurate with the seniority of the appointment. A benefits package aligned with the remuneration policies for NGOs in The Netherlands. Relocation package for international candidates.

The role will be located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

How to apply

For more information about the position please email Tim Wingrove at applications@redseasearch.com

Please click on the ‘apply for job’ button to submit your application. Please name your submitted files with the following reference: MSF_GDCO

For this role kindly submit an MS Word version of your CV and a cover letter. The deadline for applications is 23rd July 2021 and all application documents (cover letter and CV) should be submitted in English.

Full appointment details will be made available on request.

For more information on MSF, please visit their website: https://www.msf.org

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About the Organization

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent medical humanitarian organisation. At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our employees.

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. We are a non-profit, self-governed, associative, member-based organisation. MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of more than 63,000 staff. MSF coordinates operations through collaborations between global offices via five Operational Centres.