Humanitarian Affairs Manager

Guides humanitarian analysis and advocacy for MSF emergency responses, helping country teams interpret context and risk, shape operational positioning, build evidence, engage authorities and partners, and strengthen protection and medical-humanitarian outcomes in rapidly changing crises.

• Collect and analyse security, medical, nutritional and humanitarian context data
• Advise country management on programme orientation, risk and operational positioning
• Develop and coordinate advocacy strategies aligned with emergency-response priorities
• Design ethical data-collection systems and strengthen analysis methods
• Map stakeholders and monitor humanitarian-aid system dynamics
• Draft briefings, reports and advocacy messages for internal and external audiences
• Represent MSF with authorities, civil society, professional groups and academics
• Train teams on context, humanitarian law, medical ethics and advocacy

• University degree in law, humanitarian affairs, political science, social science or a related field
• At least two years of experience in research, analysis or advocacy
• Willingness to travel frequently to any required area at short notice
• Proven organisational and diplomatic skills with representation experience
• Fluency in English

• Master's degree in a relevant field
• Eighteen months of MSF country-programme experience across at least two projects, including one emergency project
• Proficiency in French, Arabic, Spanish or Swahili
• Experience in diverse emergency responses, high-security or middle-income contexts
• Knowledge of qualitative research methods and MSF OCA data tools

• Humanitarian Context Analysis
• Advocacy Strategy
• Political Analysis
• Qualitative Research
• Stakeholder Mapping
• External Representation
• Protection Analysis
• Team Leadership

• MSF OCA Data Tools

• Emergency Team members spend approximately 90 percent of working days in country-programme locations
• Full-time one-year appointment with intention to renew based on performance
• Approximately 10 percent of working time is at headquarters or home-based