Job
Medical and Non-medical profiles for Ebola Emergency Response Pool (Various Roles)
- Organization: Médecins Sans Frontières
- Location: Kenya
- Deadline: Fri Jul 31 2026
- Category: Program/Project Management
About this opportunity
## **MSF Eastern Africa is recruiting Medical and Non-medical profiles for Ebola Emergency Response Pool (Various Roles)**
*Firmly committed to safeguarding patients, community members, staff, and all those in contact with the organization from all forms of abuse, including sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH), we will take all necessary steps, through rigorous vetting processes, to ensure that confirmed perpetrators of abuse do not join the organization.*
*For this position, contact level with patients and children is categorized as **High** risk and will be monitored with this in regard.*
## **Introduction**
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organisation that provides assistance to people affected by conflicts, epidemics, and natural or human-made disasters and excluded from healthcare. We provide this assistance without discrimination, irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
## **About MSF Eastern Africa**
MSF Eastern Africa is the regional institutional office of MSF. It focuses on representation and networking, recruiting and supporting staff from the region, communications and fundraising, as well as working on other dossiers of importance to MSF such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Data Protection, mutualization, training, medical operational support and environmental health.
**BE READY WHEN IT MATTERS MOST**
## **PURPOSE**
We are building a rapid deployment emergency pool to strengthen responses for Ebola and VHF outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other affected or at-risk countries. We are looking for different profiles, as we expect our teams to rapidly grow. We are looking for professionals willing to go into DRC.
## **WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:**
- **Availability:** Available for deployment within the next 3 months for your first rotation of 6–8 weeks, followed by a mandatory 21-day post-deployment monitoring period.
- **Priority Profiles:** Medical Profiles, Paramedical Profile and WaSH/ WatSan (Water, Hygiene and Sanitation) specialists.
- **Language:** **Mandatory** fluency in both **French** and **English**.
- **Schengen visa:** The Ebola Response applicants must have a valid Schengen visa / valid Schengen area residence or holding a passport that does not require a Schengen visa to travel to Europe. This is to facilitate travel to Europe for the “monitoring period”.
## **Mandatory Experiences:**
1. **For the Ebola Response:** Experience in Ebola response.
2. **For other Emergency Response:** For the non-Ebola experience, Mandatory extensive experience with VHF, disease outbreak, or other emergency response.
## **Competencies**
- Flexible and adaptable in fast-changing environments
- Resilient under high-pressure humanitarian conditions
- Committed to teamwork and MSF principles
- Ready for remote and resource-limited field settings
## **What MSF Offers:**
- A fixed-term contract for deployment assignments and additional 21 days for the monitoring period post assignment.
- Travel, accommodation, and medical coverage during missions.
- Daily allowances in line with MSF policies.
- Access to training and professional development opportunities.
*Firmly committed to safeguarding patients, community members, staff, and all those in contact with the organization from all forms of abuse, including sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH), we will take all necessary steps, through rigorous vetting processes, to ensure that confirmed perpetrators of abuse do not join the organization.*
*For this position, contact level with patients and children is categorized as **High** risk and will be monitored with this in regard.*
## **Introduction**
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organisation that provides assistance to people affected by conflicts, epidemics, and natural or human-made disasters and excluded from healthcare. We provide this assistance without discrimination, irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
## **About MSF Eastern Africa**
MSF Eastern Africa is the regional institutional office of MSF. It focuses on representation and networking, recruiting and supporting staff from the region, communications and fundraising, as well as working on other dossiers of importance to MSF such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Data Protection, mutualization, training, medical operational support and environmental health.
**BE READY WHEN IT MATTERS MOST**
## **PURPOSE**
We are building a rapid deployment emergency pool to strengthen responses for Ebola and VHF outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other affected or at-risk countries. We are looking for different profiles, as we expect our teams to rapidly grow. We are looking for professionals willing to go into DRC.
## **WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:**
- **Availability:** Available for deployment within the next 3 months for your first rotation of 6–8 weeks, followed by a mandatory 21-day post-deployment monitoring period.
- **Priority Profiles:** Medical Profiles, Paramedical Profile and WaSH/ WatSan (Water, Hygiene and Sanitation) specialists.
- **Language:** **Mandatory** fluency in both **French** and **English**.
- **Schengen visa:** The Ebola Response applicants must have a valid Schengen visa / valid Schengen area residence or holding a passport that does not require a Schengen visa to travel to Europe. This is to facilitate travel to Europe for the “monitoring period”.
## **Mandatory Experiences:**
1. **For the Ebola Response:** Experience in Ebola response.
2. **For other Emergency Response:** For the non-Ebola experience, Mandatory extensive experience with VHF, disease outbreak, or other emergency response.
## **Competencies**
- Flexible and adaptable in fast-changing environments
- Resilient under high-pressure humanitarian conditions
- Committed to teamwork and MSF principles
- Ready for remote and resource-limited field settings
## **What MSF Offers:**
- A fixed-term contract for deployment assignments and additional 21 days for the monitoring period post assignment.
- Travel, accommodation, and medical coverage during missions.
- Daily allowances in line with MSF policies.
- Access to training and professional development opportunities.
Program/Project Management
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