Médecins Sans Frontières – Switzerland (MSF-Swiss) is a medical, humanitarian, impartial and international non-profit organization. MSF provides exclusively humanitarian and medical assistance to populations in need, without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, philosophy, or politics and is independent of any political, religious, military or economic power.

At MSF Switzerland, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas, and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification. 

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, ethnicities, backgrounds, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics. 

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment.

Main Purpose of the position: 

Supervising the clinical activities and guaranteeing the quality of midwifery care in the department, according to MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards in order to provide a high quality Mother and Child Health (MCH) care to the population.

Responsibilities

• Supervising, supporting and evaluating the team under his/her responsibility particularly midwives, midwife assistants and other related staff in her team such as cleaners. Planning and organizing their work (areas, days, absences, visits, holidays, etc) and coaching them in their work with special focus in following all appropriate protocols and procedures.
• Ensuring teamwork and a professional relationship between maternity and other departments.
• Supervising the clinical activities in all the maternity departments and activities such as ante-natal consultations, delivery and after delivery follow up, post-natal consultations, family planning consultations, new-born vaccinations and liaising with the Medical Doctor about the patients who need special care times, visiting hours, etc.
• Ensuring that the staff on duty knows, implements and follows at all times the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control in the medical premises ensuring high standards of hygiene in the working environment.
• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained, cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols, reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
• Being responsible for the department-related pharmacy activities (stock and consumption monitoring) as well as maintenance of the medical equipment.
• Being responsible for ensuring that all the administrative procedures, patients’ data and documents are filled in correctly and registered for compiling monthly reports reflecting the activity in the department.

Context Specific Responsibilities

Supervision and management of Midwives and community’s midwives.

• Provide supervisory support to Midwifes working in the PHCs and hospital supported by MSF.
• In collaboration with the MWAM (Midwife Activity Manager), ensure the provision of quality SRH (ANC and PNC) and SGBV services within MSF-supported activities in accordance with MSF and MoH protocols and guidelines.
• In collaboration with the SFPA, support community-based activities implemented by Community Midwives (CMWs).
• Follow the monthly SFPA document submission for the activities, give technical support and organize payment process.
•  Have regular meetings with community midwives to ensure that they understand importance of early referrals from community level for secondary care to avoid late complications.
• Ensure Proper Pharmacy management within SRH/SGBV Activities area in collaboration with Pharmacy manager/Supervisor
• Gather information related to SGBV cases in the community and monitor how management of cases are done.
•  Mapping of other actors in the catchment area and understanding services being provided by each actor.
• Ensure that all donations provided to the facility are appropriately used and that any future inventory is conducted in a timely manner, with the inventory report shared with the Pharmacy.
• Report any pending ruptures in the facility and report to the manager and pharmacy team.
• Facilitate joint supervision, training and review activities with MoH midwives and supervisors when appropriate.

Community midwifery and linkages

• Provide technical supervision and mentoring to community midwives in collaboration with SFPA and MoH.
• Monitor the quality of community-based activities, health education, early identification of danger signs and referral activities.
• Ensure community midwives can identify and refer to high-risk pregnancies and maternal/newborn complications appropriately.
• Strengthen linkages between community midwives, PHCCs and ABJ Hospital/supported hospital.
• Support community midwives in promoting SRH health topic, and timely care-seeking.
• Identify barriers to accessing SRH services and communicate these to the relevant teams.

On-job training and capacity building

• Identify training and capacity-building needs among facility midwives and community midwives.
• Develop and facilitate refresher training and practical coaching based on identified gaps.
• Facilitate training on Primary Health Care (PHC) activities, when needed, to strengthen the quality and utilization of facility-based services, including ANC, PNC, and EPI.
• Support the organization of clinical simulations, case discussions and mentoring sessions where appropriate.
• Follow up on the application of knowledge and skills acquired during training.
• Maintain records of training, supervision and competency development.
• Document key processes, tools, training materials and improvement actions to facilitate continuity.

Data, monitoring and reporting

• Provide timely and accurate Reproductive Health activity data from the PHCCs and supported hospital to the MWAM for reporting and monitoring purposes.
• Review data regularly to identify trends, gaps and areas requiring corrective action.
• Contribute to monthly sitrep and quarterly activity reviews.
• Ensure identified gaps are translated into clear actions and followed up during subsequent supervision visits.

Coordination with MoH and other stakeholders

• Maintain regular technical communication with relevant MoH counterparts.
• Coordinate with PHCC and hospital management regarding midwifery staffing, service delivery and identified gaps and provide feedback to the Midwife activity manager.
• Support harmonization of MSF-supported activities with MoH policies, guidelines and priorities.
• Contribute to strengthening MoH ownership and sustainability of midwifery services

Infection prevention and control and safe practice

• Ensure midwives apply appropriate IPC measures during consultations (ANC, PNC) care in the PHCCs.
• Support IPC implementation procedure and monitor availability and correct use of IPC materials in the PHCCs and hospitals.
• Identify unsafe practices and provide immediate feedback and coaching.
• Follow up on identified IPC gaps through supervision and improvement plans.

Education: Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Midwifery 

Experience: 

• Essential: minimum 2 years' experience as a Medical Doctor working in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) or minimum 2 years' experience as a Midwife working in SRH.
• Desirable: previous experience at MSF or other NGOs.

Language: Fluent Arabic and English

Knowledge: 

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
• Communication skills, and knowledge of Sudan health system, experience in emergency settings is an asset.
• Results and Quality Orientation 
• Teamwork and Cooperation 
• Behavioural Flexibility 
• Commitment to MSF Principles 
• Stress Management 

All applications should at the minimum include:

• Complete CV, detailing the applicant’s education, professional experience
• Cover letter detailing your motivation for this specific position
• Copies of relevant diplomas and certificates mentioned in the CV
• Accurate contact information (candidate’s primary and secondary phone number)
• Copy of the National identification document (National Number/national ID/Passport)
• Contact information of previous employer(s) and other references

In order to apply for this position, please fill in the Form and Upload the Documents Using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq1B9jpVa-3kcJ0heFJ5pqhwBXyVv38uzX3kzX-RxGu9z2Bw/viewform?usp=header

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

The application deadline for this position is 24 October 2026 at 23:59. Any submissions after this deadline will not be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. In this recruitment process, candidates will have to pass a written test and an interview.

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