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UPP – Medical advisor – North East Siria/ North Iraq

Data: 13/06/2017

La ONG Un ponte per (UPP) sta selezionando un/a Medical advisor per la sua operatività in North East Siria/ North Iraq. Durata contratto: minimo 3 mesi.


Medical advisor

Location: North East Siria/ North Iraq.
Period: minimum 3 months.
Donor: ECHO.
Starting Date (indicative): July 2017.

Context:

Un ponte per… (UPP) is an NGO established in 1991. It has started its activities as “Un ponte per Baghdad”, right after the end of the war in Iraq, with the aim of organizing solidarity initiatives in favor of the Iraqi civil society. Later on, the intervention of Un ponte per… started including Serbia and other Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries. The NGO mission is to prevent new conflicts, protect human rights and support civil society, especially in the Middle East, through awareness raising and advocacy campaigns, cultural exchanges, humanitarian and peacebuilding projects. UPP is active in Iraq since 1991 and is regularly registered at National and Kurdistan Region levels. Since 2012 UPP implements several programs to assist Syrian refugees. Learn more at: www.unponteper.it.

The project:
Un Ponte Per… is looking for a medical advisor in order to implement a project supported by ECHO. In the context of the current military operations the project aims at providing medical services to civilians and particularly at:
• Ensuring access to civilians and war-prisoners with war-related trauma injuries into live-saving medical care.
• Enhancing trauma care at the frontline and ensure punctual referral to field hospitals.
• Preventing avoidable losses of life and further complications as a result of injury. Ensure rapid transit and medical treatment for patients within the golden hour.
• Reinforcing of trauma referral pathways by strengthening trauma stabilization points and operative hospitals.

Role and Responsibilities

The medical advisor will be responsible for:

• Supervising the quality of the project’s medical operations.
• Supporting the Project Manager in defining the strategies of the medical intervention.
• Supporting the local partner in the implementation of the medical interventions.
• Elaborating M&E data for reporting purpose.
• Supporting the project manager in the reporting activities.

Essential Requirements:
• Medical degree. It is not required any medical specialization but a good understanding of the medical case management.
• Minimum of five years professional experience in the medical sector.
• Good understanding of the project life cycle management.
• Excellent capacity to work in team.
• Proven capacities to plan activities successfully targeting results and objectives.
• Ability to supervise and/or mentor the medical staff.
• Previous work experience in humanitarian field.
• Excellent oral and written English. Arabic and Italian are an asset.
• Working experience with local counterparts (CSOs, local NGOs, local institutions).
• Experience of planning, organizing and prioritizing work, working under pressure and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure in stressful environments.

How to apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit a detailed CV, a brief cover letter to address the requirements above and contact information for two professional references to: [email protected]. Please reference; “Medical advisor” in the subject line of your email application.


Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


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