Project Coordinator Support - Soran

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation. MSF is looking for the following position based in Soran.

Main Purpose:

Providing support to the Project Coordinator in the security management and the coordination tasks, ensuring a smooth relation with local and national authorities and contributing to the context analysis and follow-up according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to ensure the smooth running of the project.

Responsibilities:

• Represent MSF externally together with the Project Coordinator (PC) or alone (when delegated) and negotiating on behalf of the project coordination in close cooperation with the PC and based on beforehand agreed messaging. Assisting in safeguarding and promoting MSF’s image externally
• Monitor, analyze, and share contextual information related to the Soran Independent Administration, including humanitarian, social, institutional, cultural, and access‑related dynamics, to support informed operational planning and timely adaptation of activities.
• Support MSF representation and dialogue with local and regional authorities, health institutions, community representatives, and humanitarian actors, together with or delegated by the Project Coordinator, promoting clear understanding of MSF’s medical objectives, humanitarian mandate, and operational approach
• Support internal and external communication, including drafting correspondence, briefings, and meeting minutes, ensuring accurate, coherent, and culturally appropriate messaging regarding MSF’s activities and positioning within the Soran Independent Administration, and supporting adherence to required administrative, registration, and regulatory processes with relevant authorities to enable uninterrupted operations.
• Monitor, analyze and report on key issues (security, risk, etc.) to the Project Coordinator and provide contextual information, through a sound knowledge of counterparts, parties, actors, authorities and military groups, in different administrations/parties and governorates/districts in order to improve understanding and decision-making processes. Maintaining the security database and providing a biweekly context analysis based on recent incidents and developments
• Assist in explo missions and assessments as needed and participating in the development of security plans
• Assist the Project Coordinator in Internal and External Communication sessions and events about MSF (for National staff, the Ministry of Health staff, as well as local authorities, community leader, military actors, security forces) in order to improve awareness, understanding of MSF principles and services and public opinion adhesion. Write meeting minutes and contribute to the meeting logbook.
• Ensure the continuity of relations/networking with local actors (other NGOs, UN agencies, local authorities, media, etc.) and file and update field contacts and correspondence to ensure information sources accuracy and its availability on regular basis.
• Prepare and conduct context, cultural and security briefings on the project context to new employees (national and international) in order to facilitate their integration within the project environment. 
• Contribute to staff induction, briefings, and refreshers on contextual, cultural, organizational, and operational aspects of working in Soran‑based and peripheral settings, supporting staff integration, shared understanding of the environment, and appropriate professional conduct.
• Promote MSF’s neutral, independent, and impartial positioning through consistent engagement, discretion, and adherence to humanitarian principles.

In order to apply, please complete the questionnaire using the following link:

https://tally.so/r/VLb1Ea

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted