.Do your skills and experience not precisely match the requirements? MSF-OCBA is an organisation committed to promoting diversity and equity by providing equal access to professional opportunities. We understand that women, people of colour, indigenous individuals, members of the LGTB+ community, and other underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all the requirements. At MSF-OCBA, we strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace. Therefore, if you're interested in this position but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the selection criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the ideal candidate for this or other positions.GENERAL CONTEXTMédecins Sans Frontières is an international independent medical-humanitarian organization, which offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.GENERAL OBJECTIVE AND JOB ENVIROMENTDirectly reporting to the Direction of Operations, the Head of the Emergency Unit (REUE) is responsible for "driving" the OCBA emergency interventions in accordance with the organization's Operational PolicyS/he leads emergency interventions in contexts where OCBA is not present, and/or follows up, supports or organizes emergency interventions in existing OCBA missions overseen by the rest of OCBA Operational Cells (currently situated in Amman, Barcelona,Bogotá, Dakar and Nairobi). This is always in coordination with the respective Heads of Operational Cells (RECO) and Direction of Operations. When decided by Director of Operations, he/she can assume direct management of emergency interventions in the afore mentioned missions.The Emergency Unit is currently managing interventions in Gaza (OPT), Sudan, Chad and Ukraine.S/he is responsible for the Emergency Unit (EU), a matrix-like "team set-up" integrating members linked through functional or hierarchical lines to the different services or departments of MSF OCBA as the basis for direct support and guidance to emergency interventions. The EU is made up of the REUE, one Health Advisor, one Health Advisor Support, one Logistics Advisor, one HR advisor, one Operational Finances Advisor,and around 20 emergency coordinators or technical profiles belonging to the emergency pool normally deployed in the field.TASKS (BY RESPONSIBILITY)1. Responsible for the Operational Centre' emergency preparedness and its timely and appropriate emergency response in line with the strategic orientation of the MSF OCBA Operational Policy
