Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare. MSF’s actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

Benefits of working with MSF Australia

• Flexible & hybrid working arrangements  
• Salary packaging plus insurance benefits & allowances 
• Annual salary & Performance review
• Annual individual training budget & LinkedIn learning licence
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Meditation classes 
• Strong culture of diversity and inclusion
• Career growth & development opportunities
• Additional leave & purchased leave options 
• Monthly Friday afternoons off!
• Plus more!

Responsibilities 

This newly opened role will develop the strategy and provide psychosocial support services to both international mobile and domestic staff for MSF Australia and New Zealand.

Reporting to the Head of International HR this guidance role will ensure the integration of psychosocial activities with other MSF units and external providers and focus on advisory support including risk and compliance; delivering training and promoting mental health awareness; crisis response; data analysis and quality assurance; and maintaining a referral network to uphold staff well-being and resilience.

Based out of Sydney you will collaborate with international Operational Centre and APAC Psychosocial Support Units and other Psychosocial Focal Points across MSF.

Requirements 

To be successful in this crucial position you will be known for your expertise in engaging with staff working in the humanitarian sector in stressful environments and innovative thinking in developing staff health and wellbeing initiatives. Ideally you will be reliable in a crisis response and incident management situations, and can demonstrate the following: 

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology
• Significant experience in psychosocial support preferably within a high-stress NGO
• Prior experience with Medecins Sans Frontiers is required
• Strong understanding of mental health issues and psychosocial interventions
• Confident training skills and ability to facilitate learning
• Outstanding communication and advisory skills, along with the ability to strengthen external referral networks.  
• Experience in interventions for stress management, burnout prevention and conflict management
• Experience providing mental health support remotely
• Good time management skills, the ability to prioritise and work under pressure
• Availability and willingness to adopt flexible regional and international working hours when required 

Applications

To apply upload your resume and cover letter via the below apply button. Applications will be reviewed on receipt. 

For more information, see the Job Description or contact the MSFA Talent Acquisition team with any questions via MSFAOfficeRecruitment@sydney.msf.org   

At MSF Australia, we believe the following five values form the foundations of our culture – Transparency, Respect, Understanding of Diversity, Stepping In and CollaboraTion. 

We value T.R.U.S.T as an essential element to how we operate and believe that these organisation values flow from this trust that we build. 

MSF Australia (MSFA) is committed to developing diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and fostering a culture of belonging for all our staff. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us better achieve our social mission of providing aid without agenda. We strongly encourage First Nations peoples, people from LGBTQIA+ communities, people from diverse cultures and language groups, and people who live with a disability to apply. We invite all requests for a reasonable adjustment to the recruitment process if this will support your application. For more information, call or email MSFA Human Resources on +61 2 8570 609   MSFAOfficeRecruitment@sydney.msf.org

MSF Australia has a Child Protection Policy and COVID-19 vaccination policy in place, all employees are required to comply with these policies. 

In support of the Child Protection Policy, a criminal background check will be required during the recruitment process for selected candidates. A criminal record will not automatically preclude anyone from the position they have been selected for.