Association Engagement and Communication officer

## **MSF Eastern Africa is looking for an Association Engagement and Communication officer**

*Do your skills and experience not precisely match the requirements? At MSF EA, we strive to create a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace, recognizing the need to increase access to professional opportunities for historically underrepresented groups. 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.*

*Firmly committed to safeguarding patients, community members, staff, and all those in contact with the organization from all forms of abuse, including sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH), we will take all necessary steps, through rigorous vetting processes, to ensure that confirmed perpetrators of abuse do not join the organization.*

*For this position, contact level with patients and children is categorized as **Low Risk** and will be monitored with this in regard.*

## ***Introduction***

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organisation that provides assistance to people affected by conflicts, epidemics, and natural or human-made disasters and excluded from healthcare. We provide this assistance without discrimination, irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

## ***About MSF Eastern Africa***

MSF Eastern Africa is the regional institutional office of MSF. It focuses on representation and networking, recruiting and supporting staff from the region, communications and fundraising, as well as working on other dossiers of importance to MSF such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Data Protection, mutualization, training, medical operational support and environmental health.

## ***About MSF Eastern Africa Association***

MSF East Africa Association (EAA) is an association of MSF established with the aim of improving the participation of its members in the greater MSF movement and in the Eastern Africa home societies. EAA received official recognition from the International General Assembly in December 2011 of MSF EAA as an Associative entity within its movement. Our area of focus is primarily the Eastern Africa region of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya but membership is open to anyone around the world. MSF Eastern Africa is a Section, approved by MSF IGA in November 2020 and is the new regional MSF entity in the Eastern Africa (EA) region.

## ***Rationale/Objective for Position***

The Association Engagement and Communication Officer is responsible for developing and implementing strategic approaches to support the associative-governance goals of the MSF EA Board by driving member engagement, coordinating associative activities, managing communications and fostering a dialogue between the Board, the MSF Eastern Africa, and the Association members. This dialogue should ensure continuous lines of information, exchange, and accountability remain open and functional.

This position will be **hierarchically** and **functionally** accountable to the **Head of Association**.

## ***Tasks & Responsibilities***

**Technical and Operational Responsibilities**

***Support engagement within MSF Eastern Africa Association***

- Develop engagement strategies that promote an active, inclusive, and well-informed MSF EA Association (EAA).
- Facilitate engagement between the MSF EA Board and Association members.
- Cultivate the development of a collective associative identity and shared understanding of MSF principles.
- Support in the Organization and facilitation of EAA debates and associative events across the region, including the General Assembly (GA), ensuring broad and strong participation of EAA and other members.
- Liaise with other departments at the MSF EA office and the MSF Missions in the region on associative activities.
- Support in recruiting new members, administer the EAA membership, managing applications and keeping the Database up to date.

***Support Associative engagement in countries of operations***

- Support in the stimulation of associative life in the field and successful organization of planned associative activities.
- Support the network of Associative Focal Persons and members in countries of operations
- Learn and work with other Associations to develop trainings in collaboration with MSF EA Learning & Development Unit.
- Support in the Organization and facilitation of Field Associative Debates (FADs)
- Engage with Heads of mission towards ALF and any board priorities

***Manage inclusive, qualitative, regular and engaging Association Communications***

- Develop and implement a communications plan and strategic approaches to cultivate a well informed and engaged membership, ensuring inclusion of and adaptation to different audiences
- Coordinate timely and accur