Job description Location: Any MSF office* Contract: Fixed term Duration: 3 years renewal Starting date: January 2025 Deadline to apply: 11th November 2024 By default, the successful candidate will be offered a contract in the MSF office of their country of residence at the time of application. I. MSF INTERNATIONAL Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSFs 24 sections, 27 associations and other offices together. Registered in Switzerland, MSF International provides coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implements international projects and initiatives as requested. II. PLACE IN THE ORGANISATION To support the organisational commitments to continuously improve the quality of healthcare provision, through a person centred approach, the position of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) was approved by the DirMed platform in July 2024. The strategic aims of this position are to strengthen nursing leadership and professional representation within the current MSF governance structures, futureproof MSFs nursing workforce and promote a culture of interdisciplinary ways of workings and shared accountability to improve the quality of healthcare delivery. The Chief Nursing officer will: Lead the intersectional nursing platform. Report to the International Medical Coordinator (IMC) Link Strategically to DirMed platform and IMC Liaise with the DirMed platform, International Medical Platforms, the SPINCO team, the international guidelines team, the supply platforms, the HR IO team (and others as needed). III. OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION An overall nursing vision and strategy is developed for the entire MSF movement, fostering equity and inclusion, and setting up a nursing leadership reflective of our nursing population and the values of our nursing care: person centred, caring, empathetic; safe and effective, well led and interdisciplinary. Working closely with the IMC and the DirMed platform, the CNO plays a pivotal role in supporting and ensuring that the nursing vision and strategy are consistently and efficiently considered at the different levels. The CNO position focuses on issues relevant to nurses due the professional differences and separate scopes of practice between nurses and midwives. However, acknowledging that in many of the countries where we operate, midwives and nurses are often educated and regulated jointly i.e. the health needs such as neonatal care, cervical cancer screening, contraceptive care, womens health, sexual violence, and safe abortion care, are addressed by both professions. To ensure effective collaboration and coordination in these overlapping areas, the CN