Event Officer - Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) India (Apply by: February 24, 2016)

Background:

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian medical aid organization working in more than 65 countries worldwide. Médecins Sans Frontières is neutral, impartial, independent and not linked to any political party or governmental body. It provides emergency medical assistance to people in need, irrespective of their nationality, race or religion. MSF has worked in India since 1999, providing free-of-charge essential healthcare to people in remote areas, and specialist care for people affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Drug resistant tuberculosis and kala azar. We also respond to natural disasters and other emergencies, provide mental healthcare, and lobby for the development of more effective and cheaper medicines to improve access to treatment for people everywhere.

MSF currently runs projects in the states of Bihar, Delhi, Manipur, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal. In 1996, MSF received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, and in 1999 MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

  

MSF India is one of 24 offices and operational centres in Europe, America, Asia and Australasia, pooling funding, expertise and staff for MSF field operations. MSF India has three key objectives in support of field operations: the recruitment of skilled medical and non-medical staff, the raising of vital funds, and public information work.

  

GENERAL

Location of Job: MSF India Branch Office, New Delhi
Last application date: 24^th February, 2016
Email: hr.support.india@new-delhi.msf.org

Position Title: Event Officer

Location: Delhi

Division / Function: Communication

Department: Communication

Administrative Reporting to: Communication Coordinator

Functional Reporting to: On specific projects, functional reporting to a steering committee (inter departments).