Job Description

Do you want to join a committed, activist-driven organization and take meaningful action for social justice?

For over 40 years, Médecins du Monde has been delivering healthcare to the most vulnerable, challenging barriers to access, and driving long-term change in health policies.

In France and across nearly 30 countries, our work is built around six core missions:

• Sexual and reproductive health and rights (including access to safe abortion)
• Migration, exile, human rights and health
• Harm reduction
• Health and the environment
• Healthcare systems
• Humanitarian spaces

MdM in Lebanon

MdM has been present in Lebanon for nearly 30 years, adapting its interventions to the country’s successive crises and evolving humanitarian and health needs. In a context marked by prolonged socioeconomic challenges, pressure on the health system and the consequences of the ongoing conflict, MdM works to ensure access to quality healthcare for vulnerable populations while supporting and strengthening the Lebanese health system.

MdM currently supports access to primary healthcare through partnerships with Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCCs) across the country and provides emergency health services, including through mobile medical activities in South Lebanon. Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is a core component of MdM’s approach and is integrated across its health interventions. The mission also works on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender-based violence (GBV), and access to comprehensive and rights-based healthcare.

The Lebanon mission has a coordination team based in Beirut, with field teams supporting programme implementation in Beirut, South Lebanon and Baalbek-Hermel.

About the role

You will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing grants management, donor compliance, resource mobilization, and partnership and donor engagement for MdM in Lebanon. In addition, you will be responsible for the mission's communication and will represent the mission in relevant forums.

What you’ll do

Under the supervision of the general coordinator, your main responsibilities are the following:

Country Strategy

• Contribute to the development of the country programme strategy
• Support strategic opportunity identification, donor mapping and external representation

Fundraising

• Identify funding opportunities and contribute to fundraising strategy and donor mapping
• Develop fundraising materials and identify relevant local and international partners
• Support donor engagement, meetings and follow-up

Project Development

• Lead go/no go meetings and coordinate project development in line with country strategy and donor priorities
• Oversee proposal development, including narratives, budgets, logframes and supporting documents, ensuring cross-departmental coordination and timely submission

Grants Management & contract follow-up

• Monitor donor requirements, contractual obligations, visibility commitments and deadlines
• Maintain grant tracking and compliance tools, ensure timely donor communication, and escalate risks or delays to the relevant staff and HQ

Reporting

• Coordinate the preparation and timely submission of quality narrative reports and supporting documents to HQ and donors
• Ensure consistency between reporting, project progress and MEAL data
• Coordinate project kick-off and close-out meetings, grant reviews and evaluations, and ensure lessons learned are integrated into project management

Partnership Management

• Identify potential partners and maintain an up-to-date partner mapping
• Oversee partnership agreements, due diligence, contractual compliance and reporting
• Ensure effective coordination and accountability between MdM and its partners

Compliance and audit (internal and external)

• Promote compliance with MdM procedures and donor requirements, and report suspected fraud, corruption or major breaches
• Coordinate internal controls, audits, risk management and follow-up on recommendations
• Ensure proper archiving and accessibility of grant-related documentation for audit purposes

Capacity building

• Identify capacity-building needs and provide training, coaching and access to relevant technical resources

Coordination and representation

• Facilitate coordination and information sharing across departments, field bases and HQ, including contributions to the monthly SITREP
• Support the general coordinator in external representation, stakeholder engagement and donor visits
• Participate in coordination meetings and relevant external forums

Who you’ll work with

You will work closely with the program officer at HQ, the Institutional Funding Unit, the technical referents, the support coordinators and the MEAL team, among others.

Requirements

You are the right match if you:

• Hold a Master’s degree in a relevant field or project management (Development, International relations, Humanitarian management)
• Have at least 3 years of relevant experience, including 2 years in a similar position with an international NGO
• Have solid knowledge of project cycle management, institutional donors and their requirements, as well as the humanitarian sector
• Demonstrate strong coordination, managerial and training skills, with the ability to guide teams, support other departments and manage partnerships effectively
• Have excellent analytical, strategic, organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage priorities, work remotely and engage diverse stakeholders
• Are proactive, adaptable and detail-oriented, with strong writing skills and the ability to simplify complex information
• Speak English fluently, Arabic is highly appreciated

This role may not suit you if you:

• Prefer working independently rather than coordinating across departments and supporting teams
• Are uncomfortable managing competing priorities, working under pressure or adapting to changing contexts
• Find it challenging to communicate complex information clearly, provide guidance or build relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Lack an interest in gender equality in health service delivery, human rights or international humanitarian law, or are not committed to exemplary professional conduct and teamwork
• You are not aligned with MdM’s values and activist approach

Recruitment process

If shortlisted, you will first meet with our HR team, followed by a managerial interview during the month of October.

Please note: as part of our anti–money laundering and counter-terrorism policy, international background checks may be conducted. Data is processed confidentially and securely. More info: https://www.medecinsdumonde.org/en/working-internationally/

All successful candidates must provide a criminal record extract (B3).

Ready to apply?

We only need your CV and a cover letter.

If this role sounds like the right fit for you, apply now – we’d love to hear from you!

Benefits

Employment conditions

Contract & status:

• Gross monthly salary: 3 069 €
• Fixed-term contract for 6 months starting as soon as possible
• Single posting

Work environment:

• Position based in Lebanon
• Regular field visits

Benefits:

• 13th-month salary (for employees with more than 6 months’ seniority)
• Expatriation allowance: 10% of gross monthly salary
• Coverage of travel (home – mission), visas, and vaccinations
• Accommodation: guesthouse
• Health insurance (50% covered by MdM and 50% by the employee)
• Repatriation insurance
• MdM promotes training and internal mobility.

Essentials:

• 5 weeks paid leave + 22.5 RTT days per year
• Strong commitment to inclusion and fighting all forms of discrimination
• More info: https://www.medecinsdumonde.org/en/working-internationally/

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

MdM is committed to the inclusion of people with disabilities and to fighting all forms of discrimination.

If you are officially recognized as a person with a disability and/or require workplace accommodations, please let us know.