L&D Transversal Trainer (Flying) At Médecins Sans Frontières en Suisse

12 months – 80%

This position is based in the Field, travelling from mission to mission

Mission

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, medical, humanitarian, and independent organisation that provides assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, exclusion from health care and natural disasters. MSF provides assistance to people solely on the basis of their needs and without distinction of race, religion, sex, gender, or political affiliation.**

Main responsibilities

The MSF Transversal Learning Trainer participates in the preparation, implementation, and follow-up of transversal learning programs, both in face-to-face and virtual mode, with a main focus on field implementation. Responsibilities also include training facilitators and contributing to buidling local capacities by accompanying trained facilitators.

Some of these programs include but are not limited to, the Welcome to MSF integration program and other instituational programs or key Topics (DEI, duty of care , Sanou …).These training programs are part of OCG’s overall strategic plan and are adapted and developed based on operational needs. Additional topics or programs can be added to the portfolio depending on the context evaluation and the Learning needs.

Context

Transversal trainings are intended to contribute to the integration and professional development of staff, by addressing themes and developing skills and competencies that are common to the workforce, regardless of the department they belong to and from the moment they join MSF. The development and implementation of these programs is part of OCG staff’s professsional development and a way to give access to learning/training to all staff.

As an entry point, , the “Welcome to MSF” integration programs was developed to respond to the ambition of providing an induction for the maximum of new MSF collaborators, regardless of their place of recruitment, their working location, or their contractual status. While the initial project primarily targeted OCG, today “Welcome to MSF” has become a truly intersectional training.

Other transversal training programs contributing to the global development of staff happen at different moments of their professional career with MSF. They can be used as stand-alone or add-on programs, integrated into existing trainings.

The implementation of the above-mentioned training programs include face-to-face and virtual classes, and must be adapted to the reality of the different contexts of intervention of MSF and the diversity of learners (project to HQ).

The person in this position must show a strong interest in the different institutional learning programs of MSF and be ready to adapt to the varied topics.**

Your Profile

Education

· University degree or professional certification in training/facilitation or adult education

Or

· Equivalent professional experience as trainer/facilitator

Experience

· Minimum 2 years of proven work experience as a trainer and/or facilitator.

Minimum 3 years of experience in MSF, including field missions.

· Having facilitated MSF training programs (the Welcome to MSF, Sanou or other participatory OCG learning program) is an asset.

· knowledge of transversal themes such as responsible behaviours, DEI and management/leadership.

Languages

· French and English: fluent (spoken and written)

· Arabic, Spanish and Russian is a strong asset

· Any other language an asset

Description of main activities:

Under the direct supervision of the Transversal Learning Partner (TLP), the L&D Transversal Learning Trainer (TLP) is in charge of:

· The organisation and implementation of the “Welcome to MSF” and transversal institutional training programs in OCG missions, including regular interaction with the person in charge of learning in the mission and training focal points.

· Delivering a Training of Facilitators and leading/supporting implementations by the newly trained facilitators in the mission.

· Support and adapt to the different deployment strategies defined for the transversal programs.

Follow up with Focal Points in the missions to ensure that replications are carried out after the ToF and initial replications have been completed in a given mission and support facilitators post-deployment.

The role of the Transversal Learning Trainer

· Contribute to the development and strengthening of the knowledge, skills and competencies of MSF staff.

· In collaboration with the Deployment Manager, carry out the transversal institutional training programs annual planning for OCG.

· Organization, facilitation and follow-up of all tranversal training programs (Training of Facilitators, support and program implementation) in face-to-face and virtual formats.

· Support and follow-up with the pool of WtMSF Facilitators and Transversal training program facilitators.

· Support the missions to carry out WtMSF and transversal training program implementations in complete autonomy after the initial deployment.

· Evaluate the quality of the tranversal training programs and propose improvements.

· In collaboration with the Transversal Learning Partner ensure the capitalisation of transversal training programs (ToF and implemetation strategy).

· In collaboration with the Deployment Manager ensure the capitalisation of the deployment strategy of transversal training programs, including lessons learned.

· Promote the different institutional learning programs in both HQ/offices and field missions.

· Contribute to the consolidation of communities of practice of trained facilitators**

Personal Abilities

· Pedagogy (able to convey knowledge and skills in ways that learners can understand, remember and apply)

· Strong planning and organizational skills (from the preparation of a training through to the follow-up in all the missions where the trainings are deployed).

· Group dynamics management (understand the interaction dynamics among groups to be able to create safe and inclusive learning spaces).

· Facilitation (intervene and guide individual and collective learning processes to achieve given results in interactive and engaging ways)

· Familiar with online training tools (Zoom, Teams, Mural, etc.)

· Good knowledge of MSF operational contexts and its and key elements of diversity and multiculturality.

Terms of Employment

· Field-based position with visits to HQ in Geneva.

· Practical working conditions while in the field are as per the MSF OCG volunteer handbook.

· Fixed-term contract of 12 months with an occupancy of 80%

· Ideal starting date: ASAP

· Gross monthly salary: CHF 5’500.- for 100% position (proportional to occupancy rate)

· Social Benefits: Health insurance and living costs in the countries of intervention and at HQ, paid according to internal regulations.