Association Network & Engagement Officer

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian organization that provides impartial medical care to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care in over 70 countries. We welcome candidates who bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us in working toward MSF’s common mission. ​

 

 

Job Location

Job location is preferably in Philippines or Indonesia.

 

Job Purpose​

MSF Hong Kong was established in 1994 and is now one of the 25 associations of the international movement. Since early 2000s, MSF HK has already been recruiting outside of the boundaries of Hong Kong and therefore regionalizing its HR pool and subsequently its association membership make-up. Consequently, MSF HK Association became the first regional association and is now one of six in the Movement.
Currently, MSF HK Association has members coming from 14 countries across Greater China and Southeast and East Asia, thus cultivation and engagement of association members is key to encourage the Association’s main responsibility to safeguard MSF identity and ensuring that executive activities and operation are aligned to MSF’s charter, principles, and social mission. The Association also has a formal function within MSF’s governance.
The position of Association Network & Engagement Officer (ANEO) is critical in cultivating and animate a vibrant and well-informed membership, willing and able to assume its responsibilities and engage in key debates about MSF’s humanitarian action, with the view of providing ongoing guidance to MSF HK and the Movement. The ANEO is part of the associative team of MSF-HK under the MSF-HK Board and supervised by the Regional Association Manager. ​

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Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the stimulation of associative dynamics within the region.
• Build and strengthen regional associative networks to achieve strong associative connections with local communities, peers and other MSF entities.
• Identify and recruit members to ensure sustainability of the association and the Board and manage membership database in accordance with legal and institutional requirements.
• Lead and manage efficiently a well-established network of representations of MSF-HK Association in the region, including working with focal points, other MSF entities (Associations and missions) and the overall MSF Movement.
• Develop and implement all Associative engagement related strategies and plans.
• Jointly responsible for ensuring meaningful discussions through the organization and implementation of all associative events.
• Foster meaningful membership engagement that encourages members to take ownership of the Association and take part in the governance process in MSF.
• Ensure that key activities, issues and development of the MSF Movement, MSF HK and regional/local community are kept track of by the Association and the Board.

 

 

The Ideal Candidate ​

• Bachelor’s degree
• Genuine interest in, understanding of and commitment to the humanitarian principles, social mission, operations, and challenges of MSF
• 3 to 5 years working experience preferably in database management, internal communications or relevant areas; preferably 1 year MSF or NGO experience
• Knowledge of, and interest in volunteers’ engagement and the values of non-governmental organization
• Experience in event planning and/or technical support to meetings and events
• Excellent communication skills including public speaking, networking, cross-cultural awareness and sound knowledge of using communication tools
• Proficient in the use of English and languages from the Southeast Asian region is required (either Bahasa or Tagalog)
• A self-starter with stress tolerance, flexibility ability to handle large volumes of work, and track multiple projects and support multiple groups or activities at any one time
• Flexibility to work additional/out of hours as necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role and willingness to travel