LEGAL OFFICER “HR & DUTY OF CARE” (RE-OPENING)

Médecins Sans Frontières, founded in 1971, is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of medical professionals, logistics, administrative and various other professions, all guided by our medical ethics and our principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

MSF WaCA, created in 2019, is the first MSF headquarters in Africa, and responds to the desire to reinvent the MSF movement after 50 years of humanitarian actions in the world, for more access to care, more reactivity and proactivity for greater medical coverage of affected populations in the world.

MSF WaCA promotes a work environment free from any form of abuse and harassment for all staff, patients, beneficiaries, and partners. Safeguarding and inclusion are therefore paramount.

Why join us?

You are preparing to become a member of the MSF family, with over 50 years of emergency medical action that earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

We are an inclusive organization that considers social and professional well-being a right for all and provides an environment that considers the diversity of each member.

MSF WaCA claims an African anchorage that considers the local expertise with which it contributes to the implementation of its activities and makes each member, a key actor of the new dynamics of the humanitarian action in the world.

We Are Looking for: LEGAL OFFICER “HR & DUTY OF CARE” (RE-OPENING)

Department: General Directorate

Direct Manager: General Director

Functional Manager: Intersectional Legal Department, Unit Manager (Unit on HR and Duty of Care)

Working %: 100%

Position Based in: Based in Abidjan with recurring MSF-WaCA field mobility and visits in Europe

Mobility: All WaCA’s Interventions Zones

Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Renewable (one year)

Position to be filled: ASAP

Objectives

Provide general legal support for the management of the WaCA entity, as well as operations, in the following areas:

• Labor law and duty of care
• Individual and collective employment relations
• Support to judiciary procedures regarding employment claims
• Support to investigations
• Any other issue that generating HR constraints for

MSF WaCA

Main responsibilities

He/she will be in charge of the following responsibilities:

• Identify legal issues, risks and questions facing MSF-WACA

and propose mitigation/contigency measures

• Support MSF WaCA in identifying the applicable legal

framework and anticipating related constraints/blockages

• Legal Responsibility: Provide advice, including in litigation
• Select external lawyers and establish a collaboration
• Develop, update, and contribute to internal training
• Build an internal database
• Collect the legislative texts of the countries of the region and

set up a legal monitoring system

• Liaise with the intersection legal department and disseminate

appropriate tools

Job requirements

Formation

· Diplôme Master 2 en droit privé (droit social un plus)

Compétences

· Rigueur, clarté et capacité d’adaptation à des systèmes juridiques différents

· Capacité de recherches, d’analyse et de rédaction

· Capacité à traduire l’information juridique dans un langage compréhensible pour les opérations.

· Autonomie, capacité à présenter des solutions et force de proposition

Compétences humaines et relationnelles

· Engagement envers les principes de MSF

· Sensibilité interculturelle

· Travail d’équipe et coopération

Expériences professionnelles requises

· Minimum 3 ans d’expérience professionnelle dans un cabinet d’avocats ou dans un service juridique

· Expérience au niveau international

· Expérience MSF ou dans le secteur humanitaire est un atout

Compétences Linguistiques

· Maitrise de l’anglais et du français

Compétences informatiques

· Suite Office (principalement MS Word, Excel et Powerpoint)

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MSF offers equal recruitment and development opportunities without any form of discrimination based on gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical origin, physical disability or any other discriminatory ground.

Female candidates who meet the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.

N.B.: This job description provides a framework for the main responsibilities and primary activities of the position. It is not exhaustive. Therefore, the responsibilities and activities of the position may differ from those described in this job description due to organizational and operational needs.

Deadline: May, 27th 2025 18:00 GMT
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

How to apply

Kindly Apply via this link: Medecins Sans Frontières-WaCA – LEGAL OFFICER “HR & DUTY OF CARE” (RE-OPENING)