Midwife (M/F) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

For more than 30 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM currently works in 46 countries across all continents where it focuses on 4 priority areas: caring for the health of migrants and displaced persons, promoting sexual and reproductive health, combating HIV and reducing the harm and risks associated with drug use, crises and conflicts.

Since January 2014, MdM has started a 3 years project, under the title: “Preventing genital mutilation and its harmful consequences for 6,900 newborn girls and 46,600 women of childbearing age in Ethiopia” in Afar region – zone 5- with Afar local implementing partner: ACISDA (Afar Community Initiative Sustainable Development Association).

The midwife will work under the direct responsibility of the General Coordinator and in collaboration with the local partner; She/he is based in Dawe (Afar region, zone 5) with the local partner and one week/month is in Addis Ababa to work with the MdM coordination team. The midwife works closely with the local partner responsible to implement the FGM project, bringing technical inputs and training. At the field level, she./he has a very important role as a MdM representative with the different interlocutors (local partner, the local government agencies and local NGO).

More particularly, the Technical Advisor has to:

• Coordinate and monitor the project activities through the local partner NGO: ACISDA


• Provide technical support in FGM prevention, especially for training of the health extension workers and mide wife (safe de infibulation / FGM complications and risks…)


• Provide technical support for the awareness campaign: identification of the keys messages to the communities and beneficiaries involved


• Ensure the implementation of the logical framework of the project


• Ensure the implementation of the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed between ACISDA and MdM


• Develop and maintain good relations with government officials and regulatory bodies in order to facilitate the work of MdM


• Collect information about context and security situations and report to the general coordinator

Status : Volunteer – VSI

Contract : Fixed-term contract

Duration : 12 months

915 euros / month + perdiem

Starting: ASAP

Single posting

Diploma of midwife At least 2 years of professional experience as midwife Ability to teach/train Patience and understanding Interest, curiosity and respect for different cultural backgrounds, ability to consider intercultural approach Good listener Communication skills Computer skills Reporting skills Fluent in English (speaking and writing)

You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.