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Work in the Field

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recruits medical and non-medical aid workers to provide assistance in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.

MSF Field Recruitment Process



1
General Requirements

Do you meet all the general requirements?

2
Professional Requirements

Do you meet the professional requirements?

3
FAQs & Info Sessions

Have you read our FAQs or attended an info session?

4
Online Application

Have you filled out our online job application?

 
5
Screening

MSF screens all applicants for suitability to work in the field.

6
Interview

MSF interviews applicants who passed the screening process.

7
Briefing

MSF briefs candidates who passed the interview.

8
Pool

MSF places all briefed candidates in a pool until they are needed.

9
Match

When an HR need arises in the field, MSF matches and contacts candidate.

 

MSF Recruits:

Non-medical

  • Logisticians
  • Water & Sanitation Logisticians
  • Administrators / Financial Controllers

* urgently needed

Medical

  • Orthopedic Surgeons *
  • Operating Room Nurses *
  • HIV/AIDS and TB Specialists *
  • Obstetricians / Gynecologists *
  • Nurse-Midwives / Certified Midwives *
  • Anesthesiologists / Nurse-Anesthetists *
  • Epidemiologists
  • Physicians
  • General Surgeons
  • Registered Nurses / Nurse Practitioners
  • Pharmacists
  • Licensed Mental Health Specialists

Find out more about the requirements, benefits, FAQs, including interviews with MSF aid workers, by clicking on the "View Recruitment Details" button above.

Orthopedic Surgeons

MSF is urgently seeking orthopedic surgeons for humanitarian programs in Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka for a minimum of one month.

Parlez-Vous Français?

MSF is also in urgent need of French-speaking aid workers to provide assistance in countries such as Niger, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad and Haiti.

 
Benefits Offered to MSF Field Staff
  • Starting gross monthly salary of $1404
  • Per diem during assignment in local currency
  • Round-trip transportation
  • Room and board in project country
  • Comprehensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage
  • Emergency evacuation insurance
  • Reimbursement of mission-specific vaccinations
  • Accommodation in New York City and Europe during briefings and debriefings
  • Letter of support for student loan deferment
  • Payment of interest on student loans after first field assignment and for six months thereafter
  • Employee Assistance program

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