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Do you want to join a committed, activist-driven organization and take meaningful action for social justice?  For over 40 years, Médecins du Monde has been delivering healthcare to the most vulnerable, challenging barriers to access, and driving long-term change in health policies.  In France and across nearly 30 countries, our work is built around six core missions:  Sexual and reproductive health and rights (including access to safe abortion)  Migration, exile, human rights and health  Harm reduction  Health and the environment  Healthcare systems  Humanitarian spaces  MdM in Syria Following the rapid power shift in Damascus on 8 December 2024, the Syrian Arab Republic is undergoing a pivotal transformation that is fundamentally reshaping its humanitarian, political, and recovery landscape. The legacy of more than 14 years of conflict continues to manifest in an ongoing and unprecedented humanitarian crisis, characterized by significant challenges. Currently, 16.5 million people are in need, with 8 million individuals urgently prioritized—representing 33% of the Syrian population. Syria’s health crisis is compounded by multisectoral fragilities and overlapping crises, including severe shortages of human resources, insufficient medical supplies, disparities in salary scales between the Ministry of Health and INGOs, weak governance and monitoring systems, political uncertainty, evolving humanitarian coordination mechanisms, reduced funding amid increasing needs, and expanded humanitarian access to previously restricted yet highly contaminated areas. MdM is adapting its interventions to remain effective and impactful within Syria’s evolving humanitarian landscape. MdM’s strategy in Syria is structured around two main priorities: Providing primary healthcare services, including outpatient consultations, vaccination, nutritional care, and reproductive health, through the direct support of three health facilities. Ensuring a community-based approach to promote equitable access to healthcare services for all. About the role You will be responsible for designing, implementing, adapting and reporting the quality medical program activities for the Syria mission. You will ensure the relevance and quality delivery of all medical activities, and practices, with a particular focus on health data analysis. You are the technical supervisor for the medical team (MdM or implementing partners) within the mission. You will take part in the country strategy elaboration for the medical sector led by the General Coordinator (along with the Desk Officer, HQ Medical and Mental Health (MH), and protection advisors/referents). What you’ll do Under the supervision of the General coordinator, your main responsibilities are the following: Participate in the definition of the country strategy led by the general coordinator and drive the medical and technical aspects in the development of this strategy  Design, plan, implement, adapt and monitor the programme’s health activities  Ensure the quality and relevance of health activities, supervise the collection and analysis of medical data  Recruit, manage, train, and motivate the medical team  Ensure the management of pharmaceutical products  Carry out health needs assessments and evaluations of medical partners  Cooperate with the administration team regarding budgeting and supervise the medical purchase process  Represent MdM with authorities, partners and other NGOs on health issues  Participate in the writing of proposals and reports   Who you’ll work with You are the technical supervisor for the medical team (MdM or implementing partners) within the mission. Requirements You are the right match if you: Ha