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Job Title: MSF Access Policy Advisor Contract:  Full time (100%) Duration : Permanent Location:  Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) or Dakar (Senegal) or Nairobi (Kenya) or Kuala Lumpur                       (Malaysia) Starting Date: September – October 2026 Deadline to apply: July 27, 2026 Reports to: Head of Analysis   Compensation and benefits: MSF practice is to offer the C&B package current in the MSF entity establishing the contract.   I.  MSF INTERNATIONAL Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF assists people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSF’s 24 sections, 27 associations and 18 branch offices together. Registered in Switzerland, MSF International provides coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implements international projects and initiatives as requested. II. BACKGROUND MSF Access   Médecins Sans Frontières works tirelessly to improve the accessibility, availability, affordability, appropriateness and quality of products for health care for the populations it assists and their communities. While this is a collective effort across the organisation, the MSF Access team plays a central role as it identifies and implements a priority selection of access projects, offers expert support for access activities elsewhere in MSF, and brings together information and analysis relevant to MSF’s access work. The MSF Access team, overseen by an Executive Board, is based in the following five regional hubs: Dakar, Senegal: covering West and Central Africa Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: covering the Americas Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: covering Asia and Oceania Nairobi, Kenya: covering Eastern and Southern Africa Brussels, Belgium: covering Europe, the Middle East, and Northern Africa The work of MSF Access is rooted in MSF’s medical humanitarian work and aims to improve access to medicines and healthcare products for people in the greatest need by bringing down barriers that keep people from getting the treatment they need to stay alive and healthy.   To do this, we advocate for the most effective medicines and health products to be available, affordable, and equitably accessible for the people we care for, and beyond.   The MSF Access team has the following responsibilities: Gather input for MSF’s Common Priorities on access to products of healthcare (Access). Design and implement Access Analysis & Advocacy activities to respond to the agreed Common Priorities. Provide, facilitate, support on Access files outside the Common Priorities to MSF entities that request it. Maintain an overview of Access initiatives across MSF and report on them annually. Research, and stay informed of, the Access landscape globally and regionally to inform the MSF Movement of opportunities and threats. The seven Common Priorities currently agreed upon by the MSF Movement include: i. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) ii. Vaccinations iii. Tuberculosis iv. Diabetes v.  Diagnostic Tools vi. Sexual Reproductive Health and vii. Cancer. They are based on the Medical-Operational priorities witnessed by the Movement and are subject to possible changes on medium-term. III. PLACE IN THE ORGANIZATION The Policy Advisor works in the Analysis Department of MSF’s Access Team, reporting to the Head of Analysis. S/he works in a multidisciplinary team of the Analysis Department consisting of experts on medical, pharmaceutical, legal and policy issues related to access to health products and technologies. The Policy Advisor maintains a close working relationship with the regional hubs and the Advocacy/Communication department of the Access team.