Operational Safeguarding Manager at médecins sans frontières suisse

Position	Operational Safeguarding Manager
Veröffentlicht	20 Aug 2026
Abgelaufen	19 Sep 2026
Unternehmen	médecins sans frontières suisse
Standort	Geneva \| CH
Anstellungsart	Full Time

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Join MSF OCG as an Operational Safeguarding manager!

We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.

Below, you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.

Inclusivity and Diversity at MSF

Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?

At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this Position, we invite you to apply even if you don't fulfil every listed qualification.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.

Context & mission

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).

The MSF movement is built around 5 operational centers supported by 24 sections and offices worldwide. MSF Operational Center Geneva (MSF OCG) is one of these centers.

In this role, you manage a function or multi-team area by overseeing people, resources, and operational priorities. You translate strategies and policies into operational plans, structure team activities, and resolve complex issues that span multiple tasks or workstreams. You ensure coherence in how work is carried out and strengthen collaboration across teams. This role carries full people-management responsibility.

Lead functional delivery, ensuring coherent results across teams and alignment with organizational policies.
Set objectives, structure teamwork, and manage performance to achieve functional priorities.
Allocate resources and balance competing demands to support effective delivery.
Resolve complex or cross-team issues and ensure consistent use of policies, processes, and standards.
Strengthen cross-team collaboration and represent the function in coordination forums.
Develop team capability through coaching, feedback, and supportive development planning.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Lead the operational implementation of safeguarding across all programs, ensuring that safeguarding principles and technical standards, safeguarding risk assessments, and mitigation measures are effectively embedded into day-to-day operations.
In collaboration with the flying team, guide and provide technical support to program teams in developing, operationalizing, and monitoring the implementation of the Mission Behavior Fundamentals, ensuring these measures are consistently applied and effectively integrated into operation department and programs including safe recruitment, safe programming, detection and local reporting mechanisms for patients, care takers and communities' members
Mobilize, coordinate and deploy dedicated flying teams and provide technical safeguarding support in the rollout of the Mission Behavior Fundamentals and safeguarding priorities, in collaboration/concertation with the operational teams.
Develop a program support model with dedicated locally appointed safeguarding human resources that ensures projects benefit from technical safeguarding expertise at both project and coordination levels.
Ensure that local program dedicated resources are supported by both coordination and the flying referents through technical guidance and oversight of safeguarding implementation.
Work in synergies and in a functional mode with the OCG head of safeguarding to ensure coherence and alignment with OCG Positioning technical safeguarding standards, and organizational priorities
In collaboration with flying SFG staff and Land teams to produce detailed Land-level safeguarding situational and risk analyses to inform strategic decision-making, propose prioritization of safeguarding actions according to organizational safeguarding objectives and operational context, and provide operational oversight of the implementation and effectiveness of safeguarding measures.
Represent the Operations Directorate in internal and external meetings requiring operational and technical safeguarding input, analysis, or coordination related to the OCG Safeguarding Plan at programme level. Support any internal communication requesting the accountability of ops department in regards to safeguarding.

Your profile

Education

Master Degree or equivalent in a field relevant to this profile (e.g. law, social or organizational sciences, psychology, social work etc.) an asset

Experience

5 to 10 years of experience in humanitarian projects management in MSF.
Similar validated experience in technical expertise in the related field, preferably in non-governmental, charity or international organisations.

Languages

Fluency in English and French are required
Knowledge of another language (Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) is considered an advantage.

Skills & Personal Abilities

Project management, organization & accountability
Management, Integrity & Ethical Judgment
Risk Assessment & Mitigation
Compliance & Policy Adherence
Leadership, team management, active listening and organizational skills.
Delegation
Cultural sensitivity

Terms of employment

Full-time Position 100% (40h/week)
Open-ended contract
Working place: Geneva, Schweiz, with frequent travel for field visits
Swiss residency while under contract mandatory (because of the frequent travel)
Ideal start date: As soon as possible
Gross annual salary (for 100%): from CHF 102'180.- to CHF 116'484.- (salary commensurate with equivalent experience and internal salary grid)
Paid vacation: 25 days per year, prorate temporis, plus any Swiss public holidays falling within the contract period.
Pension plan: pension contribution covered 3/4 by MSF, 1/4 by staff member.
ReStandort support available for eligible candidates.

How to apply

Candidates are invited to submit their application exclusively through our recruitment platform, following these guidelines:

CV (maximum 2 pages)
Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
Documents must be submitted in either English or French.

The application deadline is September 20th 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive a sufficient number of quality applications.

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All applications will be treated confidentially.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please note that we do not wish to use the services of recruitment or placement agencies.

Branche: Soziale Dienste / Non-Profit

Funktion: Anderes

RAL:

Stellenprozent: 80-100% / 100%

Anstellungsart: Staff (Permanent and Fixed Term)

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Unternehmen: médecins sans frontières suisse
Position: Operational Safeguarding Manager
Arbeitsort: Geneva
Land: CH

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