Director of Transformational Investment Capacity

Médecins Sans Frontières

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The Transformational Investment Capacity (TIC) is an exciting initiative launched in 2016 that enables MSF to invest in itself to transform its ability to address the medical and humanitarian needs of vulnerable populations around the world.  

The TIC funds large scale projects and smaller incubator ideas that can scale across MSF to significantly improve the way we do our work. TIC projects and ideas can help MSF better fulfill the present and evolving medical humanitarian needs of people living in crisis by investing money, intellectual capital and human resources to implement transformational, game-changing and radical initiatives. 

The TIC Director will drive the successful development of transformational projects within MSF.  By networking across the movement, the Director will ensure transformational work in MSF is effectively supported, catalyzed, and embedded across the MSF movement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the TIC toward achieving transformational goals consistent with MSF movement wide priorities 
  • Liaise with all MSF entities, including ODs, sections, associations, executive committees, working groups, platforms, and MSF International, to enable the development, evaluation, support and scaling of transformational projects across MSF
  • Facilitation of the of the Selection Committee’s ongoing actions and recommendations
  • Work closely with the TIC Host (MSF Canada ED) and the TIC Core Team (TIC Steering Committee) chair to ensure effective ways of working.
  • Build networks internally and externally to support large scale and smaller incubator projects 
Knowledge and Experience:

    • Have a genuine interest in and commitment to humanitarian principles 
    • Bring strategic vision and thought leadership in transformation 
    • Strong knowledge of MSF and experience in working directly with MSF leadership preferred 
    • Proven success in cultivating and maintaining networks with a broad and diverse set of stakeholders 
    • Strong analytical and complex problem-solving skills with an ability to understand, review, analyze and challenge transformation proposals, business cases and project plans 
    • Great at influencing and building strategic coalitions through collaboration and relationship management 
    • Experience working on a global team with diverse demographic and cultural characteristics, as well as the flexibility to virtually meet with people in multiple time zones.  
    • Comfortable being part of complex and challenging strategic discussions and the next moment, rolling up your sleeves to get things done 
    • Experienced in working autonomously in a fast-paced team. 
    • People management experience, leading others to achieve impact. 
    • Experience in funding / selecting projects experience is an asset 
    • Experience with project delivery risk management 

    Education, Certifications and Languages

    • Fluency in spoken and written English 
    • Experience in leadership, industry / sector leadership, transformational program leadership

    Source: https://boards.greenhouse.io/doctorswithoutborders/jobs/6116902

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    Source: https://boards.greenhouse.io/doctorswithoutborders/jobs/6116902

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