Vulnerable Too Program Manager (50% position)
Médecins Sans Frontières
- Location:
- Remote, Norway
- Grade:
- Grade 17
- Category:
- Professional Staff
- Remote:
- Yes
Posted Jun 26, 2026Apply by Aug 5, 2026 (39d left)
The Vulnerable Too Program Manager leads the implementation of the Vulnerable Too initiative, a staff-centered effort to strengthen peer support, connection, and well-being across the MSF movement. The role involves coordinating partners, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring delivery on time, on budget, and in line with MSF’s safeguarding and quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Manage the program by coordinating and monitoring the implementation of the initiative in collaboration with the external implementation partner, ensuring alignment with agreed plans, timelines, deliverables, and budget
- Ensure stakeholder engagement and coordination across MSF entities to ensure alignment, collaboration, and effective participation
- Secure that MSF standards are integrated throughout the initiative, including quality control, safeguarding, ethical considerations and data protection
- Ensure informed decision-making and effective governance through monitoring, risk management, reporting and contributing to learning and evaluation processes, including feedback and continuous improvement
- Act as an internal ambassador for the Vulnerable Too Initiative, strengthening engagement and participation across the MSF movement by fostering storytelling, reflection, peer connection, community-based support, and emotionally supportive practices that foster inclusion and emotional solidarity
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience
- Strong experience managing or coordinating projects with multiple stakeholders
- Experience in humanitarian, public sector, or non-profit environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills
- Ability to work independently across teams, functions, and geographies
- Fluent written and spoken English (C1 level or equivalent)
- Experience in MSF or similar humanitarian operational contexts (strong advantage)
- Background in one or more of the following: Staff well-being / MHPSS, Coaching and mentoring, Organizational development or culture change, Community engagement or safeguarding (strong advantage)
- Experience with online communities or peer-support initiatives (strong advantage)
- Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches and psychological safety (strong advantage)
- Proficiency in French, Spanish, or Arabic (strong advantage)
Skills
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Relationship Management
- Humanitarian Operations Liaison
- Public Sector Experience
- Non-Profit Sector Experience
- Communication Facilitation
- Independent Work
- Staff Well-being
- MHPSS Work
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Organisational Development
- Culture Change
- Community Engagement
- Safeguarding
- Online Community Management
- Peer-support Initiatives
- Trauma-Informed Practice
- Psychological Safety
- English Language Proficiency
Languages
English