Location : Any MSF Office based in CET + / 3 hours
Contract : 12 months
Reporting to : International Information Systems Coordinator
Deadline for application : 03rd of April
Compensation and benefits : MSF practice is to offer the C&B package current in the MSF entity establishing the contract.
* By default, the successful candidate will be offered a contract in the MSF office of their country of residence at the time of application.
I. MSF INTERNATIONAL
Medecins Sans Frontieres (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 offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of origins, religion, gender or political affiliation.
MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSFs 24 sections, 25 associations and other 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. POSITION BACKGROUND
MSF field operations are led by 6 Operational Centres (OCs), cover more than 60 countries around the world, and are comprised of different functions / departments, e.g. Medical, Logistical, Supply Chain, Finance, and Human Resources. Different OCs and departments use a variety of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems and other tools to manage their day to day operations capturing transactional data and generating visibility for many different purposes including administering resources and payments, monitoring and reporting performance, planning & budget management, and taking management decisions.
This year MSF will embark on a reflection of its field (and HQ) ERP system future triggered by the following challenges :
* Strategic movement priorities such as mutualization of resources, interoperability, efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and reduction of carbon footprint
* The need to support our social mission in terms of rationalization of complexity and bureaucracy in our processes and enhancement of reaction speed and data visibility
* Technological obsolescence in terms of remaining life span of existing tools, increasing risks in terms of cyber security & data protection, and evolving connectivity needs
* Risk of increasing fragmentation and complexity
* Functional areas that are not structurally covered
III. OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION
The goal of this position is to obtain a shared, long term and movement wide vision on the future ERP architecture for MSFs field and HQ operations, taking into consideration a degree of integration and / or standardisation needs across different systems, entities and functional areas, types of technologies and marke