MSF Access Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Advisor

Title of the function: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (SRH) ADVISOR Contract: Full time (100%) Duration: open-ended contract Starting date: May 2026 Deadline to apply: April 13, 2026 Location : Dakar , Senegal; Nairobi , Kenya Compensation and benefits: MSF practice is to offer the C&B package current in the MSF entity establishing the contract. This job description may evolve according to the finalized MSF Access Strategic Plan, although its main parameters (scope, area of expertise) should not be essentially altered. Until that key stage, the incumbent is expected to demonstrate a degree of flexibility in the performance of their work I. BACKGROUND MSF INTERNATIONAL Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to 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. 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. Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is a central component of MSF’s medical response, given its profound impact on morbidity, mortality, and overall well‑being, particularly among women, adolescents, and crisis‑affected populations. Globally, preventable Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) conditions remain among the leading causes of death and disability for ... (truncated, view full listing at source)