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MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS) is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSFF is looking for its project in Moldova: INTERCULTURAL MEDIATORS UKRAINIAN TO ROMANIAN LANGUAGE

Workplace: PALANCA
Start date: ASAP

Main purpose of the position
Supporting the communication and interaction between beneficiaries (refugees) and care providers in the host country, through addressing consequences of language barriers, socio-cultural differences and discrimination, following MSF protocols and procedures, to improve access to quality health care and other relevant services and providing MSF with an understanding of local socio-cultural determinants.

Main responsibilities

Facilitating the relation between patients and the care providers involved in medical consultations, mental health,
physiotherapy and social worker sessions, etc. through:

• Providing quality and culturally sensitive interpretation between the care providers and the patient (trialogue) in his/her mother tongue (Ukrainian language to Romanian language). Supporting intercultural awareness, sensitiveness and clear communication between the parties.
• Assisting care providers and patients in addressing negative consequences of socio-cultural differences, to support the therapeutic/social intervention through sharing with the care providers relevant aspects of the cultural background of the patient, acting as a cultural broker; Identifying and reporting barriers impairing fairness and equality in access to services.
• Accompanying and following up beneficiariesto referrals (health and social care facilities) as needed.

Contributing to context understanding and data collection on medical/humanitarian issues, with a specific attention to vulnerabilities, to provide reliable information for operational decision-making.

Requirements
Education: Essential secondary education, desirable degree in social sciences, social communication or teaching.
Experience: Previous working experience required. Desirable with another NGOs
Language: English, Romanian, Ukrainian
Knowledge: Desirable computer literacy (word)

Documents to provide:
- Updated CV + ID copy

If interested, please contact the Administrator by phone +373 686 24 709 or email msff-moldavia-eadmin@paris.msf.org