MSF Access Digital Communications Officer

Title of the function: MSF Access Digital Communications Officer

Contract: Full time (100%)

Duration: Open-ended contract

Location: any MSF Access Hubs (Kuala Lumpur, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, Dakar, Nairobi)

Starting date: October 2026

Reporting to: MSF Access Digital Communications Advisor

Deadline to apply: September 10, 2026

Compensation and benefits: MSF practice is to offer the C&B package current in the MSF entity establishing the contract.

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 (MSF) works tirelessly to enhance the accessibility, availability, affordability, appropriateness, and quality of healthcare products for the populations it serves. While this is a collective mission, the MSF Access team plays a pivotal role by identifying and implementing priority strategies and projects, providing expert support across the movement, and centralizing strategic analysis. 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 respondto theagreed Common Priorities.

• Provide, facilitate, support on Access files outside the Common Priorities to MSF entities that request it.

• Maintain an overviewof 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.

I. The position

Under the supervision of the Digital Communications Advisor and in collaboration with Strategic Communications Advisors, the Digital Communications Officer will work to create and deliver engaging digital communications and campaigning materials to support MSF Access advocacy objectives, translating highly technical content into compelling digital assets, including social media plans, infographics and short videos.

II. Place in the organisation

The Digital Communications Officer is part of the advocacy and communication department. S/he works with a team composed of advocacy, communication, digital and technical experts, and works closely with the regional hubs of the Access team.

III. Main activities

• Multimedia and written content creation: propose and create infographics, visuals, videos, animations, social media posts, web articles and other innovative digital content to boost online presence and engagement.

• Social media management: implement and manage online platforms and/or third party tools to assure contents are published in time and following the best practices.

• Online community engagement: identify relevant online communities, develop and implement engagement strategies with the aim of mobil