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Find out more about the jobs available with MSF and what it's like to have a career delivering medical aid where it's needed most.

MSF Doctor Luana Lima seeing patients at the MSF hospital in Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya

We rely on a strong network of professionals to deliver life-saving medical aid.

Each year, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) sends people from the UK overseas to carry out assignments alongside more than 42,000 locally hired staff.

Use the tabs below to find out more about applying to work with MSF across the world or from our UK office.

Medical jobs

Serge, MSF anaesthetist, taking care of a new born admitted in the surgical unit for a Gastroschisis (He was born with part of his intestines outside of the abdomen). This pathology can been treated well in occidental hospital, but it is very problematic in Far North Cameroon.

Anaesthetist

Including anaesthetic specialists, intensive care specialists and resuscitation specialists

MSF lab-tech Fabiola looks at a suspected case of sleeping sickness under the microscope in MSFâ??s mobile laboratory. She is looking for signs of the parasite in the blood sample.

Biomedical scientist

Including biomedical researchers, laboratory managers and microbiologists

Displaced Lendu receive basic medical care from expat staff doctor Saleem Kassam and logistician Ralph Heeschen. Because of a tribal war between the Lendu and Hema in the Bunia region, there are a lot of wounded and displaced people. MSF-H helps both sites with basic medical care. Congo has turned into a battlefield, where a bloody civil war is fought by different militias.

Epidemiologist

Including epidemiology specialists and epidemiology researchers

María Marino, an MSF gynaecologist, performs a caesarean section on Tewabech Befikadu because the baby's life was in danger.

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María Marino, ginecóloga de MSF, realiza una cesárea a Tewabech Befikadu pues peligraba la vida del bebé.

Gynaecologist

Including gynaecology researchers and obstetrics specialists

MSF staff working with a local theatre group to inform the community of the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Their play follows the story of a group of friends who transmit the virus between each other through unsafe sex and sharing a bloodied razor.

Health promoter

Including local liaisons, education coordinators, health educators and community engagement officers

MSF doctor inspecting Fatima, an elderly woman resident of Khandak el-Ghamik neighborhood in Beirut. Fatima was on the balcony when the blast happened, she stood still while the doors were being ripped off and the glass was shattering all over the place.

Medical doctor

Especially with minor surgical, obstetrical, paediatric, emergency or other specialisations

MSF teams sensitize the population about the importance of care for survivors of sexual violence within 72 hours of the sexual assault.

Mental health specialist

Especially psychologists and psychiatrists

Christine Akoth is a Kenyan midwife, and she leads the maternity services in MSF primary health centres in Jamtoli and Hakimpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

The Rohingya women prefer to give birth in their homes. Traditional practices in the community, lack of trust in healthcare providers, combined with exclusion from healthcare in Myanmar contribute to deliveries at home. MSF health promotion teams work with traditional birth attendants, and community and religious leaders to encourage expectant mothers to give birth in health facilities where they can be assisted by medical professionals. MSF in Cox’s Bazar assists deliveries, and provides antenatal and postnatal care, family planning services, menstrual regulation (Bangladesh term for safe abortion care), mental health care, and medical and psychosocial support for survivors of sexual violence.

Midwife

Including antenatal specialists, maternity nurses and obstetrics specialists

MSF Staff administrate an oral vaccine to a boy at the Nyaragusu refugee camp.

MSF is carrying out an oral cholera vaccination campaign in Nyaragusurefugee camp in Tanzania for 56,000 Burundian refugees. A cholera outbreak began among the refugees in mid-May. As at 22 June, some 3,086 cases and 34 deaths have been reported in Tanzania.

Nurse

With paediatrics, infectious disease, A&E, IC, obstetrics, nutrition or operating theatre experience

Dr. Zhou Wei, MSF paediatrician from China, examines her patient Abubakar Sow, 40 days old, in the neonates ward at Gondama Referral Centre (GRC), Bo District, Sierra Leone. Abubakar was diagnosed with sepsis and jaundice. He received phototherapy treatment which is not easily available in other health centers in the area. Because he was also having anemia, Abubakar was given whole blood transfusion. His sepsis was treated with antibiotics and ten days later, Abubakar was discharged in good condition.

Paediatrician

Including child health specialists, paediatrics specialists and adolescent health practitioners

MSF Pharmacist Nour S. Barakat in the pharmacy where patients collect their medications after their medical consultation.

Pharmacist

Including medication managers, drugs management specialists, pharmacy managers and stock managers

Surgeon John Buckles and medical doctor Martijn Knap perform a laparotomy on 10 years old Nyaduoth. Nyaduoth suffered several stab wounds and was transferred from Lankien to the MSF hospital in Bentiu Protection of Civilians (PoC) site to undergo surgery.

Surgeon

Including obstetrics surgeons, war wound specialists and burns management specialists

Non-medical jobs

Poni Betty works on the underside of a vehicle at the MSF workshop in Juba, South Sudan.

All-round logistician

Including human resource, finance, and logistics managers, maintenance managers, project managers,...

Pierre Tribovic, an MSF anthropologist in Monrovia, Liberia

Anthropologist

We're currently recruiting anthropologists; find out the requirements of the role and how to apply

Logistician Damien Moloney being interviewed by CNN.

Communications manager

Including journalists, communications producers and international relations specialists

Tamim Elnaggar, an MSF Cultural mediator in Lesvos

Cultural mediator

We're currently recruiting cultural mediators, find out role requirements and how to apply

Mamane Bassirou, MSF field finance manager in Bangassou, Central African Republic

Finance coordinator

Including financial managers, finance administrators and accountants

HR Coordinator Isabelle and Donka's Field Admin centre Marie go through a batch of applications, looking for an administrative assistant for the Ebola mission.

HR coordinator

Learn about MSF HR coordinators, including role requirements, responsibilities and how to apply

MSF in Yida, refugee camp

HR/finance administrator

Including HR and finance managers

Humanitarian Affairs Officer TRYGVE, speaks to rescued people as they come on board Ocean Viking.

Faras Ghani reported from on board Ocean Viking during its 4th rotation for Al Jazeera.

Humanitarian Affairs Officer

Including humanitarian researchers, humanitarian advocacy specialists and situation analysts

MSF project coordinator Simona Onidi and Medical Team Leader, Dr. Kelechi Anya Udochu, manage the intervention in four camps for displaced people in Benue state, Makurdi.

Project coordinator

Including project managers, operational coordinators, HR managers, logistics managers, finance...

MSF staff visiting remote villages along the coastline of Aceh in the northern Sumatra province of Indonesia.
MSF has two helicopers that ferry staff and supplies to the areas MSF teams are working. Staff are kept to a minimum and the rest of the plane is filled with rice, water and essential supplies. On the return trip, patients are brought back to Banda Aceh for more treatment.

Supply logistician

Including supply chain managers, project managers, logistics managers, warehouse managers,...

Peter is relatively new to MSF having only been working in the Doro workshop for five months - he says the best thing about the Land Cruisers is how simple they are to maintain, there are no electrics or computers so having a vehicle that is easy to repair inexpensively is a necessity on South Sudan’s unforgiving roads/tracks. The most common issue with the Land Cruisers is the dust, it’s fine and it clogs up the wheels and brakes, every two days the wheels on each car need to come off and the dust and mud removed.

Technical logistician

Including construction managers, maintenance managers, logistics managers and more

MSF staff member managing water treatment at a distribution site in the Natiti neighborhood of Pemba.

Water and sanitation specialist

Including hospital waste managers, health promoters, hygiene supervisors, civil engineers and more

Jobs and volunteering in the UK

Tamanna Akter, a recently recruited MSF health promoter

UK office job vacancies

See the latest vacancies in the MSF UK London office and read our FAQs

Serge, MSF anaesthetist, taking care of a new born admitted in the surgical unit for a Gastroschisis (He was born with part of his intestines outside of the abdomen). This pathology can been treated well in occidental hospital, but it is very problematic in Far North Cameroon.

Anaesthetist

Including anaesthetic specialists, intensive care specialists and resuscitation specialists

MSF lab-tech Fabiola looks at a suspected case of sleeping sickness under the microscope in MSFâ??s mobile laboratory. She is looking for signs of the parasite in the blood sample.

Biomedical scientist

Including biomedical researchers, laboratory managers and microbiologists

Displaced Lendu receive basic medical care from expat staff doctor Saleem Kassam and logistician Ralph Heeschen. Because of a tribal war between the Lendu and Hema in the Bunia region, there are a lot of wounded and displaced people. MSF-H helps both sites with basic medical care. Congo has turned into a battlefield, where a bloody civil war is fought by different militias.

Epidemiologist

Including epidemiology specialists and epidemiology researchers

María Marino, an MSF gynaecologist, performs a caesarean section on Tewabech Befikadu because the baby's life was in danger.

––––––

María Marino, ginecóloga de MSF, realiza una cesárea a Tewabech Befikadu pues peligraba la vida del bebé.

Gynaecologist

Including gynaecology researchers and obstetrics specialists

MSF staff working with a local theatre group to inform the community of the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Their play follows the story of a group of friends who transmit the virus between each other through unsafe sex and sharing a bloodied razor.

Health promoter

Including local liaisons, education coordinators, health educators and community engagement officers

MSF doctor inspecting Fatima, an elderly woman resident of Khandak el-Ghamik neighborhood in Beirut. Fatima was on the balcony when the blast happened, she stood still while the doors were being ripped off and the glass was shattering all over the place.

Medical doctor

Especially with minor surgical, obstetrical, paediatric, emergency or other specialisations

MSF teams sensitize the population about the importance of care for survivors of sexual violence within 72 hours of the sexual assault.

Mental health specialist

Especially psychologists and psychiatrists

Christine Akoth is a Kenyan midwife, and she leads the maternity services in MSF primary health centres in Jamtoli and Hakimpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

The Rohingya women prefer to give birth in their homes. Traditional practices in the community, lack of trust in healthcare providers, combined with exclusion from healthcare in Myanmar contribute to deliveries at home. MSF health promotion teams work with traditional birth attendants, and community and religious leaders to encourage expectant mothers to give birth in health facilities where they can be assisted by medical professionals. MSF in Cox’s Bazar assists deliveries, and provides antenatal and postnatal care, family planning services, menstrual regulation (Bangladesh term for safe abortion care), mental health care, and medical and psychosocial support for survivors of sexual violence.

Midwife

Including antenatal specialists, maternity nurses and obstetrics specialists

MSF Staff administrate an oral vaccine to a boy at the Nyaragusu refugee camp.

MSF is carrying out an oral cholera vaccination campaign in Nyaragusurefugee camp in Tanzania for 56,000 Burundian refugees. A cholera outbreak began among the refugees in mid-May. As at 22 June, some 3,086 cases and 34 deaths have been reported in Tanzania.

Nurse

With paediatrics, infectious disease, A&E, IC, obstetrics, nutrition or operating theatre experience

Dr. Zhou Wei, MSF paediatrician from China, examines her patient Abubakar Sow, 40 days old, in the neonates ward at Gondama Referral Centre (GRC), Bo District, Sierra Leone. Abubakar was diagnosed with sepsis and jaundice. He received phototherapy treatment which is not easily available in other health centers in the area. Because he was also having anemia, Abubakar was given whole blood transfusion. His sepsis was treated with antibiotics and ten days later, Abubakar was discharged in good condition.

Paediatrician

Including child health specialists, paediatrics specialists and adolescent health practitioners

MSF Pharmacist Nour S. Barakat in the pharmacy where patients collect their medications after their medical consultation.

Pharmacist

Including medication managers, drugs management specialists, pharmacy managers and stock managers

Surgeon John Buckles and medical doctor Martijn Knap perform a laparotomy on 10 years old Nyaduoth. Nyaduoth suffered several stab wounds and was transferred from Lankien to the MSF hospital in Bentiu Protection of Civilians (PoC) site to undergo surgery.

Surgeon

Including obstetrics surgeons, war wound specialists and burns management specialists

Poni Betty works on the underside of a vehicle at the MSF workshop in Juba, South Sudan.

All-round logistician

Including human resource, finance, and logistics managers, maintenance managers, project managers,...

Pierre Tribovic, an MSF anthropologist in Monrovia, Liberia

Anthropologist

We're currently recruiting anthropologists; find out the requirements of the role and how to apply

Logistician Damien Moloney being interviewed by CNN.

Communications manager

Including journalists, communications producers and international relations specialists

Tamim Elnaggar, an MSF Cultural mediator in Lesvos

Cultural mediator

We're currently recruiting cultural mediators, find out role requirements and how to apply

Mamane Bassirou, MSF field finance manager in Bangassou, Central African Republic

Finance coordinator

Including financial managers, finance administrators and accountants

MSF in Yida, refugee camp

HR/finance administrator

Including HR and finance managers

HR Coordinator Isabelle and Donka's Field Admin centre Marie go through a batch of applications, looking for an administrative assistant for the Ebola mission.

HR coordinator

Learn about MSF HR coordinators, including role requirements, responsibilities and how to apply

Humanitarian Affairs Officer TRYGVE, speaks to rescued people as they come on board Ocean Viking.

Faras Ghani reported from on board Ocean Viking during its 4th rotation for Al Jazeera.

Humanitarian Affairs Officer

Including humanitarian researchers, humanitarian advocacy specialists and situation analysts

MSF project coordinator Simona Onidi and Medical Team Leader, Dr. Kelechi Anya Udochu, manage the intervention in four camps for displaced people in Benue state, Makurdi.

Project coordinator

Including project managers, operational coordinators, HR managers, logistics managers, finance...

MSF staff visiting remote villages along the coastline of Aceh in the northern Sumatra province of Indonesia.
MSF has two helicopers that ferry staff and supplies to the areas MSF teams are working. Staff are kept to a minimum and the rest of the plane is filled with rice, water and essential supplies. On the return trip, patients are brought back to Banda Aceh for more treatment.

Supply logistician

Including supply chain managers, project managers, logistics managers, warehouse managers,...

Peter is relatively new to MSF having only been working in the Doro workshop for five months - he says the best thing about the Land Cruisers is how simple they are to maintain, there are no electrics or computers so having a vehicle that is easy to repair inexpensively is a necessity on South Sudan’s unforgiving roads/tracks. The most common issue with the Land Cruisers is the dust, it’s fine and it clogs up the wheels and brakes, every two days the wheels on each car need to come off and the dust and mud removed.

Technical logistician

Including construction managers, maintenance managers, logistics managers and more

MSF staff member managing water treatment at a distribution site in the Natiti neighborhood of Pemba.

Water and sanitation specialist

Including hospital waste managers, health promoters, hygiene supervisors, civil engineers and more

Tamanna Akter, a recently recruited MSF health promoter

UK office job vacancies

See the latest vacancies in the MSF UK London office and read our FAQs