Author-coordinator Paediatric and Neonatal Guidelines

**Location**: Any MSF office*

**Contract**: Permanent, 75%

**Department**: MSF International, International guidelines publications

**Starting date**: ASAP
**Deadline to apply**: 27th of November 2025
Compensation and benefits: MSF practice is to offer the C&B package current in the MSF entity establishing the contract.

**I. MSF INTERNATIONAL**

Médecins Sans Frontières (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 race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSF’s 24 sections, 28 associations and 19 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.

**II. POSITION BACKGROUND**

MSF develops medical-operational guidelines to support staff in providing quality health care and rapid emergency response in humanitarian contexts for over 30 years. MSF international guidelines are regularly updated and published in digital and print. They are based on extensive practical experience from MSF programs, recommendations published by the World Health Organisation and other leading medical institutions, and evidence based on research and scientific literature. The International Guideline Publications (IGP) team was established to ensure the quality production of MSF guidelines. There are currently around 30 international guidelines in the MSF guidelines library, accessible at medicalguidelines.msf.org, some produced in multiple languages (English, French, Spanish, Arabic) and a selection with open access to the public.

**III. PLACE IN THE ORGANISATION**

This position ensures the neonatal and paediatric guidelines are up to date and provides the paediatric and neonatal expertise for all other MSF international medical guidelines as a member of the IGP team of MSF International. The author-coordinator falls under the direct supervision of and reports to the IGP Manager. Collaboration with IGP team members and stakeholders, including but not limited to MSF Paediatric Intersectional platform and other Intersectional platform leaders, is essential.

**IV. OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION**

- coordinate the updates and maintenance of the content quality of MSF international paediatric and neonatal guidelines. The author-coordinator ensures the guidelines stay scientifically sound and up to date, consistent with other MSF International guidelines, reflects the Movements’ medical decisions and/or positioning and that all work is relevant and adapted to MSF’s operational environment;
- set up and execute a regular update plan for MSF international paediatric and neonatal guidelines;
- write updates for the MSF international paediatric and neonatal guidelines, coordinating and incorporating the input and feedback of both the international working groups as well as the editor;
- provide paediatric input to sections concerning neonatal or paediatric care in other MSF international guidelines;
- contribute to continuously improving the methodology (processes, tools, etc.) used by the IGP (and non-IGP) author-coordinators.

**V. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**

- **Project management**

- Develop and implement a plan and planning for continuous collection of feedback from MSF Paediatric and Neonatal projects;
- Develop and implement a plan and planning for regular revisions, in coordination with the relevant WGs members, the IGP editor and other IGP members, taking into consideration the annual plan of updates of the other MSF guidelines.

- Adjust planning, in coordination with the IGP manager and editor, if new evidence or recommendations relevant to the guideline emerge.

- Centralise documentation of feedback collected for Paediatric and Neonatal Guidelines (from WG, IGP editors, project staff) and all revisions made, consensus or decisions reached.

- Ensure permission are received and stored for all illustrations, images and photos that are not from an MSF source;
- Archive documents, references, decisions around key topics used for the guides, to help answer any future questions related to the guidelines.

**2. Coordination**

- Coordinate with other authors working on international guidelines and managers of existing MSF tools (ITC/SpinCo etc.) for coherence and consistency.

- Disseminate finding of literature research, external guidelines review, etc. to IGP editor(s) and authors and MSF experts;
- Facilitate the integration of specialist paediatric and neonatal contributions into other international medical guidelines, collaborating with respective authors, editors, intersectional platforms, and external experts.

**3. Writing updates**

- Conduct proactive literature search, MSF and external guidelin