Volunteering Support in Communication at the Operational Research Unit LuxOR (f/m/x)

Are you eager to join a major actor in the humanitarian field?

Be part of creating a more compassionate world with Médecins Sans Frontières!

If you're between 18 and 30 years old and fluent in French and English, this European volunteering opportunity might be for you:

Context

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent international medical humanitarian organization. Its mission is to provide specialized medical care to vulnerable populations in crisis situations (armed conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters, and exclusion from healthcare), based solely on need, without discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, beliefs, or political affiliation.

MSF is an international movement currently composed of 25 national or regional associations. MSF Luxembourg is one of these 25 associations. It includes an executive office responsible for communication, fundraising, advocacy, recruitment, and operational research projects directly linked to health programs, with the aim of improving their effectiveness and efficiency.

Your mission

You will support the communication activities of the LuxOR Unit at MSF Luxembourg through essential and varied tasks.

Through your volunteering, you will contribute to:

• Strengthening MSF’s visibility and public image, and raising awareness of our work among a wide audience through various formal, internal and external communication channels, as well as social media platforms.
• Promoting our social mission, our values, and our projects.
• Raising awareness about operational research within and outside of MSF.

Your main tasks

• Assist and support the development of the vision for the revamp of the LuxOR website and of the operational research presence on both our public site (luxor.msf.lu) and MSF’s internal intranet (not yet online).
• Participate in the publication of posts on social media.
• Upload articles to our website (luxor.msf.lu).
• Support the creation of informational content on the research projects led by LuxOR.
• Translate documents into French.
• Actively participate in LuxOR unit meetings and other communication-related meetings.
• Help create promotional materials targeting different audiences: brochures, presentation documents for both internal and external communication.
• Support the organization of LuxOR events, both online (e.g. webinars) and in-person.

What drives you

• Our managerial values are your personal values:
  Respect, Transparency, Accountability, Integrity, Trust, Empowerment.
• You are a team player with a strong sense of responsibility.
• You share MSF’s values and mission.
• You are committed and passionate about communicating humanitarian issues.
• You have an interest in science and research.
• You have a background in communication, international cooperation, journalism, or scientific disciplines.
• You are comfortable using tools such as Microsoft Office, Teams, Zoom, and social media.
• Fluency in both French and English is essential.

What we offer

• An experience within a renowned NGO, allowing you to become familiar with MSF’s humanitarian mission;
• The opportunity to work alongside the medical and paramedical staff of LuxOR and gain insight into our daily activities in the context of medical operations;
• A chance to grow and learn within a dynamic, experienced, and intercultural team;
• The opportunity to explore all aspects of scientific communication and contribute to its development.
• Starting date: As soon as possible
  Duration: Ideally 1 year
  Location: Luxembourg City
• Covered by the program:
• Transportation
• Accommodation (shared housing)
• Daily allowance
• 18 meal vouchers per month (face value of €8.40 each)