ALIMA PRESENTATION
THE ALIMA SPIRIT: ALIMA’s mission is to save lives and provide care to the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion, or politics, through actions grounded in proximity, innovation, and partnerships between organizations and individuals. We act with humanity, impartiality, and in accordance with universal medical ethics . To reach patients, we are committed to intervening in a neutral and independent manner.
The values ​​and principles guiding our actions, as outlined in our Charter:
- The patient first
- Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine
- Responsibility and freedom
- Improve the quality of our actions
- Trust
- L’intelligence collective
- Environmental responsibility
ALIMA promotes and defends fundamental human rights principles. ALIMA has a zero-tolerance policy towards those guilty of gender-based and sexual violence, as well as towards inaction in the face of alleged or proven acts of violence. The protection of those benefiting from and impacted by our work is our top priority in everything we do. Everyone collaborating with ALIMA commits to:
- respect the charter, the code of conduct, institutional policies including the policy for protection against abuse of power and gender-based and sexual violence, the policy for the prevention of corruption and fraud;
- Report any violation of policies, framework documents and procedures to a supervisor, a designated contact person, or to the address provided for this purpose.
HEAL – INNOVATE – TOGETHER:
Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 10 million patients and currently operates in 12 African countries. In 2020, we developed 67 humanitarian medical response projects to address the needs of populations affected by conflict, epidemics, and extreme poverty. All of these projects are carried out in support of national health authorities through 357 health facilities (including 45 hospitals and 312 health centers). We work in partnership, particularly with local NGOs, whenever possible to ensure that our patients benefit from expertise wherever it is found, whether in their own country or elsewhere in the world. Furthermore, to improve the humanitarian response, we conduct operational and clinical research projects, particularly in the areas of combating malnutrition and viral hemorrhagic fevers. ALIMA is also conducting operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic across all of our missions.
OUR PROJECT THEMES: Malnutrition, Sexual and reproductive health including gender-based violence, Primary and secondary health, surgery, pediatric care, deadly diseases such as Malaria, ARI, Diarrhea, Epidemics (Hemorrhagic fevers, meningitis, Cholera, Measles, Dengue, Covid-19).
OUR COUNTRIES OF INTERVENTION: Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, South Sudan, Mauritania, Haiti, Ethiopia and Sudan.
ALIMA in Haiti
In November, ALIMA conducted an exploratory mission to Haiti to better understand current needs, specifically in Port-au-Prince. Given ALIMA’s mission, we focused on humanitarian health needs, identifying the most vulnerable populations and the obstacles restricting access to healthcare services. Our assessments revealed a critical need for healthcare professionals and a strong desire to intervene as early as possible in 2024. A team traveled to Haiti in February to launch operations. Drawing on its experience, ALIMA deployed mobile clinics in neighborhoods of the capital, such as Cité Soleil, as well as in displacement sites, notably at Champ de Mars and Delmas. Thanks to its community acceptance and the relevance of its interventions to the population’s real needs, ALIMA is now beginning a phase of establishing a permanent presence, particularly in the municipalities of Cité Soleil and Croix-de-Bouquet.
In 2025, in response to the multiple crises affecting southeastern Haiti, ALIMA is strengthening its presence in the municipalities of Belle-Anse and Anse-Ã -Pitres. The objective is to reduce morbidity and mortality among displaced, deported, and host populations through three priority areas of intervention:
- Improving access to care: ALIMA supports the provision of primary, pediatric, and emergency obstetric healthcare, while ensuring appropriate medical and psychological support for survivors of gender-based violence, with suitable referral mechanisms. This component also includes the rehabilitation of healthcare infrastructure.
- Prevention and treatment of malnutrition: Integrated nutrition services to ensure free care for children suffering from acute malnutrition, whether severe or moderate.
- Rapid response to emergencies: A contextual monitoring system will be put in place to allow the investigation of alerts within 24 hours, thus guaranteeing a rapid and appropriate response to emerging needs.
PROTECTION OF BENEFICIARIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Level 3: The incumbent is responsible for implementing the recruitment process and may be required to conduct field visits. They may therefore come into contact with children and/or vulnerable adults. Consequently, a criminal record check or a certificate of good conduct will be required. In situations where it is impossible to provide a criminal record check or a certificate of good conduct, a sworn statement will be requested.
FUNCTIONAL AND HIERARCHICAL LINKS
- He is under the hierarchical responsibility of the Referring Physician, to whom he reports daily on his activities.
- He reports functionally to the Medical Officer SUO/Desk 2 and the Head of the Medical Department
- He collaborates and interacts primarily with the operating room teams
MISSION AND MAIN ACTIVITIES
- Restructures and provides technical support to the operating block of the CH AAP;
- Develops and makes available the necessary technical support (SOPs, guidelines), specific in particular to anesthesia and obstetric surgical procedures;
- Provides supervision and capacity building for the operating room team
- Ensures compliance with recommended treatment protocols
- Velle ensures compliance with current hygiene and aseptic rules
- Ensures respect for medical confidentiality and that the patient is properly informed about their illness and treatment.
- It centralizes medical information and sends it to the referring physician.
EXPERIENCES ET COMPETENCES
Formation
Anesthesia and Intensive Care or Surgery
EXPERIENCES ET COMPETENCES
- Prior experience in an equivalent position within an international NGO.
- Prior experience in isolated contexts and in high-risk areas.
- Prior experience in managing multicultural teams.
SKILLS
- Listening skills and empathy.
- Team leadership and motivation.
- Ability to identify and anticipate problems and risks.
- Good stress management.
- Flexibility.
LANGUAGES :
- Fluency in spoken and written French is essential; English is an asset.
Conditions :
- Contract duration and type: Fixed -term contract under French law for 6 months with the possibility of extension. Start date: As soon as possible
- Salary:Â ALIMA salary scale salary + experience recognition + Per Diem. ALIMA covers:
- travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location
- 2.08 days of leave per month
- daily per diem
- Medical coverage from the first day of the contract until one month after the departure date from the country of assignment for the employee and their dependents
- The policy of taking a break every 3 months (for a 6-month mission)
- The evacuation for the employee
How to apply
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter by email to: candidature@alima.ngo
Applications are processed in the order they are received. ALIMA reserves the right to close the application process before the initially indicated deadline if a candidate is successful. Only complete applications (CV in PDF format + Cover Letter) will be considered.
Applications from women are strongly encouraged.
Note: Please specify the position mentioned above when applying.