ICT Supervisor at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - France

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an International, Private, Non-Governmental, Non-Profit Humanitarian Organization. Our organisation offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation. We have been working in Nigeria facilitated by a Memorandum of Understanding between Medecins Sans Frontieres and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The French Section are at present co-operating with the Federal Ministry of Health, and State and Local government departments of health on various health projects. Our current focus is the VVF/Emergency Obstetrics Project in Jigawa State, the Provision of Primary Health Care in Borno State, and the Nutrition Project in Katsina State with coordination office in Abuja, Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: ICT Supervisor

Location: Jahun, Jigawa
Employment Type: Contract
Contract type: Fixed term contract
Contract: 208 working hours per month

Main Purpose

• Executing the maintenance, follow-up and monitoring of all IT and Telecom equipment, tools and ser-vices, as well as ensuring onsite technical support and training of users under his/her responsibility in accordance with MSF standards, policies, protocols and procedures, in order to guarantee the efficient use of all IT and Telecom services and infrastructure.

Accountabilities

• Monitoring, maintaining and following up on all Information Technology (IT) and Telecom equipment, tools and ser- vices in the mission, in accordance with MSF standards, policies, protocols and procedures;
• Supervising, implementing and improving data security protocols (data saving, firewall, User Access rights, backup, security for equipment and software, etc.) to ensure data security, availability, and immediate operational recovery and continuity in case of emergency;
• Providing technical support and presenting MSF standards, policies, protocols and procedures to all users.
• Providing advanced technical support to logistics experts dealing with IT and Telecom systems. When needed, liaise with the
• Information Systems (IS) Specialist and/or HQ Technical Referent for 2nd-line support, as well as with external providers, to ensure any incidents or problems that cannot be resolved at his her level are appropriately escalated.
• Providing educational support (briefing, training and support, etc.) to all users. Providing advanced educational support (briefing, training and support, etc.) to logistics experts dealing with IT and Telecom systems;
• Providing regular activity reports for the sites under his/her responsibility in accordance with MSF guidelines.
• Updating and archiving all user and ICT (Information and Communications Technology) related documentation due to changes in the IT and Telecom infrastructures
• Participating in the establishment of the annual budget of the IT and Telecom families. Providing his/her technical expertise in the local purchase process;
• Planning, preparing and reporting the visits to the site(s) under his/her responsibility to ensure the preceding points;
• Performing any other task, specific to his/her area of speciality, as defined in his/her job description and according to the line manager.

Requirements

• Education Essential: University Degree or Diploma in related field
• Desirable: Certifications in the domain
• Experience: Preferably 1-2 years of proven experience in IT or technical functions

Languages:

• Preferably technical English
• Expertise in the latest version of Microsoft Operating System and business applications (Office365)

Knowledge:

• Good knowledge of computer hardware and maintenance processes, network theory and
• their respective protocols, main email systems, IT security best practices and IT service management tools (ITSM)

Competencies:

• Understanding in Server Management (latest version of Microsoft Operating System, Active Directory) and virtualisation (Hyper-V)
• Un derstanding of radio telecommunication concepts (HF, VHF, GSM, Satellite)
• Teaching and supporting skills
• Commitment to MSF Principles L2
• Behavioural Flexibility L2
• Stress Management L3
• Results and Quality Orientation L2
• Teamwork and Cooperation L2
• Service Orientation L2.

Remuneration
According to MSF salary scale, plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.

Application Closing Date
29th March, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Application Instruction
Interested candidates are invited to apply to the MSF Admin Manager by attaching the following:

• Their Motivation Letter
• CV with at least two references
• Academic Documents (no Primary School certificates)
• Work Experience Certificates
• All documents must BE NAMED using your FULL NAME

Note

• Qualified Females are highly encouraged to apply.
• Only successful applicants will be called for next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employment of MSF-France in any location.
• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process.
• MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.
• MSF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.
• Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.
• MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage.
• MSF France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.