Project Coordination

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Project coordinators are at the heart of our work, planning, managing and developing our field projects. They work to ensure that all departments work together to provide high quality care, whatever the needs.

Natural leaders with great diplomatic and organisational skills, project coordinators are often the glue that binds an MSF operation together.

Read the blog posts below to find out more about life as an MSF project coordinator, or click here to find out more about applying to join the team.

Renate Sinke

Project Coordination

“I believe in miracles”: Treating casualties from the Syrian civil war

For more than four years, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have treated severely injured Syrian refugees arriving in Ramtha, Jordan. As our time in the city comes to a close, Renate Sinke, a project coordinator from the Netherlands, remembers saving lives and limbs as part of a remarkable surgical programme.

06 Jun 2018 / 4 minute read

Chris McAleer

Project Coordination

The empty gates of Bentiu town

"He took one look at the body then simply looked straight up at me, and without showing any emotion, told me it was his brother"

10 Apr 2018 / 7 minute read

Veronika Cernikova

Project Coordination

So, you want to work for an NGO?

First-time project coordinator Veronika on what you should know before you join a humanitarian organisation like Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ...

06 Mar 2018 / 5 minute read

Trish Newport

Project Coordination

Iraq: Mahmoud and the mint plant

Trish blogs about a man whose devotion to his family kept the team grounded in war-torn Mosul...

04 Sep 2017 / 5 minute read

Sergio Scro

Project Coordination

"I work around the clock" : A day in the life of an MSF project coordinator

Sergio is working for MSF in Boga, in the northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo.

11 Jul 2017 / 5 minute read

Alfa

Project Coordination

Niger: "More than ever, I have the MSF 'bug'!"

Alfa is deputy field coordinator with MSF in Niger. He blogs about why he chose to work for MSF, and a certain patient that changed him...

05 May 2017 / 5 minute read

Sergio Scro

Project Coordination

DRC: Blogging from Boga

Sergio blogs about an unusual project for MSF, in Boga, DRC...

25 Apr 2017 / 4 minute read

Emily Gilbert

Project Coordination

"To continue to focus on our patients, we need to look after ourselves too"

Emily shares her experience of burnout.

23 Feb 2017 / 11 minute read

Alfred Davies

Project Coordination

Nigeria: "The tents were strewn with wounded people, there was barely room to move"

Alfred Davies is an MSF Project Coordinator working in Nigeria. He was at the scene on 17 January 2017, when the Nigerian Army bombed the displaced persons camp in Rann. At least 170 people were killed. Here he blogs about what he witnessed on that horrific day.

19 Jan 2017 / 4 minute read

Emily Gilbert

Project Coordination

A weekend in the life of a field worker

Emily is a project coordinator for MSF, which means she's on call 24 hours a day, managing the team, security and operations. With so much to do, field workers like Emily don't get a lot of free time. Here she blogs about board games, coffee strategy, and the privilege of getting a day off in a conflict zone...

25 Nov 2016 / 10 minute read