Energy Specialist

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Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?

At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.

Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).

The role ensures the energy monitoring system delivers reliable, actionable and scalable insights, by bringing energy expertise into its design and implementing the required energy sensors and systems in the selected pilot missions. It will also support local teams in adopting the new system by documenting and sharing its energy expertise.

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  Propose and document the conceptual architecture of energy installations and smart sensors, based on personal technical expertise and discussions with Energy and IT stakeholders, to ensure consistent, interoperable, and scalable energy monitoring across missions.

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  Propose energy KPIs and insights, to ensure actionable energy performance monitoring. 

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  Document guidelines and protocols for the installation, configuration, registration and maintenance of energy sensors and systems to guarantee data quality, consistency, and field usability.

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  Install, configure and register energy sensors and systems on-site and in IT platforms, to collect data from the selected pilot missions. 

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  Assess the accuracy and usability of energy data collected through the monitoring platform, to ensure it enables operational decision-making

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  Collect feedback and lessons learned from field and HQ end-users and share them with the project team, to ensure the continuous improvement of the energy monitoring system.

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  Train end-users from the pilot missions on how to maintain and leverage insights from the monitoring system, to facilitate adoption, effective use and long-term maintenance. 

Education

• Tertiary education or equivalent professional training in electrical engineering, energy systems, renewable energy, or a related technical field.

• Educational background in energy monitoring, instrumentation, or connected systems applied to energy installations.

Experience

• Experience working in MSF field

Languages

• Fully fluent in French and English.

• Additional languages that would facilitate the role but are not mandory.

Technical & functional knowledge

• Knowledge of electrical installations and energy systems, including generators, solar panels, and grid connections. 

• Knowledge of sensors and basic instrumentation used for energy monitoring. 

• Understanding of data collection principles and digital monitoring systems (e.g. IoT concepts, data transmission). 

• Ability to interpret energy data and assess its relevance and actionability for operational decision‑making. 

• Familiarity with field constraints in low‑resource or humanitarian settings (e.g. limited connectivity, maintenance capacity).

Skills

• Analytical thinking 

• Autonomy 

• Flexibility and adaptability 

• Communication and knowledge sharing 

• Results‑oriented mindset

• Experience installing energy systems and sensors 

• Experience working in humanitarian operations

• Full-time position 60% (24h/week)

• Fixed-term contract, 9 months

• Working place: Geneva, Switzerland

• Ideal start date: As Soon As Possible

• Gross monthly salary (for 100%): from CHF 7’281.- to CHF 8’384.- (salary commensurate with equivalent experience and internal salary grid)

• Paid vacation: 25 days per year, prorate temporis, plus any Swiss public holidays falling within the contract period.

• Pension plan: pension contribution covered 3/4 by MSF, 1/4 by staff member.

• Relocation support available for eligible candidates.

Candidates are invited to submit their application exclusively through our recruitment platform, following these guidelines:

• CV (maximum 2 pages)

• Cover letter (maximum 1 page)

• Documents must be submitted in either English or French.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive a sufficient number of quality applications.