Life on assignment

Life on assignment with MSF is exciting but challenging. Find out more about employment conditions, security, and the personal and professional challenges our staff may face.

Motivation

It is important for us that you feel strongly motivated for humanitarian work. Life on assignment is full of challenges and frustrations, but also satisfaction and personal growth. MSF projects can be in the most remote places in the world, often in areas with limited resources and amenities. This can mean that our staff work with simple medical equipment, eat the same food for long periods of time, are grounded after dark and have few leisure activities.

Before you go ahead with an application, it is important that you know how Médecins Sans Frontières work, what personal and professional challenges you may face and why you want to work with us.

Challenges

Humanitarian work poses many challenges from high levels of stress to working in an unfamiliar culture and being away from your loved ones for long periods of time. Read more here.

Safety and security

Your safety and wellbeing is very important to us. Learn more about how we work with risk mitigation and security management.

Learn more about safety

Conditions of employment

You are employed in Sweden for the entire duration of the mission. An assignment usually lasts for 6-12 months. We therefore require you to be available for that length of time.

Learn more about us as an employer