Employment for Volunteer workers

Volunteer

Thank you for your interest in volunteering in our New York office. We hope that at this point you are already familiar with our organization. If you are not, please take a moment to read some of the other sections of our website to learn more about us.

Volunteers of all ages, backgrounds, and interests enjoy contributing their time to the U.S. offices of MSF.

We believe interested persons should be able to volunteer in our offices even if they do not have a lot of free time. As such we accept persons for positions which range from just a few to many hours per week. These positions frequently involve clerical work. However, once you have been with us over a period of time and know how our offices operate, we may be able to include you in more interesting projects. For the sake of all concerned, we do our best to take advantage of any special skills you may have to offer. Currently we are only able to accommodate volunteers during regular working hours, though we keep information about evening and weekend availability in case of a crisis.

Apply to be an Office Volunteer

To apply to volunteer in our offices (not as an intern), please print and complete our short questionnaire, and send or fax it along with a current resume or work history to:
Doctors Without Borders - Attn: Office Volunteers
333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001
Fax: (212) 679-7016
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. For our New York office, please call or email our Office Volunteer Coordinator at . Again, thank you for your willingness to help us in our relief efforts.
In addition to office volunteering, MSF-USA offers a paid internship program. Paid internships are usually associated with a specific educational program or goal – whether formally endorsed by an educational institution or undertaken independently by a student. As such, internships demand a greater time commitment and more regular schedule but tend to have a more substantial component to their work than clerical duties.

Working in the Office (Human Resources Assistant)

Working in the Office

Human Resources Assistant

The New York office of MSF seeks an articulate, highly organized individual to provide administrative support for a full range of Human Resources activities for our domestic office staff of 80+ employees, international field staff of 300+ employees, plus an active pool of 20+ interns and volunteers. Reporting to the HR Associate, the Assistant will work with the entire HR team in the areas of recruitment, benefits administration, training, and coordinating staff events in a highly collaborative, lively work environment.
Position responsibilities:

• Benefits & Payroll
• Process benefits enrollments and changes; maintain electronic and paper files; copy, file, scan, fax and sort documentation for payroll; data entry of personnel information; respond to staff inquiries
• Recruitment Support
• Place ads, respond to applicants, print resumes, schedule appointments
• Orientation and In-House Trainings
• Assist with the preparation for all in-house trainings and orientation sessions for new staff and interns; coordinate logistics with Office Services & IT; schedule attendees and presenters
• Event Planning
• Help with all of the logistics and planning of the annual Holiday Party and other staff events
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications include:

• B.A. plus 2 years administrative work experience, preferably in Human Resources, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong oral and interpersonal communication skills
• Keen attention to detail with ability to track multiple assignments at one time
• Ability to manage a high volume of work with frequently shifting priorities
• Ability to prioritize ongoing vs. immediate needs appropriately
• Strong computer literacy, including ability to use word processing and spreadsheet software and to search the internet and navigate new user interfaces to post jobs, etc.
• Ability to write business correspondence, and internal memos
• Accurate typing 50+ wpm

Starting salary:  low 40’s (for a 35-hour work week with some overtime available), plus excellent benefits and opportunities for professional growth and development
To apply send letter of interest and resume to: jobcv  submit Attn: HR Assistant Search.
No calls, please

Working in the Office ( Web Developer)

 

Working in the Office

Web Developer

The New York office of MSF is currently seeking a Web Developer to develop and manage the overall design, installation and maintenance of the internet operations of MSF-USA under the direction and supervision of our Web & Social Media Strategist in order to make information accessible that promotes awareness of MSF’s activities and concerns, expertise, needs and values.
Responsibilities:

Web Design & Development

• Utililizes and develops the most effective technologies and architecture to build an infrastructure that supports Communications, Fundraising, Program, Human Resources, the Association and the Board of Directors.
• Maintains all parts of MSF-USA’s web presence, including public site, Association intranet, vendor-hosted donations site, mini-sites (e.g. refugeecamp.org), social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter), and content sharing websites (e.g. YouTube).
• Ensures subscriber lists for electronic communications newsletters remain up to date.
• Assists in changeover to Drupal-based content management system and data migration to the new platform.
• Maintains Codes XHTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL and scripting languages behind each web page, integrating artwork, text, video, and animations.
• Responsible for quality assurance testing all website content elements in multiple browsers and at multiple connection speeds and makes corrections necessary to achieve maximum accessibility.
• Responsible for tracking and updating metrics for website and social media accounts.
• Designs graphical elements such as buttons and banners, and selects and optimizes images for web use.
• Builds and sends monthly electronic newsletter. Assists in design of complex web pages, interactive features, and mini-sites as needed.
• Provides back-up support on all responsibilities and tasks assigned to the Web & Social Media Strategist.

Internet Management

• Monitors and maintains domain names owned by MSF-USA.
• Monitors blogs and social networking sites for mentions of MSF.
• Monitors site traffic, prepares traffic reports, and helps scale site capacity to meet traffic demands and make recommendations for improvements by tracking traffic patterns and most utilized features of the website.
• Ensures optimum performance, scalability, security, and usability of the website with solid architectural standards.
• Provides technical leadership to ensure the security of all information captured online and in all web-related databases of MSF-USA.
• Monitors and suggests improvements in capacity planning.
• Consults with IT security specialists to maintain proper security levels.
• Remains up-to-date on latest browser and plug-in technology.
• Responsible for ensuring that other members of the Web Team can perform the basic functions of posting and updating content and making changes to the homepage, and updating the Digital Content Editor on any changes in the processes or systems used to perform these functions.

Requirements:

• Must be expert level in the use of the following:

HTML	Dreamweaver	mySQL
XHTML	Photoshop	Drupal CMS
CSS	Javascript	MS Office Suite (including Access)

• Must have some familiarity with the use of the following:

PHP	MS SQL Server
ColdFusion	XML/AJAX

• Minimum 2 years relevant work experience, plus Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Outstanding, proven time management and organizational skills, keen attention to detail
• Ability to work independently, move projects from conceptual stages to launch, and handle multiple and often competing deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively both within office and with web masters and others from MSF offices in other countries.
• Residence in or relocation to the New York City area

Preferred

• Strong graphic sense and ability to contribute to design and user interface of website
• Demonstrated interest in the work of Doctors Without Borders

Starting salary range: low 50’s, commensurate with experience.  Excellent benefits.  Training opportunities and growth potential. 
To apply, send cover letter and resume to: employment.msfusa@newyork.msf.org, Attn.: Web Developer.
NO CALLS, PLEASE.