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Case Manager Lead

Médecins Sans Frontières en Suisse
Switzerland
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Role Summary

Join Médecins Sans Frontières as a Case Manager Lead to manage complaints and ensure effective safeguarding practices in a humanitarian context.

About the Organisation

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).

OCG is strengthening its institutional safeguarding capacity. As part of this evolution, the former Abuse and Behavior Unit will become the Safeguarding Unit, reflecting MSF’s commitment to the four pillars of safeguarding: prevention, detection, reporting, and response.

The Safeguarding Unit will be reinforced by two Safeguarding Advisors and a Case Management Lead. The Safeguarding Advisors will provide technical expertise and support departments in developing policies, tools, and solutions that advance safeguarding objectives.

The Case Management Lead is responsible for ensuring the timely, effective, and high-quality management of complaints and reports received by the unit concerning allegations of abuse against persons, as well as fraud and corruption.

The Case Management Lead oversees the day-to-day administrative case management related to alerts and complaints received by the organisation. This role ensure that MSF Standards of Case Management are followed and all reports concerned are addressed with professionalism and in a timely manner. The role includes directly managing reporting and complaints, while overseeing and providing guidance to the case management team to ensure the timely, consistent, and high-quality handling of all cases. This role serves as a key liaison between internal and external stakeholders, facilitating communication and collaboration throughout the case management process to ensure its timely and successful completion. This role involves prioritising the investigation work of the case manager teams and providing strategic and technical guidance to support effective case management decision making.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure that all reported complaints received by the teams are addressed and handled in accordance with the protocols in place
  • Coordinate all communications relating to case management, guaranteeing effective information sharing and collaboration among internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ensure that strategic and technical advice is provided to case managers and other parties involved
  • Ensure decision making and application of any risk mitigating measures.
  • Coordinate sharing of the case management outcomes with the relevant Committees part of the OCG governance and support the follow-up of decisions taken with the operational line and affected parties.
  • Oversee the work of MSF case managers and investigation teams, providing the level of support, coaching needed
  • Conduct administrative investigation when need be or when delegated by the head of the safeguarding unit
  • Develop recommendations for continuous improvement, submitting these to the Head of the Safeguarding Unit to strengthen case management processes, performance, reliability.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education*
  • and case investigation training
  • Experience*
  • 3 years of experience in Case Management supervision or in the conduct of administrative investigations required.
  • Experience in Humanitarian NGO is an asset.
  • Languages*
  • English and French are the working languages of MSF Switzerland. They are essential.
  • Arabic, Swahili, Spanish languages are an asset
  • Skills / Qualities*
  • Case management knowledge
  • Process Optimization
  • Commitment to Humanitarian Principles
  • Accountability
  • Compliance & Policy Adherence
  • Transparency & Honesty
  • Decision-Making Under Pressure
  • Coaching & Mentoring
  • Delegation
  • Active Listening
  • Effective Verbal Communication
  • Written Communication
  • Persuasion & Influence
  • Cross-Cultural Sensitivity
  • Analytical Thinking

Eligibility Criteria

This position is for candidates who meet the qualifications without specific mention of visa sponsorship. Legal right to work in Switzerland is required.

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Published On
August 21, 2026
Application Deadline
September 13, 2026
Employment Type
Job • On-site
Source
Reliefweb
Last verified: August 27, 2026
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