Midwife

Artsenzondergrenzen; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

MSF seeks a Midwife to lead maternity teams in challenging environments, supervising staff and delivering high‑quality care for women and newborns. The role covers antenatal care, deliveries, postnatal follow‑up, and family planning, with emphasis on hygiene and safety.

You will mentor birth attendants, coordinate with doctors, and ensure accurate records. English required; French desirable; 9+ month availability and on‑call readiness are essential.

Qualifications

• Midwife diploma and at least 2 years post‑qualification experience.
• Minimum six months of clinical midwifery within the last 2 years.
• Experience leading teams and providing training.
• Hands-on obstetric emergencies/complications management.
• Willingness to be regularly on call for difficult births.
• Experience living/working in low‑income countries.
• Fluency in English (B2); French desirable.
• Availability for 9 months or more.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and evaluate maternity staff including midwives and support staff.
• Plan and organize team activities, coverage, and leave while following protocols.
• Promote teamwork and collaboration between maternity and other services.
• Oversee antenatal care, deliveries, postnatal follow‑up, family planning, and newborn vaccines.
• Ensure hygiene, infection prevention, and safe clinical environment.
• Manage devices and maintenance, and ensure proper documentation.
• Ensure records and monthly activity reporting are accurate.
• Provide care for survivors of sexual and gender‑based violence per protocols.

Skills

Team management

On-call readiness

Maternity care

Medical documentation

Adaptable

Education

Midwife diploma

Job description

About MSF

MSF is an international, independent medical humanitarian organization. We are a non‑profit, self‑governed worldwide movement of more than 63,000 people. We provide emergency medical assistance during armed conflict, natural disasters, outbreaks of deadly diseases and assist those who are excluded from healthcare. MSF delivers care based on need and when we see injustice, we speak out. We are an organization that remains impartial, knowledgeable, and effective, and this is what makes the difference between life and death. People are our priority.

Diversity & Inclusion

We encourage diverse applicants including individuals of all gender identities, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, races, religions, beliefs, social and marital status, people with different abilities and all other diversity characteristics and how they intersect.

Midwife – Mission

No matter the crisis—disease outbreak, conflict, or natural disaster—people continue to need essential sexual and reproductive healthcare. Women still give birth, communities require access to contraception and safe abortion care, and survivors of violence need compassionate, life‑saving support. As a Midwife with MSF, you will play a key leadership role alongside locally hired health‑care teams, often working as a supervisor or manager to strengthen and support service delivery in challenging environments. Your expertise in both routine and complicated deliveries will be critical. From establishing outpatient sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to mentoring birth attendants in high‑volume maternity wards and hospital settings, you will contribute directly to improving the quality and continuity of midwifery care. MSF midwives are an essential part of our emergency and long‑term projects, helping ensure safe, respectful, and high‑quality care for patients who need it most.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, support, coach, and evaluate maternity staff, including midwives, midwife assistants, and support staff such as cleaners.
• Plan and organize team activities, schedules, coverage, leave, and task allocation while ensuring adherence to clinical protocols and procedures.
• Promote effective teamwork and professional collaboration between the maternity department and other services.
• Oversee clinical maternity activities, including antenatal care, deliveries, postnatal follow‑up, family planning consultations, and newborn vaccinations, and coordinate with medical doctors on patients requiring specialised care.
• Ensure implementation of hygiene standards, infection prevention and control measures, and biohazard protocols to maintain a safe and clean clinical environment.
• Ensure medical devices are used by trained staff and that equipment cleaning, maintenance, and malfunction reporting follow established procedures.
• Monitor department pharmacy activities, including stock management and consumption tracking, and oversee maintenance of medical equipment.
• Ensure accurate completion and registration of administrative records, patient documentation, and monthly activity reporting.
• In relevant contexts, ensure maternity staff can identify, receive, and provide appropriate care for survivors of sexual and gender‑based violence (SGBV) in line with established protocols and in collaboration with the Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical Doctor.

Project Types

• Opening a small maternity hospital in a rural setting.
• Establishing a programme to help victims of sexual violence.
• Attending patients in a hospital in a city.
• Other diverse cultural and conflict‑zone contexts.

Qualifications

• Midwife diploma.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant professional experience post‑qualification with at least six months of clinical midwifery within the last 2 years.
• Experience in managing teams and providing training, coaching and supervision to others.
• Hands‑on experience in managing principal obstetric emergencies/complicated deliveries (eclampsia, obstructed labour, haemorrhage and sepsis), abortion care, medical care of survivors of sexual violence, contraceptive care.
• Willingness to be regularly on call for difficult and complicated births.
• Ability to work independently, managing healthcare given to women and infants.
• Experience living and working in low‑/middle‑income countries.
• Willingness to work in unstable and insecure areas.
• Adaptable and able to work in a multi‑cultural team.
• Flexible and able to manage stress and to organise and prioritise workload.
• Fluency in English (B2) and highly desirable French (or willingness to learn).
• Availability for 9 months or more.

Strong Assets

• Global health or tropical nursing diploma.
• Paediatric, ER specialisations or strong SRH/SGBV background.
• Hands‑on experience in offering advice on family planning, providing care to sexual assault survivors, treating patients with infectious diseases.
• Family planning experience.
• Community midwifery experience.
• A good command of the French and/or Arabic language.