مطلوب أخصائي/ة ميداني/ة للعمل لدى منظمة دولية

“Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations,
we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences,
where everyone can live in dignity”

Handicap International is changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since the organisation was first founded in 1982, we have set up development programmes in 62 countries and responded to many emergencies. Today we have a budget of around 150 million euros, with 3500 employees worldwide.

HI is engaged in an employment policy in favour of disabled workers.

For further information about the association: www.hi.org.

JOB CONTEXT :

HI’s Middle East Regional Programme (MEReP) is based in Amman with a regional host country mission (Jordan) and 3 affiliated countries (Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine). The regional component of the mission is composed of a Senior Management Team (Technical, Finance, Logistics, HR) under the management of a Regional Program Director. The program has just entered its new 3 – years Strategy (2020 – 2022) with a strong focus on volume stabilization (around 13 Million Euro), ROOTs implementation and NEXUS operationalization. Livelihood is one of the mains sector of intervention.

Main technical needs are:

-Consolidate/further develop the capacity of national staff and partners in disability inclusive wage employment that has been developed in Jordan, Egypt and Palestine;

-Support innovation (within HI intervention) with focus on intervention that support self-employment in non-traditional value chains and that collaborate/support social businesses

-Improve HI visibility as expert in inclusive livelihood

YOUR MISSION:

Under the responsibility of the Regional Technical Unit Manager, the Regional Livelihood Field Technical Specialist contributes to the implementation of the HI mandate and the operational strategy of HI MEREP program, in the field of Livelihood. He/she ensures optimal quality and impact of the projects implemented in the countries, through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. He/she shares with all HI managers the responsibility of a sound management and successful functioning of the global organization, through paradigm changes.

The position has 3 main objectives to reach:

• Expertise: bring multi-country technical expertise in each project he/she will work. Guide and define technical standards based on international guidelines, HI policy paper on Inclusive Employment and livelihood and technical divisions’ strategies (STRATECH). Ensure relevance of technical practices in project under implementation, design stage of new projects and strategy development. He/she will also have the objective to harmonize practices within the region facilitating exchanges, lessons learnt and support between projects and professionals, and potential mutualisation of relevant HR (consultancies, training, etc). He/she will also lead or support the development of technical documents and tools and support situation analysis and researches. He/she will also have the objective to promote and contribute to inter-sectorial activities, especially linking Livelihood projects with IE projects (pool of regional expertise and know how, team sensitisation and training, research). He/she will also contribute to mainstream HI Disability, Gender, Age Policy and protection principles in Livelihood projects.
• Influence: create effective network with other technical actors in the region and support missions to foster partnerships.
• Business Development: be up-to date on the last international practices and directions and opportunities in the area of livelihood. Use this knowledge to guide the regional programme towards new and more relevant and efficient technical programming (locally and regionally). Ensure relevance of technical practices at project design stage and on strategy development.

YOUR PROFILE :

• You hold an advances degree in relevant field (livelihood, poverty reduction….
• You have at least 5 years’ experience in international development or post crisis environments, in similar position
• You have experience in working with civil society organizations and partners in community based approach
• You have strong strategic analytical skills, a capacity to establish clear frameworks, rules and limits
• You know how to produce clear, concise and responsible communication suited to different stakeholders and interlocutors as well as to adapt communication and messages to intercultural environment and remotely
• You have advanced writing capacities in English

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION :

Despite the different conflicts affecting the overall Middle East regional, the security in Jordan is still fairly good. In Amman, despite some regular peaceful demonstrations the living conditions are excellent with little restrictions. Jordanians are very welcoming and life for foreigners is generally quite comfortable. Expect minimum standards of respect and adaptation to the local culture and traditions. The post covers for the regional programme, which implies regular missions to the different countries where situation can be harsher and therefore under the conditions of security procedures established by HI, that have to be strictly followed. The position is based in the permanent Middle East Regional Programme covering for Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine missions.

CONDITIONS:

• Starting date : 01/06/2020
• Length of the contract: 3 years**
• Employee status, according to experience :
• Salary from 2757 € gross/month regarding the experience of the candidate
• Perdiem : 650,50 net/month
• Insurances : medical hearth coverage, retirement planning, repatriation
• Paid holiday : 25 days per year
• R&R : Level 1 : 1 day per month
• Status : position open to couples/families/unaccompanied
• Housing : Individual taken in charge by HI