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Organisation : Handicap International Belgium
Site web : http://www.handicapinternational.be
Lieu de l'emploi : Brussels or Lyon /
Type d'emploi : Contrat à durée indéterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Expertise/recherche
Date de publication : 26/08/2021
Date limite : 15/09/2021
Profil
DESIRED PROFILE:
- You hold a Master’s Degree level qualification in Social Sciences, Psychology, Gender and/or Disability studies or other relevant field of study.
- You have at least three years’ professional experience in a technical advisory position in an emergency/chronic crises setting and at least 5 years’ professional experience in implementation of protection projects.
- You demonstrate clear understanding of child protection concerns, gender, human rights and violence against women and girls and protection mainstreaming.
- You master effective time management, multi-tasking and you have strong coordination and planning skills.
- You show excellent conceptual and theoretical understanding of issues related to vulnerability with a special focus on disability, gender and age as potential factors of exclusion.
- You are fluent in written and spoken English and French.
Description
“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.
CONTEXT:
Within the Protection and Risk Reduction Division (20 staff), the Emergency Protection Specialist is member of the protection against violence team with 5 other members.
Violence based on disability, gender and age (DGA) is a widespread and life-threatening issue. One in 3 women will experience physical or sexual violence during her lifetime. The risk of violence to children with disabilities is 3 to 4 times higher than that to children without disabilities. Violence is a reality in every context, but it is exacerbated during and after emergencies, where economic and social structures, essential services and protection mechanisms fail. It has significant and long-lasting impacts on the health, development and well-being of survivors and their families.
In emergencies, HI works to prevent and mitigate DGA-based violence and to provide holistic care for survivors, so that women, girls, men and boys of all ages and abilities can live safely, with dignity and in control of their own lives.
OBJECTIVES:
As Emergency Protection Specialist position you are meant to ensure that HI’s response in emergency setting is designed and implemented to respond to the protection needs of the targeted population. Your central function is to provide technical guidance for successful implementation of DGA based violence prevention and response activities of HI emergency response.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Task 1: You provide technical guidance and support in protection to emergency unit and teams in charge of emergency response.
- You lead on or support (rapid) gender analysis and protection needs assessment
- You provide technical advice on all issues related to humanitarian protection and in particular, DGA based violence, protection mainstreaming and the preventions of sexual exploitation and abuse.
- You provide technical review of protection sector in concept notes and proposals.
Task 2: You provide technical guidance and support to country-based HI teams in the development, implementation and quality control of projects aimed at addressing violence.
- You provide technical guidance throughout project cycle.
- You support the development of new project proposals or country strategy on protection against violence based on DGA.
- You ensure technical support to projects teams when gap of expertise on the field.
Task 3: You contribute to the strenghen human resources within HI in your area of expertise :
- You increase the capacity of field staff to understand protection principles and best practices, prevention of Disability/Gender/Age based violence and abuse, other crosscutting issues and appropriate humanitarian interventions.
- You deliver and contribute to protection training.
- You contribute to identification, recruitement and appraisal of qualified national and international human resources within your area of expertise.
- You describe job profile standards and skill matrix for each profesionnal channel.
- You develop and maintain a roster of technical human resources able to collaborate on the thematic with HI.
Task 4: Documentation and Representation
- You contribute to the development of protection tools, SOP, guidelines and policies.
- You represent the technical expertise of HI at inter-agency coordination meetings.
- You actively attend and contribute to internal emergency WG.
- You contribute to advocacy on specific themes in line with the global advocacy priorities.
- You contribute to communication messages in line with the global communication priorities and contribute to scientific publications.
CONDITIONS OF THE POSITION:
- Type of contract: Open ended contract
- Additional benefits: luncheon vouchers and health insurance
- 5 weeks of annual leave
APPLY:
Only by the following link: http://www.jobs.net/j/JwxhDcLr
For further information about the association: www.hi.org