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Organisation : Handicap International Belgium
Site web : https://www.handicapinternational.be
Lieu de l'emploi : Brussels /
Type d'emploi : Contrat à durée déterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Gestion de projet
Date de publication : 15/05/2023
Date limite : 05/06/2023
Profil
DESIRED PROFILE:
- You hold a Master degree in Disaster Risk Reduction/Management, International Humanitarian assistance, Early Warning and Risk Analysis or relevant field.
- You have a minimum of five years of experience in Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, Climate Change Adaptation and humanitarian assistance in fragile contexts affected by climate-related extremes, including work experience with national and international NGOs, UN agencies, governments or donors.
- Experience with Anticipatory Action, Forecast based Action or equivalent approaches;
- Extensive experience managing and coordinating global, high value donor-funded projects;
- You have strong networking, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- The position requires fluency in written and spoken English and French.
Description
Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights..
Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 59 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 230 million euros, with 4755 employees worldwide.
At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truely believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.
Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview.
For more information about the organisation: www.hi.org
CONTEXT:
The Protection and Risk Reduction Division (20 staff) is launching the recruitment of a Disaster Risk Reduction Technical Programme Manager for a three-year multi-country project that started in January 2022 and is focusing on developing inclusive Anticipatory Action in three countries: The Philippines, Madagascar and Haiti.
The project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and is led by the Protection and Risk Reduction Division.
OBJECTIVES:
HI has been active in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for over twenty years, implementing and promoting inclusive approaches that ensure protection of groups most excluded and most affected by disasters.
The increased frequency and intensity of disaster events due to climate change is posing unprecedented threats to poor communities and most vulnerable groups.
To this end, HI has developed a multi-year, multi-country project aiming at piloting inclusive anticipatory action approaches. HI is part of a growing community of practice worldwide that tries to more systematically link weather forecasts and early warnings to projected humanitarian impacts.
The DRR Technical Programme Manager will be in charge of the full coordination of the above-mentioned Project. He/She will move at least once in each country: The Philippines, Madagascar and Haiti.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Project management and coordination
- Supervise and coordinate the planning of activities in line with proposal indicators and objectives;
- Oversee budget monitoring and follow up in collaboration with the appointed HQ finance officer to ensure activities are carried out within budget;
- Ensure an efficient and collaborative liaison and coordination with country teams and other HI departments on operational matters.
- Support country teams in the management of consultants (objectives, contractualisation, follow-up...)
Monitoring, Reporting and Assessment
- Lead on the development of programme-level monitoring tools and supports the development of their design.
- Organize programme-level performance review meetings and visits of field at a set frequency and proposes necessary adjustments;
Technical Capacity-building, quality and knowledge management
- Ensure technical support to country teams on Anticipatory Action (AA) technical area, as well as DRR when gaps are identified;
- Provide technical guidance according to internal and external guidelines and standards.
HR support for DRR technical area
- Technical dotted line report of technical staff working on the project;
- Support recruitments of staff linked to this project.
Representation and external coordination
- Attend and actively contribute to events with key stakeholders at international level and, where relevant, at field level.
- Support learning within global initiatives for anticipatory action through active dissemination of project lessons and knowledge products;
- Facilitate as required specific working sessions on inclusion within the global anticipatory action community of practice.
Technical programme support on DRR for a specific set of countries
- Ensure strategic and technical support to DRR projects implemented in a set of countries, promoting the mainstreaming of HI crosscutting approaches in their sector.
- Contribute to the development and dissemination of lessons learnt and research emerging from the targeted countries when relevant;
- Oversees the animation of a sectorial talent pool in each country, through technical interviews of prospective staff and professional development;
- Contribute to the development of major opportunities or new innovative projects under his sectorial scope in the targeted countries, including through the identification of relevant partnerships.
CONDITIONS OF THE POSITION:
- 12 months contract – potentially extendable
- 38h per week- full time
- 20 statutory holidays + 6 extra-legal holidays;
- Meal vouchers, health insurance, group insurance, additional pension plan through group insurance;
- Workplace: Near Naamsepoort Brussels
- Flexible home working arrangement;
HOW TO APPLY:
Only by the following link:
http://www.jobs.net/j/JKbFvHan?idpartenaire=142&jobdetails=true
For further information about the association: www.hi.org
Only successful candidates will be contacted.