Jordan

PROFILE REQUIRED

Education and experience:

- Minimum 5 years in the humanitarian field with at least one experience as head of mission in an INGO, and 3 years in an advocacy or positioning senior position

- Experience of emergency and post-emergency contexts Professional skills:

- Extensive knowledge of emergency donors, including ECHO, DFID and UN.

- Experience in advisory/counselling/consulting positions

- Proper knowledge of the Near East context an asset

- Excellent analysis and writing skills.

 

Language

- English perfect fluency mandatory, French and Arabic an asset.

 

Personal skills:

- Able to cope with a huge workload

- Curiosity

- Proactivity and flexibility

- Diplomacy and interpersonal skills

- Confident and incisive

- Sense of humor

NGO 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 an independent and impartial aid and development organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Present in more than 55 countries, Handicap International is composed of 2 operational directions: - The Direction of Humanitarian Action - The Direction of Development Action The Syrian crisis is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the last 20 years. According to the latest UN figures, about 13.5 million people are currently affected by the crisis in Syria, including about 6.5 million IDPs, while over 4 million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries or in Europe. The current humanitarian response only provides a patchy and partial coverage of the growing humanitarian needs. Five years after the beginning of the crisis, the number of injured persons in Syria keeps rising, with a severe lack of rehabilitative care and psychosocial support. In hard-to-reach areas and/or areas of new displacement, local populations and IDPs are in need of emergency assistance in terms of food, household essential items, and other basic needs. The inclusion of the most vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, in the humanitarian response remains a major concern. HI is managing a remote humanitarian program from three hubs in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, along four main pillars:

1. Support to health partners (hospitals, care houses, rehabilitation centers, local NGOs) for the provision of comprehensive rehabilitation services (physical rehabilitation, psychosocial support and/or prosthetics and orthotics) through training, technical supervisions and donations of rehabilitation material and/or equipment;

2. Provision of basic needs kits – Food baskets, Household Essential Items and Hygiene kits – in one-shot distributions to people who experience a sudden degradation of their living conditions due to renewed conflict, displacement and/or exclusion from humanitarian assistance.

3. Education to the risks and effects caused by conventional weapons (including mines, Explosive Remnants of War and Small Arms Light Weapons) and urgent marking of hazardous areas;

4. Training and technical support to other humanitarian actors on the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable persons in the humanitarian response. The actual intervention is based on a mix of remote management of national teams and remote partnerships with local structures and organisations. HI has implemented some direct management programs in the past and is looking for ways to launch more in the coming months.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Under the direct responsibility and support of the Desk Officer, you are responsible for:

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES OF THE EXPATRIATE :

- Advocacy: contributing to the design, implementation and follow-up of HI advocacy strategy regarding the Syrian crisis and its impacts at national, regional and international levels

- Regional representation/ external coordination: representing Handicap International towards institutional donors, humanitarian community, stakeholders and lobbying initiatives at regional level;

- Positioning: liaise with HI foundation/ strategic positioning department, monitor and advise the missions on their compliance with Handicap International mandate, humanitarian and ethical approach

- Internal coordination: ensuring synergy and coordination between advocacy components, inclusion and external communication - Reporting: ensuring contextual analysis and reporting toward Head Quarters and Country Heads of Mission

MAIN TASKS OF THE EXPATRIATE ADVOCACY STRATEGY:

Contributing to the design, implementation and follow-up of HI advocacy strategy regarding the Syrian crisis and its impacts at national, regional and international levels

DATA COLLECTION AND EVIDENCE BASED ADVOCACY: Ensuring reliable and up to date data and information are available for advocacy purposes

NETWORKS AND REPRESENTATION (regional level) POSITIONNING REPORTING INTERNAL COORDINATION

CONDITIONS :

- Status: according to experience

- Remuneration: according to salary scale

- Start: 05/09/2016 - Duration: 6 months

- Living conditions: guesthouse shared with other expatriates (no charges) - Social insurance: 50% covered APPLICATION :

To apply please follow think link:

https://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/fr/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=1529&idpartenaire=142

BACKGROUND & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Formal degree in  Psychology (Master degree of Psychology or at least Bachelor degree of Psychology with strong proven knowledge and experience in providing technical support to MHPSS programs in emergency contexts and complementary degree in Sociology / Social Work / Community based approaches)
• 4 years of Professional experience in the related field: provision of MHPSS services of different levels 
• Demonstrate good understanding of  psychosocial issues in the country / culture of deployment 
• Understanding of a comprehensive approach of  vulnerability and disabilities issues and their interactions with psychosocial consequences 
• Proven experience in providing technical support to field teams, implementing trainings 
• Experience in NGO in emergency context
• Experience in remote management would be an asset
• Good report writing skills
• Demonstrated effective communication, analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to propose workable solutions and identify their implications (positive and negative) adapted to the psychosocial needs of individuals 

PERSONAL QUALITIES & SOFT SKILLS

• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and in a multidisciplinary teamwork
• Ability to work under high pressure with a great level of personal organisation
• Diplomacy sense
• Flexibility

 

LANGUAGES

• English mandatory (oral and written),
• Arabic would be an asset. 

NGO PRESENTATION

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 an independent and impartial aid and development organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

For further information about the association: http://www.handicap-international.fr/

Present in more than 55 countries, Handicap International is composed of 2 operational directions:

 - The Direction of Humanitarian Action

 - The Direction of Development Action

MISSION CONTEXT

The Syrian crisis is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the last 20 years. According to the latest UN figures, about 13.5 million people are currently affected by the crisis in Syria, including about 6.5 million IDPs, while over 4 million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries or in Europe. The current humanitarian response only provides a patchy and partial coverage of the growing humanitarian needs. Five years after the beginning of the crisis, the number of injured persons in Syria keeps rising, with a severe lack of health and rehabilitation care and psychosocial support. In hard-to-reach areas and/or areas of new displacement, local populations and IDPs are in need of emergency assistance in terms of food, household essential items, and other basic needs. The inclusion of the most vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, in the humanitarian response remains a major concern. 

HI is managing a remote humanitarian program from three hubs in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, along four main pillars:

1. Support to health partners (hospitals, care houses, rehabilitation centres, local NGOs) for the provision of comprehensive rehabilitation services (physical and functional rehabilitation, psychosocial support and/or prosthetics and orthotics) through training, technical supervisions and donations of assistive devices and/or Equipment

2. Provision of basic needs kits – food baskets, household essential items and hygiene kits – in one-shot distributions to people who experience a sudden degradation of their living conditions due to renewed conflict, displacement and/or exclusion from humanitarian assistance

3. Education to the risks and effects caused by conventional weapons (including mines, explosive remnants of war and small arms light weapons) and urgent marking of hazardous areas

4. Training and technical support to other humanitarian actors on the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable persons in the humanitarian response. 

The actual intervention is based on a mix of remote management of national teams and remote partnerships with local structures and organisations.

HI SYRIA’S TECHNICAL UNIT

In general, HI’s Technical Unit functions within the 4 technical domains to:

• Promote continuous improvement of the quality of programs and activities

• Build the capacity of HI Staff, HI partners, and other relevant stakeholders within the technical domains of basic needs, physical and functional rehabilitation, psychosocial support, and mine action (knowledge, attitudes, competencies)

• Provide regular input, based on subject matter expertise and program experience, into HI Syria coordination mechanisms to contribute to technically sound and locally relevant program strategies, program development, and program implementation

• Develop, adapt, disseminate HI technical resources to benefit as many Syrian individuals and organizations as possible within HI’s purview.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR PSYCHOSOCIAL TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Based in Amman and under the responsibility of the Technical Coordinator, the Senior Psychosocial Technical Advisor (SPSS TA) is responsible for providing technical support to the mission’s psychosocial support staff, Psychosocial Support TA’s and other staff members as needed, guaranteeing the technical quality and ensuring coherence of the psychosocial support activities. The SPSS TA will fill the following main roles: 

• Provide program level technical support in the domain of  Mental Health and psychosocial support 
• Coordinate the provision of support throughout the three hubs 
• Contribute to the development and oversee implementation of  psychosocial support - strategies and plans within the three hubs and at Coordination level
• Build communication and technical coherence among the mission’s psychosocial support staff members, in close collaboration with the Psychosocial Support Technical Advisors (PSS TA). 

SPECIFICITIES

This is a highly mobile position. The Senior Psychosocial Support Technical Advisor should expect to spend at least 50% of his/her working time outside of Jordan, with trips to Beirut (Lebanon), Gaziantep and Antakya (Turkey), and other relevant locations in the Middle-East. There will probably be punctual visits to Northern Iraq and some accessible parts of Syria.

 

CONDITIONS

• Status: salaried contract according to experience(from 2050 euros gross + 457€/month of expatriate indemnity + Cost of Living Allowance for Amman)
• Start: 13th of June, 2016 
• Duration: 9 to 12 months with possible renewal 
• Living conditions: guesthouse shared with other expatriates (no charges). Possibility of individual accommodation with costs shared between HI and staff.
• Security conditions: low level of insecurity in Jordan. Low to medium level of insecurity in Lebanon, Turkey.

APPLICATION

To apply please follow this link:

https://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/fr/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=1520&idpartenaire=142

 

- At least 6 years of experience in humanitarian work

- At least 4 years of experience in project management and/or field base management

- Solid work experience in at least one core sector: response to specific needs (rehabilitation, P&O, psychosocial support), response to basic needs (emergency distributions) or mine action (risk education, marking, clearance). Any additional experience in a second or third sector is a strong asset.

- Previous coordination experience with INGOs, UN agencies and clusters is a strong asset 

- Previous work experience in the Syrian crisis is a strong asset

- Work experience with implementing partners and/or in remote-control settings is an asset.

- Previous work experience with HI is an asset

- Proven representation experience, strong communication skills

- Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills

- High level of motivation, autonomy and proactivity

- Ability to work under high pressure 

- English mandatory (oral and written), Arabic is a strong asset, French is an asset

- Strong writing and reporting skills

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 an independent and impartial aid and development organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

 

Present in more than 55 countries, Handicap International is composed of 2 operational directions:

- The Direction of Humanitarian Action

- The Direction of Development Action

 

The Syrian crisis is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the last 20 years. According to the latest UN figures, about 13.5 million people are currently affected by the crisis in Syria, including about 6.5 million IDPs, while over 4 million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries or in Europe. The current humanitarian response only provides a patchy and partial coverage of the growing humanitarian needs. Five years after the beginning of the crisis, the number of injured persons in Syria keeps rising, with a severe lack of rehabilitative care and psychosocial support. In hard-to-reach areas and/or areas of new displacement, local populations and IDPs are in need of emergency assistance in terms of food, household essential items, and other basic needs. The inclusion of the most vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, in the humanitarian response remains a major concern. 

 

HI is managing a remote humanitarian program from three hubs in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, along four main pillars:

 

1. Support to health partners (hospitals, care houses, rehabilitation centers, local NGOs) for the provision of comprehensive rehabilitation services (physical rehabilitation, psychosocial support and/or prosthetics and orthotics) through training, technical supervisions and donations of rehabilitation material and/or equipment;

 

2. Provision of basic needs kits – Food baskets, Household Essential Items and Hygiene kits – in one-shot distributions to people who experience a sudden degradation of their living conditions due to renewed conflict, displacement and/or exclusion from humanitarian assistance.

 

3. Education to the risks and effects caused by conventional weapons (including mines, Explosive Remnants of War and Small Arms Light Weapons) and urgent marking of hazardous areas;

4. Training and technical support to other humanitarian actors on the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable persons in the humanitarian response.

 

The actual intervention is based on a mix of remote management of national teams and remote partnerships with local structures and organisations. HI has implemented some direct management programs in the past and is looking for ways to launch more in the coming months.

 

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES OF THE EXPATRIATE 

 

Under the responsibility of the Head of Mission and in close collaboration with the Technical Coordinator and the three Area Managers, he/she will be in charge:

- Lead the definition and the implementation of the overall program strategy for Syria;

- Oversee the respect of the overall project cycle management for the different projects / programs and ensure the compliance with HI and donor management standards;

- Lead the definition of new interventions and new grant applications;

- Provide advice and support to the Area Managers and the Project Managers in the implementation of their programs;

- Provide management and leadership to the coordination program team;

- Ensure smooth coordination with other humanitarian actors on program aspects; 

- Replace the Head of Mission and/or one of the Area Managers when needed;

 

Team Managed:

- Grant and Programming Manager;

- Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (AMEL) Coordinator;

- Inclusion Coordinator;

- Capacity Building Manager;

- Partnership Officer;

 

The composition of the team and the profile of the team members might vary according to program needs and other strategic considerations.

 

Transversal links:

- Technical Unit Coordinator;

- Area Managers;

- Project Managers; 

 

 

MAIN TAKS OF THE EXPATRIATE 

 

- Program strategy:

- Program implementation

- Team management 

- Representation and coordination

- Reporting 

 

MOBILITY

This is a highly mobile position. You should expect to spend at least 50% of your working time out of Jordan, with trips to Beirut (Lebanon), Gaziantep and Antakya (Turkey), and other relevant location

 

SALARY

- Status: Salaried contract. 

- Salary : from 2 200 euros gross salary + experience of the candidate + 457€/month of expatriate indemnity + cost of living index according to the living base 

- Start:  asap

- Duration: 6 months (renewable)

- Living conditions: guesthouse shared with other expatriates (no charges). Possibility of individual accommodation with costs shared between HI and you.

 

Education and experience:

- At least 3 years of work experience as Administrator / Finance Manager ;

- Professional experience in remote control programs / work with Partners is an asset;

- Previous experience with Handicap International would be an asset;

- Proven training and local capacity building experience;

- Knowledge of the software Navision would be an asset;

- Knowledge of donors and experience in grant management would be appreciated;

 

Professional & Personal skills

- Strong organisational skills;

- Good interpersonal and communication skills;

- Flexibility and ability to adapt quickly to any change/constraint;

- Ability to work under high pressure, without constant supervision;

- High level of motivation and proactivity;

- Able and ready to travel in the Middle East

 

Languages:

- English mandatory (oral and written);

- Arabic and/or French would be an asset;

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 an independent and impartial aid and development organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

For further information about the association: http://www.handicap-international.us

 

Present in more than 55 countries, Handicap International is composed of 2 operational directions:

 

-  The Direction of Humanitarian Action

-  The Direction of Development Action

 

 

MISSION CONTEXT 

 

The Syrian crisis is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the last 20 years. According to the latest UN figures, about 13.5 million people are currently affected by the crisis in Syria, including about 6.5 million IDPs, while over 4 million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries or in Europe. The current humanitarian response only provides a patchy and partial coverage of the growing humanitarian needs. Five years after the beginning of the crisis, the number of injured persons in Syria keeps rising, with a severe lack of rehabilitative care and psychosocial support. In hard-to-reach areas and/or areas of new displacement, local populations and IDPs are in need of emergency assistance in terms of food, household essential items, and other basic needs. The inclusion of the most vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, in the humanitarian response remains a major concern. 

 

HI is managing a remote humanitarian program from three hubs in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, along four main pillars:

1. Support to health partners 

2. Provision of basic needs kits 

3. Education to the risks and effects caused by conventional weapons 

4. Training and technical support to other humanitarian actors on the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable persons in the humanitarian response.

 

The current intervention is based on a mix of remote management of national teams and remote partnerships with local structures and organisations. HI has implemented some direct management programs in the past and is looking for ways to launch more in the coming months.

 

 

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

 

Under the line management of the Support Service Coordinator (SSC), the Finance Manager will be part of the coordination team based in Amman. He/she will responsible for the management and consolidation of Syria mission’s financial data. 

 

As such he/she will work in close coordination with the Finance Department of each hub (Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey), and will have to travel on the field to ensure an adequate implementation of HI procedures.

He/she will act as a technical referent for any questions related to the accounting software Navision, finance tools, and procedures. As such he/she will have to provide constant and adequate support to each hub, including support missions on the field (Beirut, Amman, and Antakya).

 

He/she will also be the main interlocutor for Headquarters (HQ based in Lyon - France) for all questions related to Accountancy, Cash Flow, and Budgets follow-up.

Depending on the financial perspectives of the mission, the position might evolve after the two initial months in order to cover also the financial management of institutional donors’ funds.

The Finance Manager position involves dealing with confidential data and requires utmost integrity.  

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Under the management of the Support Services Coordinator based in Amman, you will be responsible for:

 

1. Accounting & cash-flow Management

2. Partners Budget follow-up

3. Global Budget follow-up

4. Financial Management Framework

4. Coordination 

5. Program expansion / Hub opening

- Status: salaried or volunteer contract according to experience

Remuneration: According to HI salary scale and experience

 

- Start: 2016, May

- Duration: 6 months (renewable)

 

- Living conditions: guesthouse shared with other expatriates (no charges)

- Security conditions: good

- Social insurance: 100% covered