Job Vacancies at Handicap International – Humanity & Inclusion Sierra Leone

JOB CONTEXT :

HI has been working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone, international and national partners in the country since 1996, supporting vulnerable groups and people with disability. Program sectors include capacity building in rehabilitation; advocacy and rights, mother and child health, economic empowerment, mental health, protection and inclusive education. HI is currently implementing 4 projects for the promotion of inclusive education, Mental Health, Accessible and Technical support and Protection.

HI Sierra Leone have a 600 000 for the period of September to December 2020. The total number of employees in the mission is 62.

HI Sierra Leone is looking for to replace the operations manager during her maternity leave.

YOUR MISSION:

Under the responsibility of the Country Director Mano River, you are responsible for developing and implementing, in Sierra Leone, the projects part of the Programme’s operational strategy.

• In collaboration with the Technical Specialist, the MEAL manager and Support services managers, you deploy all adequate tools that will allow project monitoring in the Programme, financial controlling and compliance with HI policies and frameworks (in particular HI Project Monitoring & Evaluation policy), and the respect of contractual obligations towards donors.
• You contribute to monitor and analyse context developments in Sierra Leone and Liberia, in order to identify operational risks and opportunities, and proposes actions to the Country Director

Management: you manage directly a team of 3/5 project managers, for a total team of 36 persons.**

You contribute to the Programme’s Operational strategy and HI frameworks & regulations

Influence: You develop external influence of HI (forums, operational & strategic alliances, etc.) and the external representation of the organization (events, media) on his/her responsibilities area**

Can represent HI vis-à-vis local, national, traditional, political, military and diplomatic authorities and bodies; and international organizations and coordination mechanisms & system.

Take on the messages of HI global advocacy to all relevant external parties.

• Complete the NGO/INGO mapping
• Develop local partnership

YOUR PROFILE:

· You have at least 4 years' experience in project/program /coordination in a development context humanitarian or development projects in an international NGO

· You have already experience within HI, and preferably a background in protection, education or health.

· You have experience in planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning

· Excellent level – proven- in proposal writing & reporting

· You have experience in technical issues related to disability or vulnerable groups

· You have a good level of English

· Ideally you also have budgeting skills, communication and writing capacities in French and a Driving licence

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

Security - The overall situation in Sierra Leone is calm, however there are some factors that should be considered from a security perspective. In particular:

• The population’s vulnerability to external shocks (which could be, for example, increasing food prices; increasing of importation taxes; negative impact of changing US exchange rate, etc.).

• Health situation: generally speaking, the health system is deficient in Sierra Leone.

Travel - The program currently operates only in Sierra Leone but aims to re-start activities in Liberia (the program closed the office in December 2017 at the end of the project). The position is based in Freetown but some visits to the Sierra Leone bases in the Provinces would be expected and if required to travel to Monrovia.

Living conditions - The office and the international staff houses/apartments are comfortable. The power supply is erratic but all houses have generators and air conditioning and drinking water is supplied. Freetown is less developed than the main capitals in West Africa and food variety can be limited but most items can be found in supermarkets if you have time to shop around. People are very friendly and there are some lovely local beaches, which are relatively easy to access. Mobility restrictions within the city and the adjacent beaches are subject to evolution of COVID-19 in the Country.

CONDITIONS:

· Starting date : 1^st of September 2020**

· Length of the contract: 4 months

• Salary from 2750€ gross/month regarding the experience of the candidate
• Perdiem : 555,51€ net/month
• Insurances : medical health coverage, retirement planning, repatriation
• Paid holiday : 25 days per year ; R&R : 1 day per month
• Status : position open to couple
• Housing : individual taken in charge by HI

OB CONTEXT :

HI has been present in Sierra Leone since 1996. HI has currently four projects on inclusive education, mental health, protection and technical support.

The program currently consists of a country coordination office in Freetown and 2 project site offices in the provinces (i.e., Kenema and Kailahun). As Technical Unit Manager, you will be based in the country coordination office and will go regularly to the project sites to work with HI team and partners.

A new Program Operational Strategy development is underway. HI envision to build on the experience of inclusive education project and scale up geographically, translate our learning from mental health project into a larger program on mental health and start developing our portfolio in livelihood and health. The key priorities in future include livelihood, health, education and protection. The key cross cutting themes will be inclusion and gender.

YOUR MISSION:

Under the line management of the Country Director, as Technical Unit Manager, you will be part of the Senior Management Team based in Freetown and will contribute to program development and implementation, knowledge management, coordination and team management. You will manage directly the technical advisors and will work very closely with the Operation Manager, MEAL Manager and Projects Managers.

You will ensure HI programs are technically sound, guided by the relevant international technical guidelines & tools (both internal and external), and conform to a high technical quality standard.

In this part, your main duties will be:

• Technical support to program development and implementation.
• Knowledge management
• Coordination and team management

YOUR PROFILE :

• You hold a degree in Humanitarian Action, Development studies or social fields (anthropology, psychosocial, sociology, protection...)
• You show a proven expertise in one of the following themes: Livelihood, Inclusive Education, Protection, Health and has already had a role of expert or specialist. Experience in Inclusion would be an asset.
• You have also experience in project management and skills in capacity building
• You have the ability to develop a global strategic vision on development issues
• You know animate and facilitate workshops (training, project review, awareness)
• You know to take initiatives, work independently & deliver high quality results on time
• you are fluent in English

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION :

Security: the overall situation in Sierra Leone is calm, however there are some factors that should be considered from a security perspective. In particular:

• The population’s vulnerability to external shocks (which could be, for instance, increasing food prices; increasing of importation taxes; negative impact of changing US exchange rate, etc.).

• Health situation: generally speaking the health system is deficient in Sierra Leone.

Travel: the program currently operates only in Sierra Leone but aims to re-start activities in Liberia (the program closed the office in December 2017 at the end of the project). The position is based in Freetown but some visits to the Sierra Leone bases in the Provinces would be expected and it is possible that there may be a requirement to travel to Monrovia.

Living conditions: the office and the expatriates houses/apartments are comfortable. The power supply is erratic but all houses/apartments have generators and air conditioning and drinking water is supplied. Freetown is less developed that the main capitals in West Africa and food variety can be limited but most items can be found in supermarkets, markets or small shops. People are very friendly and there are some lovely local beaches which are relatively easy to access.

CONDITIONS:

• Starting date : November 2020
• Length of the contract:** 3 years
• Employee status:
• Salary from 2757€ gross/month regarding the experience of the candidate
• Perdiem : 555€ net/month
• Insurances : medical hearth coverage, retirement planning, repatriation
• Paid holiday : 25 days per year
• R&R : 1 day per month
• Status : open to couples/families/unaccompanied
• Housing : individual taken in charge by HI