Emergency Coordinator - Handicap International

NGO PRESENTATION

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Handicap International is a not-for-profit organisation with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission.

For more details on the association: http://www.handicap-international.fr/en/s/index.html

MISSION CONTEXT

According to the latest World Health Organization update on February 1st, 2015, a total of 22,495 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola and 8,981 deaths had been reported as of February 1st from the three West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) where transmission has been widespread and intense[1]. Total case counts include all suspected, probable, and confirmed cases, which are defined similarly by each country. Because of improvements in laboratory diagnostics and surveillance, in recent weeks totals may overestimate the actual number of cases in some areas. The highest reported confirmed case counts were from Sierra Leone and Liberia, followed by Guinea.

HI RESPONSE

The Handicap International "Mano River" programme that covers Liberia and Sierra Leone (based in SL) was implementing the following projects until the outbreak of the epidemic in these two countries early in the summer of 2014:

• Inclusive Education projects (1 in Liberia and 1 in Sierra Leone);
• Mother and Child Health Project (SL),
• Civil society support project (disability movement) in Liberia. These projects have been stopped and their human resources devoted to the Ebola response.

The HI response to Ebola focuses in Sierra Leone on:

• Ebola Ambulance fleet management in Western Area (Freetown and rural area): transportation of affected persons and home decontamination.
• Ebola awareness raising of vulnerable groups (persons with disabilities, sex workers, HIV/AID affected, etc...) , either through direct awareness actions with these groups or through sensitisation of stakeholders in the field (authorities, NGOs in order to include the specificities of those groups in their awareness campaigns. Awareness campaigns realized during the first phase towards people with disabilities were accompanied by a distribution of hygiene products.
• Consortium with several INGOs, to support the identification and response to protection issues, particularly alerts related to Ebola context.
• Resuming the Inclusive Education project following the reprogramming process to adapt the activities to Ebola context.

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES OF THE EXPATRIATE

As Emergency Coordinator, you will report to the Programme Director, will be in charge of coordinating and developing all emergency projects (except for inclusion and social mobilisation projects currently on going) for the Sierra Leone program and provide technical support to all PM under his/her management.

You will be responsible for the direct management of the project managers hired / mobilized for the emergency response (except social mobilisation).

You are expected to work in collaboration with the other coordinators of the programme, to ensure linkages are done between emergency, recovery and development projects / phases

You will have the responsibility to

· Monitor, in coordination with the Programme Director, the evolution of the humanitarian situation, particularly through information gathering, participating in meetings with emergency stakeholders, and representing HI in relevant clusters

· Lead the needs assessments in our main intervention sites (Bo, Kono, Western Area prioritary and perhaps in other areas where HI has a smaller presence (Port Loko, Moyamba, Kenema, Kailahun)

· Support the development of the intervention and positioning strategy of the programme on the basis of the assessments conducted;

· Identify resources to be mobilized for new interventions (HR, logistics, funds) and write project proposals for donors;

· Oversee the implementation and ensure relevancy and quality of emergency response projects (except social mobilisation), as well as cross cutting between the different projects and thematic (inclusion, protection, health...);

· Ensure the follow up of donor contracts and reporting for all emergency projects (except Social Mobilisation) and guarantee the quality and timely submission of reports;

· Ensure capitalization and analysis of internal reporting for the projects under his/her responsibility;

· Ensure external reporting and coordination;

· Sensitize all staff in emergency response (distribution, protection, etc.)

· Participate in the management committees of the programme;

CANDIDATE PROFILE

You have a Master in humanitarian assistance (like Bioforce etc...)

You are experienced in writing and implementing / coordinating emergency project

You have a strongexperience withexternal coordinationandrepresentation, including with donors.

You should ideally have experience of HI approach in emergency context, and HI Technical Inclusion Unit approach.

You have to be adaptable, to build relations with the various partner associations and institutions of HI SL / Liberia and with people at all levels

You should be prepared to work under pressure, and to be spirit of initiative.

Good interpersonal and listening skills

REQUIRED LANGUAGE SKILLS: For this position, it is required to have an excellent written and spoken level in English.

JOB CONDITIONS

• Status: salaried contract (from 2200€ gross salary/month + 457 Euros net/month expatriation allowance + High level life cost allowance
• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 3 months renewable (+21 days)
• Living conditions: guesthouse shared with other expatriates (no charges)
• Social insurance: 100% covered + Repatriation insurance
• A Rest and Recuperation (R&R) travel outside the country is provided every 8 weeks.
• The contract length includes 21 extra days that the expatriate will spend out of Sierra Leone (mainly in Europe), to ensure the coverage of any health issue after the mission.

Because of the context and security concerns, the position is unaccompanied.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please apply online, through the following link
http://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/fr/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=753&idparte...