DESCRIPTION DE L'ONG
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.
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 more information on our organisation: http://www.handicap-international.fr/
We work in over 55 countries and have two operations divisions:
- Humanitarian Action Division
- Development Division
At the request of the flying staff Pool manager, you will be deployed on Humanitarian Action Division (DAH) missions for a period of 1 to 4 months maximum. You will organise your rest & recuperation and leave periods between missions.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
As a flying Technical Coordinator in the field of psychosocial support, your main objective will be to cover – on an interim basis - the duties of a Psychosocial Support Technical Coordinator according to the needs of the different DAH missions. You will be under the hierarchical line-management of the Technical Unit Coordinator or the Operations Coordinator (depending on the mission’s organisational set-up) and under the functional line-management of the headquarters PSS/Protection Adviser.
As a flying Technical Coordinator in the field of psychosocial support, your main objective will be to cover – on an interim basis - the duties of a Psychosocial Support Technical Coordinator according to the needs of the different DAH missions. You will be under the hierarchical line-management of the Technical Unit Coordinator or the Operations Coordinator (depending on the mission’s organisational set-up) and under the functional line-management of the headquarters PSS/Protection Adviser.
MAIN DUTIES:
The flying Psychosocial Support Technical Coordinator oversees approaches and responses in the area of "Specific Needs", with a special focus on psychosocial interventions, mental health and prevention, while maintaining a global vision of the response to specific needs which generally includes the Physical and Functional Rehabilitation sector. He/she also works on access to humanitarian assistance for the most vulnerable.
The flying Psychosocial Support Technical Coordinator oversees approaches and responses in the area of "Specific Needs", with a special focus on psychosocial interventions, mental health and prevention, while maintaining a global vision of the response to specific needs which generally includes the Physical and Functional Rehabilitation sector. He/she also works on access to humanitarian assistance for the most vulnerable.
1/Guaranteeing the mission’s technical and strategic framework governing the response to specific needs in the fields of mental health and psychosocial support:
-Provide technical, strategic and methodological advice on the different phases in the project life cycle and/or on national policies and strategies by maintaining an ongoing dialogue with project managers and partners
-Provide advice to project managers on the monitoring and evaluation of project implementation
-Assist with the analysis of the recommendations made in any evaluations carried out and with their implementation
-Facilitate links, discussions and skills-sharing between the different projects and internal/external actors in the PSS/mental health field. With the help of other mission staff, identify local external competencies and expertise that could contribute the quality of the project
-Help with drafting the projects’ multi-annual strategies and/or annual implementation plans
-Provide technical, strategic and methodological advice on the different phases in the project life cycle and/or on national policies and strategies by maintaining an ongoing dialogue with project managers and partners
-Provide advice to project managers on the monitoring and evaluation of project implementation
-Assist with the analysis of the recommendations made in any evaluations carried out and with their implementation
-Facilitate links, discussions and skills-sharing between the different projects and internal/external actors in the PSS/mental health field. With the help of other mission staff, identify local external competencies and expertise that could contribute the quality of the project
-Help with drafting the projects’ multi-annual strategies and/or annual implementation plans
2/Coordination and representation:
-Act as the programme’s PSS/mental health resource person for internal or external interlocutors and partners
-Represent and defend HI’s strategic and political choices as applied to cross-cutting projects and approaches
-Act as the programme’s PSS/mental health resource person for internal or external interlocutors and partners
-Represent and defend HI’s strategic and political choices as applied to cross-cutting projects and approaches
3/Reporting and knowledge capitalisation:
-Define a knowledge capitalisation method with the help of the Technical Coordination
-Collect & organise the collection of the necessary data based on the criteria and indicators given in this method
-Carry out or oversee the analysis of this data
-Inform the projects’ partners of the results
-Define a knowledge capitalisation method with the help of the Technical Coordination
-Collect & organise the collection of the necessary data based on the criteria and indicators given in this method
-Carry out or oversee the analysis of this data
-Inform the projects’ partners of the results
4/Training and support for human resources:
-At the request of the project manager(s), provide an opinion on the recruitment
-train HI’s personnel and partners in approaches and technical and strategic aspects
-At the request of the project manager(s), provide an opinion on the recruitment
-train HI’s personnel and partners in approaches and technical and strategic aspects
CONDITIONS
• Shared field accommodation paid for by Handicap International
• Costs of travel between headquarters and place of residence met by HI
• Health cover (CFE + complementary health insurance) + repatriation insurance with SOS International
• 25 standard paid leave + 20 days of R&R
• Total mobility required, in accordance with legal provisions and the conditions put in place by Handicap International
• Situations of stress inherent in emergencies
• Costs of travel between headquarters and place of residence met by HI
• Health cover (CFE + complementary health insurance) + repatriation insurance with SOS International
• 25 standard paid leave + 20 days of R&R
• Total mobility required, in accordance with legal provisions and the conditions put in place by Handicap International
• Situations of stress inherent in emergencies
REQUIRED PROFILE
• Diploma in psychology
• At least five years’ experience of working in the field of psychosocial support for vulnerable people
• Sound experience of aid work with international organisations in a similar position
• Knowledge of the management and/or coordination of projects in the mental health, psychosocial support or protection sectors
• Ability to design and produce tools, methods and procedures
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent knowledge transfer skills (training, support)
You have sound knowledge of:
• French and English and the Windows operating system
You have the following personal qualities:
• Rapid reaction capacity and flexibility in all circumstances
• The ability to assume a heavy workload under pressure
• The ability to prioritise and work independently
• Strong organisational skills
• The ability to accept the constraints of group living
• At least five years’ experience of working in the field of psychosocial support for vulnerable people
• Sound experience of aid work with international organisations in a similar position
• Knowledge of the management and/or coordination of projects in the mental health, psychosocial support or protection sectors
• Ability to design and produce tools, methods and procedures
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent knowledge transfer skills (training, support)
You have sound knowledge of:
• French and English and the Windows operating system
You have the following personal qualities:
• Rapid reaction capacity and flexibility in all circumstances
• The ability to assume a heavy workload under pressure
• The ability to prioritise and work independently
• Strong organisational skills
• The ability to accept the constraints of group living
SALARY
• Start: 2nd of January, 2017
• Status: 12-month renewable fixed-term international contract
• Starting salary: €2,700 gross per month, according to experience
• Monthly per diem according to the country of assignment
• Monthly availability allowance of €310 gross
• Hardship allowance paid in proportion of the days spent in the location (if existing in the country of assignment)
• Status: 12-month renewable fixed-term international contract
• Starting salary: €2,700 gross per month, according to experience
• Monthly per diem according to the country of assignment
• Monthly availability allowance of €310 gross
• Hardship allowance paid in proportion of the days spent in the location (if existing in the country of assignment)
