Chief of Party ReLAB-HS – PAKISTAN

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Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since the organisation was first founded in 1982, we have set up development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to many emergencies. Today we have a budget of around 150 million euros, with 3500 employees worldwide.

HI is engaged in an employment policy in favour of disabled workers.

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JOB CONTEXT :

This Chief of Party position is for a USAID-funded Activity, Learning, Acting and Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems (ReLAB-HS). ReLAB-HS aims to support development of health systems that are responsive to the escalating challenge of addressing the growing needs for rehabilitation within populations. It seeks to co-design and implement innovative, comprehensive, cost-effective interventions that strengthen health systems for provision of rehabilitation including assistive technology. ReLAB-HS will focus on integrating rehabilitation and assistive technology services across all levels of care within health systems.

The ReLAB-HS consortium comprises of six international partners with expertise in systems, implementation science, and delivery innovations. The consortium prime is Johns Hopkins University (JHU);JHU, together with the consortium co-prime University of Melbourne, provide overall direction for the Activity through the Director of Operations, the Consortium MEAL coordinator and the Consortium Inclusive Development Coordinator.

ReLAB-HS focusses activities in Pakistan, Myanmar, Ukraine and Uganda. HI is a member of the consortium and the lead partner for activities’ implementation in Pakistan and Myanmar ; in addition, HI provides technical assistance in crosscutting areas to all countries and consortium partners.

The main stakes of the post are to

· Act as a program manager for HI and provide oversight for the 2 countries operations under the guidance of the consortium prime and within the Consortium Program Operations Team

· Oversee country budget and HI technical assistance budget

· Directly manage the ReLAB-HS finance officer, the ReLAB-HS MEAL Officer, the ReLAB-HS technical Officer, the ReLAB-HS Pakistan country coordinator ; dotted management of the ReLAB-HS Myanmar country coordinator, shared with the Myanmar programme.

· Represent HI within the consortium and oversee partnership agreement with consortium prime

Working hours will be adapted for some consortium meetings due to difference in time zones.

The position will be nationalised after the 18 months period and COP will be involved in recruitment, induction and mentoring.

YOUR MISSION:

Under the responsibility of the Pakistan Program Director, the Chief of Party contributes within the area where he/she is based to the implementation of the mandate and the 10-year strategy of Humanity & Inclusion. He/she is in charge of implementing the project under his responsibility. He/she ensures optimal quality and impact of the project, through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. He/she shares with all HI managers the responsibility of a sound management and successful functioning of the global organization.

The Chief of Party will coordinate the implementation of activities of the 2 implementing countries and additional learning countries if relevant under the guidance of the consortium Director of Operations at JHU

Mission 1 : Management

· Manager as a role model: embodies HI’s values on a daily basis.

· Manager as coach for meaning: understands the strategy, makes it explicit, translates it into operational objectives for his or her team, leads the necessary changes. Gives meaning to each management action. Encourages inter and intra departmental exchanges of practice. Encourages innovation and risk-taking.

· Operational manager: organizes the operational management of his or her team, structures the work around identified processes agreed with the consortium and internal to HI, steers performance and facilitates the resolution of problems.

· Manager 1st HR&Coach: contributes to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensures compliance with the code of conduct of institutional policies, the state of mind and the expected individual and collective behavior

Mission 2 : Standards and expertise

Ensures deployment and compliance with HI’s global frameworks, institutional policies and standards.

· Crosscutting and mandatory frames of reference such as HI’s mission and values, HI’s Theory of Change, all HI institutional policies (Security/Code of Conduct and Protection/Anti-Fraud and Corruption/PME and Project Quality Framework/Age-Gender-Disability), all institutional guidelines and processes; delegation thresholds; security levels…

Mission 3 : Operational management

Responsibility 1: Ensures the proper implementation of the project, in collaboration with the relevant services and in line with general standards and procedures

· Ensures the proper planning, implementation and reporting of the project in the areas where HI is leading, in accordance with the consortium workplan, the allocated budget and consortium procedures

· In close collaboration with the ReLAB-HS Technical Specialist, the Myanmar/Thailand Regional Technical Unit and the HI MEAL referents, ensures that HI’s quality standards (including technical ones) are applied in the project and follows up the implementation of recommendations resulting from evaluations, support missions and audits

· Ensures compliance with the donor’s rules and respect of contractual commitments: consolidation, control and reporting to his/her line manager and Consortium Director of Operations of operational and organizational elements (management charts, corrective measures, consumption of own funds, beneficiaries’ data, etc.)

· With the support of the MEAL Unit and MEAL Officer, deploys and implements all appropriate tools to enable project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning in compliance with HI policies and frameworks and in accordance with ReLAB-HS consortium MEAL coordinator

· Facilitates internal audits (operational, financial and organizational) and ensures the implementation of their recommendations in his/her area of responsibility.

Responsibility 2: Ensures data management of the project

· Ensures that the appropriate data collection and management tools are in place, in line with HI and consortium standards

· Oversees the work of the ReLAB-HS MEAL officer in ensuring that data related to the project are collected and compiled in the project database for HI and regularly shared with the consortium MEAL coordinator as per reporting guidelines

· Carries out regular verifications and makes any necessary corrections in the activity database

Responsibility 3: Coordination & partnership management

· Responsible updating and implementing the governance schemes for his/her project ( RACI and coordination mechanisms / tools)

· Facilitates internal coordination between his/her team , country teams, all relevant services (Operations Managers, Shared Services, Technical and MEAL Teams…)

· Ensure external coordination with all relevant consortium partners and facilitate effective communication mechanisms

· Actively participate to operational coordination meetings organized by the consortium lead

· Ensures the overall management of partnerships / consortium partners and related contractual documents (partnership agreements, MoU, amendments, reports…)

Responsibility 4: Contribute to steering organization transformation, in particular through managerial and work practice change and continuous improvement of working processes

· Ensures regular communication about the Activity, innovative approaches promoted in country and globally to HI HQ and technical divisions, with the support of the Technical Specialist

· Ensures documentation and transfer of learnings about operation management procedures within the consortium set up with country teams and HI regional desks

Responsibility 5: Develops HI’s external influence (forums, operational & strategic alliances, etc.) and the organization’s external representation (events, media) in its area of responsibility.

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

· Relay messages of HI global advocacy to all relevant external parties.

· Contributes to HI’s external influence by participating in relevant networks

· Communicates on the project to partners, authorities and stakeholders when relevant

Mission 4 : Emergency Preparedness and Response Responsibilities

· Leads the emergency preparedness actions in his/her department and, in case of emergency, reorganizes the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian imperative, in order to ensure HI’s quick and efficient response

YOUR PROFILE :

· You hold a degree in Physical and Functional Rehabilitation disciplines and a master degree in Public Health, Development studies or Project Management

· You have at least 4 years of professional experience in project management and experience working in consortium set up

· You show extensive knowledge of HI’s rehabilitation standards, methods and strategic orientations

· You demonstrate ability to develop and manage stakeholders relationships and networking

· You understand rehabilitation system strengthening and global rehabilitation and AT initiatives

· You know tele rehabilitation, education of health and rehabilitation workforce in low income countries

· You show strong communication skills

· You demonstrate ability to work efficiently on a remote basis and in complex working environments

· You are able to mobilize and align teams members and collaborators

· You are pragmatic and have capacity to adapt with agility

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION :

· The position is based in Islamabad with frequent travels to the field, both within Pakistan and in Myanmar (when visa access will be possible).

· For security reasons, travel and walking are limited in the field in Pakistan as well as in Myanmar, and the expatriate might be cantoned to his/her hotel.

· In Islamabad one can go to most areas, walking is allowed during daytime, restricted at night. Islamabad offers a number of recreational and leisure activities, and hosts an important concentration of expatriates. Some outdoor activities are accessible such as climbing, paragliding, biking, carting, etc. Before participating in activities, security rules need to be checked and followed. Persons should try to adjust to cultural norms and practices. Security remains a concern in Pakistan and additional security restrictions can be imposed at any moment.

CONDITIONS:

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. Particular attention is paid to health issues and your personal situation.
We offer an induction and training path adapted to our staff members and we have a HR policy oriented toward mobility and professional development.

· 18 months International contract starting from June 2022

· The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:**

o Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals**

o Pension scheme adapted to the situation of our employees: If you already have a personal pension scheme HI will contribute at the same level of your personal monthly contribution with a maximum of 272.53€/month ; If you do not have a personal pension scheme, we will open a private pension account with your contribution of 272.53€/month and a contribution of HI of the same amount**

o Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution **

o Repatriation insurance paid by HI**

· Salary from 2869 € gross/month upon experience

· Perdiem : 414€ net/month – paid in the field

· Hardship : 250€ net/month paid with your salary

· Paid leaves : 25 days per year;

· R&R : 5 days every 3 months

· Position:

-unaccompanied :

-Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa) and transport of your personal effects

-A child allowance of 100€ per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field

-**open to couples**

-Support travel costs (air ticket & visa) for accompanying dependent and health/ repatriation insurance if the dependent has no income/

-Payment of one yearly additional return flight

-**open to families**

-a child allowance of 100€ per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field

-Contribution to school registration fees for children over 3 years

-Family-wide health coverage

-Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa) and transport of your personal effects **

· Individual Housing taken in charge by HI**

If you are resident in the country : local package