Inclusion Technical Officer – for Jordanian Nationality only

Inclusion Technical Officer

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PRESENTATION OF HUMANITY & INCLUSION

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial international aid organization 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.

Humanity & Inclusion is a not-for-profit organization 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.hi.org/

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 (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 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.

OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

Under the responsibility of the Inclusion Technical specialist (ITS) and in close collaboration with Technical Unit Manger and in direct support of field team, the Inclusion Technical Officer (ITO) will be responsible of overseeing and ensuring a quality implementation of Inclusive projects, with guidance of the ITS.

The Inclusion Technical Officer must keep all the data confidential, and share it only with the designated HI staff.

Hierarchical & Functional links:

Line manager: InclusionTechnical Specialist

Line manager+1: Technical Unit Manager

In direct coordination with: Inclusion project managers at hub level.

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

1. Ensure Technical Quality of the Risk education and Health Projects as well as providing technical support to external actors

   • Support the development and implementation of necessary trainings and support inclusion teams to ensure timely project implementation to meet inclusion objectives and targets;
   • Work together with HI staff and with partner organisation staff to support and implement trainings related specifically to gender age and disability GAD;
   • For the inclusive activities, review case management methods and tools with the field teams; work and communicate with the inclusive technical specialists to identify training and support needs in this area;
   • Support Health/ Risk education teams to ensure quality project implementation (action plans, technical tools etc.);
   • Conduct assessments of barriers and facilitators, for access to services, for the most vulnerable persons at risk of exclusion and prepare and coordinate respective report;
   • Support planning and implementation of surveys to identify persons with disabilities;
   • Based on skills: ITO would support inclusion team in day to day activities, and support operationalisation of tools, guidelines and trainings (e.g. communication with persons with disabilities) via remote support and missions to the field
2. • Continuously provide guidance, summary and follow up of the field activities to field team orand other relevant personnel. Putting forward ideas and recommendations for improvements and support ITS putting in practice priority recommendations;
   • Support Inclusion teams by answering questions/addressing training needs.
   • Advocate for GAD inclusion amongst partners/ clusters and remain open and available to provide solutions to technical problems in the field with support of Inclusion Technical Specialists;
   • Liaise with MEAL team in filling any relevant monitoring and evaluation tools when applicable; and constantly share feedback.
   • Participate in project launch plan, midterm and final evaluations when relevant;
   • Support PMs as needed on inclusion mainstreaming in activities within the hub.
   • Work with other technical officers on follow up of action plan and objectives linked to skills development.
   • Ensuring technical support to projects in line with the global technical frameworks and standards.
   • Ensuring that external actors are provided with technical support to facilitate inclusion in their activities through trainings and information sessions.
   • Supporting in the development of the HNO and HRP as required.

3. Reporting and Representation

   • Contribute to the donors reports as needed;
   • Communicate with partners as requested;
   • Ensure that confidentially of data as per guidelines is respected.
   • Participate into clusters and coordination structure for whole of Syria, when relevant.
   • Report actions and follow up of meetings with clusters when needed.

4. Team Management

   • Support the induction process for new staff, participate on identifying the trainings that can be offered in the frame of the capacity building plan and ensure appropriate training/support is provided;
   • Participate in staff evaluation when relevant

5. Sustainable learning

   • Archive and share all necessary tools and documents adapted the hubs
   • Ensure regular collection of stories/data / good practices on lessons learned on inclusion projects and sharing with relevant team.

6. Security

• • Observe at all times strict commitment to HI Security & Safety regulations as per procedures in place at mission level;

Support information internal dissemination to relevant focal persons at mission level aiming at reinforcing security and safety of HI staff and assets

REQUIREMENTS

Education and experience:

• Health Professional (OT, SLT, PT), social worker. And or
• Education field, special education. And or
• Disability studies and or
• Social science andor similar profession of field of study and or
• Minimum 2 years’ experience within disability field, community-based rehabilitation volunteer, case manager, member of organization for persons with disabilities.

Professional & Personal skills:

o At least 2 years’ experience in the field of disability

o Experience implementing inclusion Protection Mainstreaming in different sectors.

o Demonstrated experience in empowerment of vulnerable group

o Experience in designing and delivering training based on assessed needs

o Experience in capacity building.

Language:

– Arabic and English mandatory (oral and written)

JOB CONDITIONS

– Remuneration: 1,407JOD according to HI salary grid

– Duration/ Type of contract: Six months renewable – based on a timeline project