Regional Economic Inclusion Specialist M/F – Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine

Handicap International/Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and speaks out to meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. More info: www.hi.org

HI is committed to an employment policy in favour of persons with disabilities.

JOB CONTEXT:

HI’s Middle East Regional Programme (MEREP) coordinates missions in 4 different countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine). The programme is covering the full mandate of HI – emergency, mine action and development with a strong focus on continuum and resilience. The program has a total volume expected for 2022 of 11M Euros with 200 staff and 60 volunteers.

There are 5 main sectors of intervention: health, education, BaNEREI (basic needs, economic recovery and economic inclusion), and armed violence reduction. Most of the projects are implemented through local partners and local service providers.

The MEREP program currently implements diverse BaNEREI projects interventions, in Jordan, Egypt and Palestine-Gaza and is seeking to re-start interventions in Palestine-West Bank and to start interventions in Lebanon. The focus of future interventions will be on economic inclusion of person with disabilities.

YOUR MISSION:

The position will support the BaNEREI (basic needs, economic recovery and economic inclusion) sector of intervention in the 4 MEREP countries, with a focus on developing the portfolio of projects that aim at supporting the economic inclusion of persons with disabilities and/or providing technical assistance to stakeholders on disability inclusive employment. The position may also require the technical coordination of multi-country projects in MEREP.

Mission 1: STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

• Contribute to the Economic Inclusion pillar of overall strategic planning for HI’s Programme
• Lead the definition of the Economic Inclusion technical strategy for HI’s Programme and support its implementation by the operational teams;

Mission 2: TECHNICAL SUPPORT

• Ensure technical support to projects in line with the global technical frameworks and standards on Economic Inclusion
• Ensure technical learning from projects
• Ensure the control & monitoring of the technical quality and the relevance of HI’s activities in the programmes under Economic Inclusion activities

Mission 3: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

• Conduct regular analysis of project data and external secondary data on economic needs and interventions in close collaboration with the Chief of Operations, Information Manager and the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager;
• Contribute to the development of research and innovation projects at the country and region level, when relevant to Economic Inclusion

Mission 4: COORDINATION AND REPRESENTATION

• Liaise with Livelihood actors and other line ministries and participate in different forums to advocate for policy changes
• Represent HI in relevant coordination meetings with Livelihood actors (INGOs, national NGOs and humanitarian coordination);
• Support the Country Managers and the Project Managers in representation with Economic Inclusion sector donors/actors when needed;

Mission 5: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Actively contribute to the technicalities of development of projects in the Economic Inclusion sector
• Ensure the development of major opportunities or new projects in the region under his sectorial scope

YOUR PROFILE:

• You hold Bachelor degree (preferable Master Degree), in a relevant field such as : economics, development aid, public policy.
• You have minimum 5 years of experience as project manager and/or technical specialist in projects related to livelihoods and economic inclusion in development and chronic crisis contexts.
• You have minimum 3 years of experience as technical specialist or position providing technical advisory on disability inclusion.
• You have advanced skills in strategy design, project design, in proposal writing in English
• You are known for your abilities to develop guidelines and SOP and to design and provide technical training.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

Despite the different conflicts affecting the Middle East region, the security in Jordan is fairly good. The position is based in HI’s shared office in Amman (hosting Jordan’s operations team, the Middle East Programme Regional Office, and the Syria Programme coordination team).

Travel conditions and living conditions during visits to Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt are comfortable. Security conditions are very stable in HI’s areas of operations in Egypt. Security is relatively unstable in Lebanon, due to a spiralling socio-economic crisis and rising criminality, and in Palestine, due to sporadic armed confrontations in Gaza and violent demonstrations and clashes in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

CONDITIONS:

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team

• 3 years International contract starting from 18th, February 2022
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals
• 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
• Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution
• Repatriation insurance paid by HI
• Salary from 2 760 € gross/month upon experience
• Perdiem: 735,01 € net/month – paid in the field
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: according to the level of the mission: 1 day per
• Position:
• unaccompanied
• Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa) and transport of your personal effects (from 12 months of mission)
• Mission of more than 12 months : a child allowance of 100€ per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field
• open to couples (from 3 months of mission)
• Support travel costs (air ticket & visa) for accompanying dependent and health/ repatriation insurance if the dependent has no income/
• Mission of more than 18 months: payment of one yearly additional return flight
• open to families (more than 12 months) : package familial 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
• Housing: Individual taken in charge by HI

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