Protection & Inclusion Technical Advisor – ETHIOPIA 134 views0 applications

Place: ETHIOPIA (Gambela + Filtu)

Length: 3 months

Starting date: 1rst of December 2019

Closing date for applications: 9^th October 2019

“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 changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion 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 62 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.

For further information about the association: www.hi.org.

JOB CONTEXT :

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has been implementing development and humanitarian interventions in Ethiopia since 1986. HI had been also implementing protection project for Internally Displaced Persons and South Suddenness Refugees. Currently HI is implementing an inclusive protection projects in Somali region, Liben Zone (Dolo and Filtu districts) and Gambela refugee camp.

HI promotes an inclusive approach by focusing on access to services for all whenever possible rather than developing specific actions for people with disabilities. HI works not only with people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations, but also with their families, their communities, and the society. Since 2017 Humanity & Inclusion in Ethiopia has been particularly active in the field of protection risk monitoring, referral of SGBV survivors to service providers, psychosocial support provision to traumatized people and provision of physical rehabilitation service including mobility aids.

Emergency Response: IDPs Response: HI Ethiopia is responding the border conflict humanitarian crisis in Liben Zone of Somali region with following areas of intervention.

• Protection monitoring and referral to service providers including HI managed mobile inclusive safe space.
• Mental health and psychosocial support service.
• Provision of functional rehabilitation and mobility aids.
• Capacity building of humanitarian organizations and government sector office staff mainstream protection in their programs.

Refugees Response: For the South Sudanese’s Refugees, HI Ethiopia is implementing the following activities:

• Identification and referral of persons with specific needs with main focus to persons with disabilities, elderly people with disabilities, persons with injuries, chronic illness.
• Promoting inclusion and meaningful access to humanitarian aid services.
• Provision of Psychosocial service including group psychosocial/counselling sessions. Formation of peers to peer support group and strengthening community and family support system.
• Identifying and referring the person with needs of specialized mental health services.
• Provision of outreach functional rehabilitation services including physiotherapy and mobility aid

YOUR MISSION:

Under the responsibility of the Program Director and with the support of the HQ “Protection and Inclusion Technical Referents”, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring technical support on HI protection and inclusion approach within the emergency response specifically focused on person with special needs (People with disability, elderly, persons with chronic illness)
• Providing training and coaching, and “on the job” training to HI teams, Government partners and volunteers on the protection and inclusion mainstreaming principles, including “do no harm”, GBV and CP mainstreaming within the emergency response
• Provide specific technical support to the protection team and social workers
• Provide transversal technical support to the rest of the team
• Monitoring and maintaining compliance with standard HI technical guidelines and international protection guidelines on GBV and CP mainstreaming and response to PSN.
• Ensuring HI’s proper representation in sectorial working groups;
• Regularly reporting on the above activities (statistic, review monthly objectives, etc.) as per requested by your line manager and the HQ Technical Referent.

  YOUR PROFILE :

• You hold a degree in social work, psychology or other relevant field…
• You have a minimum of 3 years of experience in social work, Psychosocial support, GBV, child protection in NGO in emergency context
• You master Inclusion and protection mainstreaming principles
• You like and have proven experience in providing technical support to programs and their staff – you have capacity to design and facilitate trainings ans on the job coaching
• and have
• You know working under high pressure and without constant supervision; you developed high capacity to organize your work and to manage your priorities
• You like travelling and are flexible
• You have excellent written skills and are fluent in English

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

• Security situation in Ethiopia is overall under control, despite some periodic ethnic clashes and roadblock by protester. Otherwise, there is no movement restriction and project beneficiaries and ready reachable.
• The position is located in 2 places: Gambella 75% and Filtu 25%

CONDITIONS:

• Starting date : 1rst of December 2019
• Length of the contract:** 3 months
• Employee status:
• Salary from 2031€ gross/month regarding the experience of the candidate
• Perdiem : 530€ net/month
• Hardship allowance : 500€ net/month
• Insurances : medical hearth coverage, retirement planning, repatriation
• Paid holiday : 25 days per year
• R&R : 5 days every 6 weeks
• Status : position open to unaccompanied

• Housing : Collective taken in charge by HI