DVFP FIELD Manager KPK - Pakistan

COUNTRY: Pakistan Starting date: 01/12/2011 Closing date for application: 01/12/2011 CITY: Islamabad Length of the assignment: 6 months. Advertisement reference: Surname/Name/DvfpFM/PAK Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organisation 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.

Handicap International is a not-for-profit organisation 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.

Through its Emergency Response Department (ERD), created in 2006 after the merge with Atlas Logistique, the organization is committed to: - Provide an adequate response to major natural disaster and conflict situations, anywhere in the world as much as possible within 72 hours; - Provide assistance to vulnerable groups (refugees, IDPs, persons with injuries, elders, children, etc.) affected by a crisis and maximize the number of beneficiaries. Within vulnerable groups, target especially PwD and meet their specific needs; - Constantly monitor chronic crises and/or conflicts to ensure preparedness for and rapid response to eventual emerging needs.

Directly linked to the Emergency Response Department of Handicap International France, the expatriate will be mandated for the following mission:

MISSION CONTEXT

Handicap International is present in Pakistan since 2005, in response to the earthquake. From then, Handicap International has implemented firstly emergency activities, leading to a longer term strategy implemented since then.

In April 2009, offensive lasting months were launched by Government to wrest control of north-western districts from militants. Millions of persons were displaced by the conflict and returned a few months ago. Since then, there is still a lot of uncertainty on the stability of the area as threat of violence is constant, not to mention the confirmed presence of landmines, explosive remnants of war and other explosive devices. In November 2009, a conflict broke out in South-Waziristan. Again, the PAK army tracked militants there. Others hundreds of thousands of people flew to the district of Tank and D.I Khan in south NWFP. In such a context, the response provided by the local and international community is designed to be global, therefore not taking in account the particular needs of the most vulnerable population (persons with disabilities/injuries/chronic diseases, older persons, etc). As a result, persons with special needs are most of the time forgotten because they are factually “invisible” to the relief actors. To ensure an appropriate response is provided to the most vulnerable persons, HI is initiating a response to support the vulnerable communities at their place of return.

August 2010: The worst floods to hit Pakistan since 1929 have left more than three million people in need of emergency assistance. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the worst affected province, the Provincial Government now puts the death toll at nearly 1500 people, with more than 500 people still missing. The actual figures could be higher as communication networks in many areas are still disrupted. Initial assessments indicate that Charsadda, Nowshera and Swat are amongst the worst affected districts. Other badly hit areas, including Lower and Upper Dir, remain largely inaccessible to humanitarian actors.

The intervention of the Emergency Response Department is therefore declined under three main axes: Conflict response (ongoing since 2009) – KPK- - Direct response to the basic and specific needs of the vulnerable persons through mobile units: 1/ Provision of essential basic items / NFI mitigating their vulnerability 2/ Provision of specific items with regard to specific needs, including protection items 3/ Establishment of psychosocial support, specifically targeting the vulnerable persons - Provision of safe and accessible water and sanitation (WASH) facilities for vulnerable persons with restricted mobility, through modification of the existing facilities and building of new facilities - Emergency Mine Risk Education (EMRE), in order to mitigate the possible risk of accidents for this very exposed IDP population at the time of their return.

Flood response (ongoing since august 2010) –KPK, Sindh- - Improve the access of affected population to safe drinking water on short term basis - Emergency shelter and NFI distribution - Support to solid waste /water management and cleaning debris in affected cities - Disability and Vulnerability approach

Development activities (ongoing since 2005) - Disaster Risk reduction: a project about to start by early January - Community based Rehabilitation: a project about to start by early January

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES OF THE EXPATRIATE

Based in Islamabad, under the responsibility and in close collaboration with the DVFP Project manager, you will be responsible for providing technical advices on disability issues and ensuring quality, appropriateness and harmonization of services to the most vulnerable and in particular the persons with disability in flood and conflict affected areas of KPK province (North of Pakistan). You may be asked to provide the same technical support to other HI DVFP projects.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Representation - Attend national, provincial and local level meetings with authorities and other stakeholders; - Provide technical advices to stakeholders on rehabilitation; - When appropriate, organize and conduct training for stakeholders on rehabilitation.

Technical advice - Review current technical guidelines and produce additional ones for physical rehabilitation, distribution of assistive devices as well as for DRR sessions (family and villages sessions that aim at mitigating impacts of future disasters on vulnerable persons and persons with disability); - Provide feedback to DVFP Project Manager and advices to Project Officers to make sure that strategy for implementation of activities is fully inclusive of vulnerable persons and persons with disabilities; - Initiate and follow up on the production of sensitization materials (leaflets, booklets, posters); - Conduct regular field visits in order to assess quality of DVFP services provided as well as respect of inclusion and accessibility standards by DVFP teams; - Build up capacities of DVFP Project Officers to identify training needs as well as to plan and provide formal and on-the-job trainings to the field staff; - Build up capacities of DVFP Team Leaders to monitor quality of services on a regular basis and to report potential training needs to their line managers; - In collaboration with the M&E Coordinator, create quality monitoring tools; - Provide support to DVFP Project Manager and Project Officers to organize district levels trainings on inclusion of vulnerable persons in early recovery activities; - Provide support to DVFP Project Manager to initiate and follow up on partnership/collaborations in the health sector (for example, for prosthesis and orthotics); - Ensure referral systems include services for all types of impairment (visual, speech, hearing, physical, intellectual, mental health), that they are well defined, regularly updated, and the process are followed by the field team; - Evaluate work of DVFP team members regularly and propose skills development activities; - On request of your DVFP Project Manager, provide technical support and advice to the others DVFP Project Managers working on the mission.

PROPOSAL AND REPORTING - Submit weekly sitrep to the DVFP Project Manager; - Prepare regular reports/case studies on DVFP activities (in coordination with line manager); - Support the DVFP Project Manager in the proposals and reports writing with the technical added value; - Provide the head of mission with a mission report or handover document at the end of your contract; - Debriefing at HQ at the end of your mission (and during Home-Break).

PROFILE REQUIRED

• You have a degree in Rehabilitation Sciences or in Social Sciences
• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar position
• Experience in NGO necessary, preferably in emergency context
• English mandatory (oral and written)
• Ability to work under high pressure and without constant supervision
• Excellent reactivity and flexibility in all circumstances
• High capacity to organize his/her work, and manage priorities
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills

REQUIRED LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Excellent written and spoken English;

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:

Volunteer: 750 or 850 Euros monthly indemnity + living allowance paid on the field + accommodation + 100% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children Salary: “salary bracket” gross salary/month + 457 Euros net expatriation allowance + 50% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children

Thanks for sending your cover letter and resume by email at: Handicap International/Direction de l’Action d’Urgence Ref : DAU/PAK/FCOSINDH/HI E-mail : officerh2@handicap-international.org