SUPPORT SERVICE COORDINATOR

We are searching for a SUPPORT SERVICE COORDINATOR

Country : Afghanistan
City: Kabul Starting Date: ASAP Length of the assignment: 12 months Closing date for application: 30/12//11 Advertisement reference: SSC1110

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. For more details on the association: http://www.handicap-international.fr/en/s/index.html

JOB CONTEXT: HI has been working with Afghan people since the 1980’s, initially in the refugee camps in Pakistan and establishing a national program in Afghanistan in 1996. Today, Handicap International Afghanistan works in the Southern (Kandahar), Western (Herat) and Central (Kabul) regions of Afghanistan in four main sectors: - Disability advocacy and awareness - Physical rehabilitation - Socio-economic inclusion - Mine Risk Education

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Our current team if Afghanistan is made of 200 national staff and 10 expatriates working in 3 sites: Kabul, Herat and Kandahar.

As a Support Service Coordinator you will ensure the coherency and relevancy of Administrative, Finance, Human Resources and Logistic processes and organization and ensure that Administrative, finance, Human Resources and logistic support is given to team in the field including Kandahar teams which are in remote control. Good manager, you will invest yourself in the efficient management of your team and their capacity building.

As the Support Service Coordinator your main responsibilities are: • Supervise and manage the support services (HR, Administrative and logistics) processing in terms of process development, improvement, and implementation. • Participate on the establishment of the strategic orientations of the Program, and leads the drafting of the funding, HR, Administrative and logistics strategies. • Ensure that HI Afghanistan management process and regulation relating to administrative, finance, HR and logistic issues are well written in the Manual of Operation (MoP), up dated, followed and respected. • Ensure a capacity building process is developed for the entire programme (policy and tools). • Support the Country Director in the implementation of appropriate coordination mechanisms among the various cells of the Program • Work in direct and close collaboration with the Country Director. • Ensure the interim of the Administrative, HR and or Logistic coordinators during their absence.

CANDIDATE PROFILE: You will have: - Management degree with major in finance and HR And/or business and administration degree - Relevant experience as an administrator, in finance and HR management - Excellent skills in coordinating, managing and training a team of multicultural staff - Experience of expatriation and within an NGO in a developing country

REQUIRED LANGUAGE SKILLS: FLUENT ENGLISH IS MANDATORY

JOB ENVIRONMENT: - The position is based in Kabul with travels to the field - The climate is continental in Kabul, hot, dry summers, cold winters, and high altitude of 1,800 meters. - Kabul offers extremely limited recreational and leisure activities due to the deteriorating security context. - Comfortable accommodation in a secure guest house, close to the office, with other expatriates

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS (depending on experience): This is an unaccompanied position Salary: 2000 to 2500 € gross salary/month + 457 Euros net expatriation allowance/month + 50% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children + RnR approximately every 2 months outside of the country with some flight tickets paid 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+ RnR approximately every 2 months outside of the country with some flight tickets paid

How to apply:

To Apply, Please send resume and covering letter with the reference SSC1110 to: recrut14@handicap-international.org

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