Disability and Vulnerability Focal Point Project Manager - LEBANON

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. MAIN RESPONSABILITIES OF THE EXPATRIATE

Under the responsibility of the North Field Coordinator and in close cooperation with the Rehabilitation technical advisor, Psychological technical advisor and the HQ technical Referent, he/she will be in charge of:

 To set up and ensure the continuous monitoring of the activities including quality monitoring, and using the appropriate HI guidelines and technical tools;  To set up and ensure the partnerships (administrative, operational and strategic components) with the identified local organizations;  To ensure a smooth co-ordination mechanism between the project’s components under his/her responsibility and the other project potentially developed by HI within the country;  To actively take part in the hiring of new project teams if relevant (job description, network identification, technical interviews, etc.);  To properly manage the team under his/her responsibility, including regular meeting and guidance, development of individual action plans when necessary;  In coordination with the logistic and administrative department, to ensure a correct follow-up of the administrative and logistic aspects of the project;  To manage the project budget and to follow-up the expenses;  To regularly report on the above activities (statistic, review monthly objectives, etc.) as per requested by the Field Coordinator, HoM and the HQ Advisor;

MAIN TASKS OF THE EXPATRIATE

Representation

 In coordination with the Field coordinator, to represent Handicap International in the project area with any relevant stakeholders, local, national and international partners, local and provincial authorities in order to facilitate the implementation of project’s activities;  On the Field coordinator’s demand, to ensure ad hoc additional representation with other stakeholders such as funding organisation, cluster meeting;

Follow up of 1 Disability & Vulnerability Focal Point in the areas (Tripoli and North)

 Identification of affected vulnerable persons and their families and more particularly persons with injuries, disability, serious medical condition and older persons, according to specific vulnerability criteria, adjusted against capacity criteria such as status of the house / shelter, remoteness of the living area, composition and income of the household, coverage by other relief actors; According to identified needs, channel and redirect other actors’ NFI response toward remote areas and isolated families;  Referral to relevant structures as per needed;  Collection of proper disaggregated data and activity data for all the HI different project’s components;

Ensuring essential rehabilitation cares and provision of assistive and mobility devices

 Physical rehabilitation oriented assessment of persons with injury and disability at DVFP level, but also at the house / shelter of the injured/disabled person if he/she has no capacity to reach the DVFP;  Monitoring of the persons’ physical rehabilitation needs taking into account habits and other needs (holistic approach of rehabilitation) in order to adjust physical rehabilitation plan;
 Reinforcement of the capacities of the families and care takers to ensure the best possible outcome on the physical rehabilitation process of the targeted persons with temporary / permanent impairment;  Distribution of dedicated NFI to respond to specific needs;  Training of HI paramedical and community staff on how to identify key family members and care takers, deliver appropriate essential messages on efficient fashion toward beneficiaries at community level, and monitor the impact in behaviour changes;  Provision of suitable assistive and/or mobility appliance;  Sensitization of the person and its family for proper use and maintenance of the device, completed by follow-up visit will be ensured to verify the adequateness of the donation;

Provision of emergency psychosocial services for the most affected persons:

 Provision of information to the most vulnerable persons about relief efforts, positive coping methods;  Identification of people in need of psychosocial support (people with psychological distress, etc...)  Identification of the sources of difficulties and expressions of distress conducted with an individual or group Do No Harm approach  Design of appropriate responses and provision of different kinds of psychosocial group activities adapted to the needs identified  Referral to specialized local or international partners for individual counselling, should this be necessary;

Team management:

 You ensure a good communication – coordination – information level of each member of the team through regular coordination meetings (or other if needed) in close coordination and collaboration with the partner;  You define, with each member of your staff, his action plan and delay for reaching defined goals (IAP);  You support and advise your team in the implementation of their IAP;  You ensure feed back towards your team about issues potentially raised by them;  You are concerned and aware on the personal and professional evolution of each member of your staff, and its development within the mission : individual interviews, oral and written evaluations;  You ensure conflict resolution (personal and professional) within your team and inform the field coordinator and the administrator;  You propose relevant needed adaptation to the organisational chart of the mission and contribute to its implementation (job descriptions, etc.), in collaboration with the field coordinator and the administrator;  You support your staff in their management duty: coordination meetings, individual interviews, etc.

Partnership management:

 You ensure the partnership from an administrative, logistics and operational point of view

Reporting:

 Facilitate regular reporting on your activities to the Field coordinator upon his/her solicitation (coordination meeting, workshop meeting, etc.);  Participate to the monthly situation report (SITREP) by providing relevant data related to your position;  Provide a technical report on monthly basis to HQ technical Advisor  You provide the HoM and desk officer with a mission report and/or handover document at the end of your contract;  Debriefing at HQ at the end of your mission (and during Home-Break).

How to apply:

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