Ethiopia: Emergency Coordinator - Gambella/Ethiopia

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 an independent and impartial aid and development organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

For further information about the association: http://www.handicap-international.us

Present in more than 55 countries, Handicap International is composed of 2 operational directions:

• The Direction of Humanitarian Action

• The Direction of Development Action

In order to improve its monitoring capacity regarding the occurrence of emergencies both of low and high intensity, and to ensure the coordination of the interventions between the Humanitarian Action Division (HAD) and the Development Action Division (DAD), Handicap International created the Humanitarian Surveillance and Emergency delegation Department, that operates under the direction of the HAD.

JOB CONTEXT: Handicap International is operating in Ethiopia since 1986 and has implemented projects in the area of physical rehabilitation, mine risk education, community based rehabilitation, food security, HIV and AIDS, Inclusive Education, refugee response and capacity building of local associations of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). Our organization is working in collaboration with governmental authorities, Local/International NGOs and the National associations of Persons with Disabilities.

We are currently implementing different projects oriented around inclusive education, inclusive disaster risk reduction, child protection, inclusive employment as well as emergency response with the objective to mainstream disability in existing relief services and to provide specific services to persons with disabilities amongst South Sudanese refugees.

The emergency response component is implemented in the Gambella region:

• Physical rehabilitation with the provision of the physiotherapy services for Severely Malnourished Under-5 Children with complications, in the newly open refugee camp of Nguenyyiel – in partnership with ACF

• Implementation of WASH interventions inclusive of PWD – in partnership with OXFAM

The 2 projects are implemented in the south Sudanese refugee camp of Nguenyyiel, opened in October 2016 and already hosting more than 50,000 refugees, composed mainly of women and children who have fled the South Sudan Crisis.

YOUR MISSION:

Under the responsibility of the Programme Director (PD), with a close functional relation with the Southern and Eastern Africa (SEA) desk as well as the Emergency Preparedness and Alert (E-PandA) Programme Officer, your main objective is to launch activities related to the HI/OXFAM project in Gambella. This involves fine-tuning the operational strategy with HI Programme Director and the project team member which will be in place at the arrival of the EC, finalizing the recruitment of the team and the setup of HI project office in Gambella. You will be strongly supported by technical as well as support services staff members.

The HI project staff based in Gambella composed of:

• The HI iWASH team composed of 1 Project Manager (recruited – starting 1 July); 1 Disability Mainstreaming Officer (under recruitment); 1 Accessibility Officer (under recruitment); 1 Camp Officer (recruited), 1 physiotherapist (under recruitment), 1 rehab. Assistant (under recruitment)
• The HI Physiotherapy team composed of a Physical Therapist Technical Support (PTTS) – expatriate position; 1 project manager (recruited); 3 physiotherapists (2 recruited)

Your main responsibilities:

• Launching of the HI Gambella’s emergency projects, and ensuring their supervision.
• Humanitarian surveillance and analysis regarding his/her geographical area of work.
• External representation notably in emergency clusters, under the delegation of the Program Director.
• Capacity building of the HI teams – especially the new national Emergency Coordinator.
• If needed, support in writing emergency project proposals and with seeking funding.

The hiring of a national Emergency Coordinator being expected during the mission of the Emergency Coordinator, some weeks of mission could be dedicated to the coaching of the newly arrived national Emergency Coordinator.

YOUR PROFILE :

You have :

• Generalist bachelor’s or master’s degree (Political Science, IFAID, etc.) or a degree in project management (Bioforce, etc.).

• 3 or 4 years of experience in emergency contexts

• Previous experience in coordinating humanitarian projects or as a field coordinator

• Project management skills

• Management of multidisciplinary teams

• Analysis and humanitarian surveillance

• Sense of priorities and of responsibilities, strong organizational capacity.

• Strong ability to work, rigor, practicality.

• English is mandatory, French is an asset

Previous experience with Handicap International and/or in launching emergency project is an asset

CONDITIONS:

• Startingdate : 1^st of July 2017

• Lengthof thecontract: 2 months

• Employee status:

• Salary from 2757 € (gross) / month regarding the experience of the candidate

• Perdiem : 578€ (net)

• Hardship allowance : 500€ (net)

• Insurances : medical hearth coverage, retirement planning, repatriation

• Paid holiday : 25 days per year + R&R

• Status : position unaccompanied

• Housing : Collective taken in charge by Handicap International

CV + Cover letter : https://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/en/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=2137&idpartenaire=136