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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.
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made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and
financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and
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JOB CONTEXT
The
Ebola epidemic was confirmed in Guinea on March 2014. This is the first
deadly outbreak in West Africa. This virus appeared in the forest area
very close to the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia and, starting
from March 2014, quickly spread to neighbouring districts in the two
countries. The international response has been slow and the epidemic is
still out of control today.
According to estimates, 9,000 people
have been affected by the epidemic since March and 5,000 lost their
lives. It is impossible to know how many people will eventually be
affected by the epidemic, and the number of 20,000 victims extrapolated
by WHO is for resource mobilization purposes; research on treatments and
vaccines is ongoing but there is no indication of concrete outcomes in
the short term. Various factors contribute to the complexity of the
situation: health, geography, culture, politics, economy and logistics.
The
Handicap International (HI) "Mano River" programme that covers Liberia
and Sierra Leone was implementing the following projects until the
outbreak of the epidemic in these two countries early in the summer of
2014: Inclusive Education projects Mother and Child Health Project and
Civil society support project. These projects have been stopped and
their human resources assigned to the Ebola response.
The HI Ebola
response focused on raising the awareness of persons with disabilities
(approximately 15% of the general population) either through direct
awareness or through the education of stakeholders (authorities, NGOs)
to bring them to include disability issues in their campaigns.
The
Mano River team currently consists of 43 staffs, namely 3 expatriates
based in Freetown, and 40 national staffs (34 in Sierra Leone and 6 in
Liberia). Not all the national staffs employed are trained in emergency
response. The programme is run by a Programme Director, assisted by a
Support Service Coordinator, an Inclusion and Rights Coordinator, a
part-time Health / Rehabilitation Coordinator and a Emergency
Coordinator.
Given this HR set up and the magnitude of the
epidemic which has significant health and humanitarian consequences, and
in order to strengthen the emergency response of the programme, it has
been decided to recruit a Project Manager.
JOB DESCRIPTION
As
Basic Needs Project Manager, you will be directly under the line
management of the Emergency Coordinator. You will have a direct
functional link with the Technical Advisor (TA) based in HI
Headquarters.
You will be responsible of the management of HI emergency project in Sierra Leone.
As such, your responsibilities will be:
· Ensure that the project is implemented according to agreed work plans in order to achieve project deliverables
·
Plan, monitor and identify potential obstacles to programmatic success
in a timely fashion, and implement corrective actions as needed
· Train and manage the team and the collaborators who may be involved in the project
· Ensure the respect of the administrative and logistics procedures within the project
· Manage the project budget and follow-up the expenses as well as providing monthly budget forecast
· Provide regular reporting as per requested by the Emergency coordinator and the TA
· Ensure validation by the TA of technical related tools elaborated by your team before use / diffusion
· Ensure a smooth coordination with the other HI project
· Ensure external coordination and partnership operational management.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
You have:
· A Master in Humanitarian Assistance / Bioforce
· At least 2 years of emergency project
· Knowledge on epidemiology.
You are:
· Able to lead a project
· Able to carry out and impart the position and values of the organization
· Known for your excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to listen, sensitivity to others views and perspectives
· Experimented in living and adapting successfully to multicultural environment
· Known to be field work oriented, flexible, objective, diplomatic and pragmatic.
REQUIRED LANGUAGE SKILLS: For this position, it is required to have an excellent written and spoken level in English.
JOB ENVIRONMENT
You will be based in Freetown office.
·
Living conditions / accommodation: There is a possibility of difficult
living conditions. To reduce Ebola contamination risks, movements are
restricted and gatherings are prohibited. The daily prevention measures
(frequent hand washing and temperature checks...) can be quite
restrictive.
· Health: There exist some health risks: meningitis,
malaria, Ebola, etc. For emergency cases, expatriates can, be
hospitalized in Europe.
Because of the context and security concerns, the position is unaccompanied.
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
Salary:
2100 - 2500€ gross salary/month + 457 Euros net/month expatriation
allowance + 50% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI +
repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children
Or
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
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