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.
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MISSION 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.
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
The
Handicap International "Mano River" programme that covers Liberia and
Sierra Leone (programme based in SL) was implementing the following
projects until the outbreak of the epidemic in these two countries early
in the summer of 2014: two Inclusive Education projects (1 in Liberia
and 1 in Sierra Leone); 1 Mother and Child Health Project (SL), and 1
civil society support project (disability movement) in Liberia. These
projects have been stopped and their human resources devoted to the
Ebola response.
The HI response to Ebola focused this summer on
raising the awareness of people with disabilities, either through direct
awareness actions with this vulnerable group, or through sensitisation
of stakeholders in the field (authorities, NGOs) in order to include the
disability dimension in their awareness campaigns. Awareness campaigns
were accompanied by a distribution of hygiene products.
Today, in
Sierra Leone, HI is leader of the “special needs” sub-committee of the
cluster “Social Mobilisation” (lead by UNICEF). HI is about to launch a
national project, in coordination with several NGOs, to ensure inclusion
of vulnerable groups in the Social Mobilisation response to Ebola
outbreak in Sierra Leone. In few districts HI is also planning an
assessment of the other impacts of the Ebola outbreak: on health system,
food security, psychosocial, WASH…etc. HI is committed to meet the need
identified by this assessment with the set-up of new projects. Recently
new areas of interventions are considered as ambulance fleet management
and involvement in DVFP (
Disability and Vulnerability Focal Point) mechanism at district level.
More
recently new areas of intervention have been identified 1) Ambulance
fleet management and 2) involvement in DVFP mechanism at district level.
The
ambulance fleet management in Western area has been identified as a
huge gap and this project and if conducted it could have a tremendous
impact on the control of the epidemic in the district. This is also in
the context of a surge in the response before the Christmas period
(start the 14th December) where the response should be double (HR,
Logistic, stock, etc). This is where HI has decided to invest in now and
the most urgently.
Given this HR set up and the magnitude of the
epidemic and its consequences, in order to launch the DVFP project, it
has been decided to recruit a DVFP Project Manager.
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES AND TASKS OF THE EXPATRIATE
Under the responsibility of the DVFP Project Manager, you are responsible for:
The
Information Manager will be responsible of the development,
implementation and follow up of tools related to the Support to
Protection Desks project in 3 districts in Sierra Leone. The tools might
be questionnaires for needs assessments following a protection alert,
referral forms, database, communication tools…
§ The Information
Manager ensures that the “Beneficiary Information System Management”
related to the project is set-up and appropriated by the team under
her/his responsibility (referral forms, vulnerability/needs assessment
forms, beneficiaries data base, follow up tools, methodological
guidelines);
§ S/he coordinates with potential partners in the
development of tools to ensure all protection issues are foreseen by the
project;
§ S/he ensures that data related to the project under her/his management are collected and compiled in the project database;
§
Based on existing HI tools and in coordination with the Technical
Advisors, s/he supports the Project manager in the development of
communication tools about the Protection Desk, sensitization and
training tools, etc.
§ S/he provides her/his colleagues with statistical data and analysis on the activities under her/his responsibility;
§ S/he prepares statistical reports that will document the project.
§
Regular reporting on the above activities (statistic, review monthly
objectives, etc.) as per requested by the Project manager;
§
Support the PM in activity follow-up for internal and external reporting
by providing relevant data related to her/his position;
§ S/he
provides regular reporting on the activities to her/his line manager
upon his/her solicitation (coordination meeting, workshop meeting, etc.)
REQUIRED PROFILE
§ Degree in Information Management system or equivalent
§ At least 1 years of professional experience in protection or inclusion projects
§ Experience in humanitarian context, preferably in emergency
§ Previous experience on “DVFP” project is an assets
§ Expert in database management, data collection and analysis
§ Able to carry and impart the position and values of the organization
§ Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills
§ Ability to work under high pressure and without constant supervision
§ Flexibility
§ Ability to make decision, analyse and synthetize
§ Ability to work in team
§ English mandatory (oral and written)
JOB ENVIRONMENT
§ Status: voluntary or salaried contract according to experience
§ Living conditions: guesthouse shared with other expatriates (no charges)
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
§ Start: January 2015
§ Duration: 3 months, renewable
