Place: YEMEN (Aden) with regular field visits

Starting date: 8th of July2021

Length: 12 months

Closing date for applications: 2nd of June 2021

“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”

Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since the organisation was first founded in 1982, we have set up development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to many emergencies. Today we have a budget of around 150 million euros, with 3500 employees worldwide.

The HI network is an organisation made up of a Federation (with 2 operational HQs in Lyon and Brussels), 8 national associations (Germany, Belgium, Canada, United States, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom and Switzerland) and the HI Institute on Humanitarian Action. All these entities work concertedly to implement HI’s international aid and development mandate.

The Federation is responsible for implementing the network’s social missions in around sixty countries. It operates under the names “Humanity & Inclusion” or “Handicap International” depending on the country.

HI is engaged in an employment policy in favour of disabled workers.

For further information about the association: www.hi.org.

JOB CONTEXT :

HI have been intervening in Yemen on and off for the last 12 years, with its actions initially focused on development issues, notably through the support to the development of physical and functional rehabilitation services for people with disabilities as well as through the capacity-building of the national networks of Yemen Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs).

Since 2015, HI interventions have been adapted to the current context of conflict in Yemen. With the support of different donors, HI has been supporting two hospitals and one physical and functional rehabilitation centre in Sana'a City, building the capacities of their key staff in early rehabilitation care and psychological first aid (including specifically for children), supplying rehabilitation equipment, and directly providing functional rehabilitation care and psychosocial support to war affected people (including through the donation of assistive devices and provision of Prosthesis). In 2017, these activities have extended to new facilities in and around Sana’a.

In parallel, HI is implementing an inclusion and protection mainstreaming project, to increase the knowledge and capacities of the staff of International NGOs in the inclusion of the most vulnerable persons in their humanitarian response (including persons with disability), so as to increase their access to essential services.

While all of HI activities were done so far in Sana’a governorate, HI has expanded in Aden in 2019 and has opened an office in Mokha in 2020. Activities in Hajjah have been launched early 2021.

YOUR MISSION:

Under the responsibility of the Technical Unit manager of Yemen Programme, as MHPSS Specialist, you contribute within the country where you are based to the implementation of the mandate and the 10-year strategy of Humanity & Inclusion. You ensure optimal quality and impact of the projects implemented in the country, through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. You share with all HI managers the responsibility of a sound management and successful functioning of the global organization, through paradigm changes.

In this part, your main responsibilities will be:

Expertise

· Provide sectorial technical input to the Programme’s Operational Strategy within your scope and in MHPSS sector, in line with the global technical strategy and ensure relevant follow up- support the analysis of barriers limiting access to MHPSS services including humanitarian responses (ethnical political, geographical, gender/age/disability) in order to adapt HI project, targets and activities accordingly - upport the Technical Unit Manager in the definition of objectives, activities, targets according to the context of intervention and the mission MHPSS strategy.

· Ensure technical support to projects in line with the global technical frameworks and standards in your sectorial scope

· Ensure technical learning from projects

· Ensure the control & monitoring of the technical quality and the relevance of HI’s activities in the Programmes under your scope

· Ensure compliance of the technical proposition with nexus stakes

· Contribute to the development of research and innovation projects in the region when relevant, in your sectorial scope

· Contribute to the Technical Divisions professional channel animation

Influence: Contribute to the local external prestige and influence of HI’s expertise in your sectorial scope

· Represent the technical expertise of HI throughout the local relevant networks

· Contribute to advocacy on specific themes in line with the global advocacy priorities –

· Ensure a harmonized technical message is provided during these working groups and that HI speaks in a common voice on technical issues

· Contributes to communication messages locally in line with the global communication priorities

Business development : ensure the development of major opportunities or new projects in the region under your sectorial scope

· Contribute to the context analysis in his sectorial scope;

· Contribute to the design, conception and writing of new projects in the country;

· Identify & develop local partnerships and/or consortium with NGOs, Institutions, Companies on technical priorities or important topics in the country under his sectorial scope

Coordination and reporting

· Support the teams to produce regular reports on HI activities (newsletters, case studies, activity reports, etc.);

· Ensure the quantitative and qualitative reporting through the tools (assessment form, follow up form, discharge and monitoring form, groups report) and system in place;

· Contribute to projects reporting for donors and local authorities;

· Ensure regular internal reporting on your activities to managers upon his/her solicitation (field visit reports, coordination meeting, workshop, meeting minutes, etc.)

· Actively participate to coordination meetings and workshops;

· Contribute to efficient internal coordination between technical sectors and with other departments.