Place: Ukraine - Kyiv
Type of contract: CDD โ 1 year contract
Starting date: 01/06/2024 (ASAP)
Handicap International/Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and speaks out to meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. More info: www.hi.org
HI is committed to an employment policy in favour of persons with disabilities.
JOB CONTEXT:
Since the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022 and its humanitarian consequences, HI has deployed a multi-sectoral response articulated around the following pillars of intervention:
โข Health: HI aims to improve access to quality physical rehabilitation and mental health and psychosocial services (MHPSS) for conflict-affected vulnerable population.
โข Protection: Given the scale of humanitarian and protection needs, HI intervenes at various levels to ensure that vulnerable conflict-affected populations have access to multi-sectoral services tailored to their needs. In addition, HI aims to foster a disability-inclusive humanitarian response.
โข Armed Violence Reduction: Recent and ongoing attacks dangerously exacerbated Explosive Ordnance (EO) contamination in Ukraine. In light of this, HI is conducting a multi-pronged approach to EO Risk Education and Conflict Preparedness and Protection (CPP), adaptable to the evolution of the conflict.
โข Basic needs: to respond to the most acute needs for displaced households hosted by the local population or living in collective settings, HI is providing hygiene and non-food item kits, with an approach various modalities of intervention including in-kind and/or cash-based transfers. HI also delivers multi-purpose cash assistance to vulnerable conflict-affected populations, to enable them to meet their basic needs.
โข Humanitarian-to-humanitarian logistics (Atlas Logistique): To facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance as close as possible to the most affected populations, HI proposes mutualized storage and transportation services to other humanitarian actors โ with a specific focus on โlast-mile transportationโ.
HI in Ukraine is looking for a Technical Head of Program for one year.
YOUR MISSION:
Under the responsibility of the Country Director, the Technical Head of Program contributes to the implementation of HI mandate and 10-year strategy within the programme he/she is assigned to. He/she is the driving force behind the programmatic development of the social missions within his/her scope, and ensures that the quality and impact of the projects implemented in the programme are optimised, in line with the priorities defined in HIโs strategic frameworks. The Technical Head of Program is responsible to oversee the field technical specialists team, the MEAL/IM team, and programmatic development.
Responsibilities:
Management
Exemplary Manager: embodies HI's values on a daily basis, and is a role model.
Meaningful manager: understands the strategy, makes it explicit, translates it into operational objectives for the team, leads the necessary changes.
Manager Manager: organises the operational management of his or her team, structures the work around identified processes, steers performance, and facilitates problem solving.
Manager 1st HR&Coach: contributes to the development of its employees.
Strategy and management
Contributes to the development of the operational strategy (StratOp) in line with HIโs strategic frameworks and to its monitoring
Proposes the design and evolution of the programme's technical support to projects and according to the key priority sectors defined in strategic frameworks and the skills available within the Program
Ensures the deployment of cross-cutting approaches within programming and promotes cross-sectoral synergies.
Development of the social mission
Contributes to the development of the fundraising strategy, in coordination with the Country Director / Operation Managers / Business Developer Specialist, and support the development and implementation of the fundraising plan
Steers the geographical development of HI sectors, and ensures the compliance of project proposals or evolutions with technical/strategic priorities defined and nexus-related aspects
Quality standards and expertise / With the MEAL and technical profiles of the Program
Controls and monitors the technical quality and relevance of HI activities within its scope
Contributes to improving compliance with key MEAL-related policies and standards as well as on cross-cutting approaches, supporting improvement of their ownership and of related practices within the program
Ensure external representation and promotion of HI's expertise within his/her scope of work
Emergency preparedness and response responsibilities
Leads the emergency preparedness actions in his/her department and, in case of emergency, reorganizes the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian imperative, in order to ensure a rapid and efficient response from HI.
YOUR PROFILE:
- You hold a master degree in the intervention sector: international cooperation, development and humanitarian
- You have a minimum of 5 yearsโ experience in humanitarian development with experience in project management (multi or complex)
- You have work experience in programming in multi-site, multi-sector programs, for humanitarian and/or development programs
- You have experience of working with INGO and experience of working with teams of people with varying experience of program development
- You have management and leadership of multi-cultural and multi-sector teams, on-site and remotely experiences
- You are fluent in English
CONDITIONS:
At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team
- 1 year International contract
- The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
- Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals
- Pension scheme adapted to the situation of our employees: If you already have a personal pension scheme HI will contribute at the same level of your personal monthly contribution with a maximum of 272.53โฌ/month ; If you do not have a personal pension scheme, we will open a private pension account with your contribution of 272.53โฌ/month and a contribution of HI of the same amount
- Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution
- Repatriation insurance paid by HI
- Salary from 2 986โฌ gross/month upon experience
- Perdiem: 537โฌ net/month - paid in the field
- Hardship: 500โฌ net/month paid with your salary
- Paid leaves: 25 days per year
- R&R: every 8 weeks
- Unaccompanied
- Housing: Individual taken in charge by HI