Occupational Therapist TO-L1

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

Under the supervision of the Project Manager and in close collaboration with the Technical Unit (RTU) / Inclusion field technical Specialist, the Occupational Therapist - Technical officer (Level 1) accompany project’s staff, partners and relevant actors and stakeholders in the implementation of the project and contributes to the project’s MEAL.

Line managed by: Project Manager

Functionally reports to:  Rehabilitation Specialist

Interacts with:

-Internal: Country Manager, Operations Manager, project team, RTU, MEAL staff, support services staff.

-External: The project partners, the authorities in the project area of implementation, other stakeholders including local organizations, INGOs and UN agencies in the area of implementation, relevant Clusters/Working Groups.

Responsibilities

Responsibility 1: Contribute to the development of tools for the project implementation and to the capacity building of the project team and partners.

Aim: Ensure the poject team and partners understand and are able to apply the chosen modalities of intervention in compliance with HI technical framework.

Tasks:

• Participate to the selection and contextualization of the modalities of intervention in compliance with HI technical framework.
• Contribute to the development and/or adaptation of methodologies and to the development of high complexity technical tools, including full training packages (training needs assessment tools, training manuals and materials, pre-post training tests), users guidelines, etc.;
• Develop or adapt low/medium complexity technical tools
• Organize and/or participate to the tools testing whenever appropriate and adjust them according to the results dof the test
• Provide ad-hoc support to the team during tools use including field coaching
• Contribute to assessing HI project team and/or project partner capacity building needs, to define suitable training plan and training package
• Train project’s partners and relevant actors and stakeholders on the methodologies and tools.
• Produce training and coaching reports and coordinate feedbacks with the service providers for srenghtening continuous staff development

Responsibility 2: Support the implementation of project activities.

Aim: Ensure  that the project intervention contributes to positive outcomes for the beneficiaries

Tasks:

Provide support, coaching and follow up to the project’s partners, actors and stakeholders during the implementation of the following activities:

• Train, coach, follow up and support other local and international partners implementing their initial rehabilitation assessments
• Monitor the correct prescription and the quality of assistive devices provided by the supplier
• Support the implementation of user-centered approach by providing information / training to the supplier’s team on caregivers’ intervention
• Together with the service provider, provide information sessions related to the situation of the child to the caregivers when needed
• Develop family information/education tool and support local service providers in developing and enforcing caregiver’s rehabilitation trainings
• Provide guidance to different stakeholders’ teams in the identification of person with disability, needs for assistive devices and school/home adaptations
• Under the supervision of the PM and in coordination with the Inclusion FTS, identify with the project team most appropriate modalities of intervention and related tool.
• Based on monitoring outputs and teams’ feedback, adjust the tools.
• With MEAL TA & Inclusion TA support, contribute to the development of research/ survey terms of reference, protocol and related tools in close collaboration with the project team.
• Contribute with the team data collection as per the protocol defined, proceed with data analysis and the production of report

Responsibility 3: Contribute to project’s monitoring, lessons learning and reporting 

Aim: Ensure the project intervention remains on the right track and it considers of good/bad/successful/failure practices

Tasks:

• Contribute to the development of high complexity data collection tools for documenting indicators, under the lead of RTU and MEAL; develop low/medium complexity data collection tools in collaboration with the Regional Technical Unit (RTU) and MEAL.
• Collect data in relation with core tasks and contribute to the measurement of the progress made.
• Support the Project Manager in analysing the data collected and in identifying necessary adjustments in the project implementation framework to improve the quality and impact of the intervention
• Contribute to the identification of good practices under the project
• Develop case studies and success stories to illustrate changes induced by the project and for communication use
• Contribute to planning and produce activity reports
• Contribute to the production of the donor report,
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of project quarterly review
• Participate to the organization of technical reviews and technical missions
• Participate to professional network at national level in the field of expertise of the project
• Contribute to the development of lessons learning exercise, data collection and analysis and the production of dissemination document
• Facilitate the field implementation of project’s evaluations and of researches

Confidentiality is required in all these responsibilities.

Note that this job description must remain flexible; to respond to additional tasks or changes as identified by the line manager.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

•              University degree as Occupational Therapist

•              Minimum 3 years’ experience the field of expertise, in emergency or/ and development context

•              Skills in developing training and providing coaching for capacity building for staff members and parents / caregivers

•              Previous experience in inclusive education projects and rehabilitation sessions

•              Ability to develop information material

•              Analytical skills

•              Ability to work with partners, civil society organizations or public authorities

•              Skills in users centered approach

•              Knowledge of referrals mechanisms

•              Ability to respect deadline and work under pressure

•              Very positive personality, with strong orientation towards solutions

•              Adaptability, flexibility

•              Autonomy in work

•              Excellent communication skills Proactive, solution maker, strongly positive, constructive and dynamic personality

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:

HI workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in HI Code of conduct.  In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.

Handicap International is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from persons with disabilities

Basic salary range for the position : The Occupational Therapist - Technical Officer Level 1 is going to be paid according to the experience and to HI salary Grid.

Basic Salary range between USD 1400– USD 1800

Closing date: 13/11/2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application should include CV and motivation letter. Incomplete motivation letters and applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Interested candidates send their CV to recruitment@lebanon.hi.org with the subject 2022 OT L1