Project Officer - Inclusion

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.

Handicap International is changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organization 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.

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

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the project Officer is responsible for implementing project’s activities and to for mobilizing partners and/or other project stakeholders along implementation. The position will be based in Beirut. The staff member has weekly visits to the areas of implementation.

Responsibilities

Responsibility 1: Contribute to the project’s planning and review

Aim: Ensure the activities are implemented on time.

Tasks:

• Participate to the planning process under the supervision of the PM and to its regular review.
• Produce monthly work plan based on project planning and report achievements during weekly team meeting.
• Collect data for documenting indicators under supervision of the PM/ Country MEAL Technical officer.
• Organize and lead project’s monthly follow up meetings.
• Actively participate to all project’s meetings.
• Report to the PM.
• Participate to the project’s monitoring (mid-ter review…).
• Monitor all Data Collection with MEAL Department.

Responsibility 2: Contribute to the monitoring of the project’s partners for the activities he/she is in charge of

Aim: Support quality implementation of the activities under partners’ responsibilities.

Tasks:

• Coach the project’s partners for implementing activities in respect of the approved framework & tools.
• Collect data and results delivered by the partner.
• Support the the project’s team to the development and implementation of capacity building response.
• Monitor qualitative project implementation, ensuring successful realization and achievement of project’s objectives and indicators.
•  Ensure compliance with HI mandate and policies and collaborate to the design and implementation of the mission’s strategy in the country of intervention.
• Ensure collection and archiving of sources of verification, especially the contractual ones.
• Propose any adjustment of the project whenever needed (change of context, delay in the implementation, adaptation of tools, etc.).
• Ensure the quality of work of his/her team through regular field visits, monitoring on data collection, and supervision on implementation of technical guidelines and internal procedures.
• Ensure quality, accuracy and confidentiality of data and the serious follow up of available guidelines.

Responsibility 3: Contribute to the development of methodologies and tools for the project and to their implementation

Aim: The technical framework for implementing project’s activities is in place and regularly updated.

Tasks:

• Contribute to the identification of the tools needed for implementing the project’s activities and to their development.
• Participate to lessons learnt analysis and tools’ adjustment.
• Implement directly activities as per the framework validated by PM.
• Mobilize authorities/ external stakeholders for facilitating project’s implementation and inform them regularly about the progress made and the challenges faced.
• Develop activity sheet including budget for activities.
• Liaise with logistics and finance department as per the procedures in place to undertake purchase & expenditures as required for activities’ implementation.
• Participate to the development of cases study.

Responsibility 4: Contribute to project’s lesson learnt and promotion at national & international level

Aim: Good practices under the project are identified and documented.

Tasks:

• Collect data as per the framework defined and contribute to their analysis.
• Input in the identification and analysis of the project’s good practice.
• Participate to the organization of dissemination of workshop.

Responsibility 5: Capacity building of partners or staff to improve service delivery mechanisms

Aim: Ensure capacity building plan are established and run on a timely manner

Tasks:

• In close collaboration with the TA Inclusion and under the supervision of the Project Manager, contribute to the development capacity assessment tools and lead their implementation.
• Based on capacity assessment’s result, contribute to the development of adapted capacity building plan.
• With support from TA Inclusion, identify technical resources required for the implementation of the plan and support their mobilization in close coordination with the Project Manager and Support Services’ team.
• Under the technical support from TA inclusion, contribute to the development of training plan , training materials, and deliver training in the areas of expertise and organize all capacity bulding sessions planned under the project.
• Set up coaching and mentoring mechanism and accompany its enforcement.
• Monitor the evolution of professional practices in the field of expertise and document changes.
• Produce training and coaching reports and coordinate feedbacks for staff’s continuous strengthening and for organisation’s development.

Responsibility 6: Reporting

Tasks:

• Quality check, consolidation and diffusion of the reporting/request tools.
• Send minutes from all the meetings and discussions internally within the project’s team, with project partners, and external actors.
• Send any other report upon line management’s request.
• Report any constraints or problems faced with the team before taking any action.
• Provide a monthly Reports to the Operations Coordinator and organize quarterly project review meetings, in collaboration with relevant Support Services and team of the project.
• Facilitate regular reporting of their team to the Coordination and Technical Unit (Minutes of meeting…etc.).
• Participate to intermediate and final project reporting.
• Provide the PM with a mission report and/or handover document at the end of the assignment.

Responsibility 7: Partnerships

Tasks:

• Support the PM in the partnership follow-up : quality of service provision, indicators, financial follow up, respect of HI’s SOPs.
• Contribute to define with the partners a work plan with objectives to be achieved and provide the needed tools.
• Contribute to ensure a proactive presence in the planning with the partner and during the activities.
• Contribute to ensure the compilation and recording of all activities and impact measurement.
• Contribute to produce and disseminate specific data analysis.
• Contribute to produce final report at the end of the contract.

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 in Social Work, Psychotherapy, and / or any other field related to the inclusion.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the field of disability rights.
• Fluent in Arabic and in Englsih (writing and speaking).
• Previous experience with NGO is mandatory.
• Information Management Skills.
• Skills and proven experience in developing training and providing coaching for capacity building.
• Ability to develop information material.
• Analytical Skills.
• Ability to work with partners and civil society organizations.
• Knowledge of referrals mechanisms.
• Ability to respect dealines and to work under pressure.
• Very positive personality, with strong orientation towards solution.
• Adaptibility and flexbiltity.
• 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 Project Officer - Inclusion is going to be paid according to the experience and to HI salary Grid.

Basic Salary range between USD 1560 – USD 1800

Closing date: 16/11/2020

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 Project Officer - Inclusion.