Position: Regional Coordinator – Refugee Affairs (RC-RA)
Responsible to: Regional
Programme Director (RPD)
Location: Nairobi
with frequent travel to the field stations
Closing date: 6th
October, 2015
development.
A strong emphasis is placed on
empowering people with disabilities through their integration into mainstream
development activities and the provision of appropriate health and
rehabilitation services to ensure equal opportunities for all.
The Position: Under the responsibility of the RPD, the RC – RA is
responsible for ensuring implementation of operational long-term activities of
HI in Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya, and a possible intervention at
Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania.
He/She coordinates the different
components of the operational long-term response (facilitation and coordination
of disability mainstreaming and community-based rehabilitation activities) and
is therefore responsible for the projects implementation and follow-up as well
as internal and external coordination.
He/she is responsible for Development
projects and their different components, coordinating and supervising the
different field teams and ensuring the qualitative and quantitative follow-up
and management of the different activities.
He/She is responsible for the
technical quality of the projects.
Responsibilities:
Project Management and Activities
Implementation:
1/ Supervise and monitor the
Development projects
- Ensure program deliverables are met according
to the highest national and international standards, regular monitoring
visits are conducted, case studies and success stories are collected, and
a database of reference and high-quality reports are produced and
submitted on time.
2/ Transversal:
- Ensure operational coordination between the
different components of the projects
- Ensure that the operational response is always
in line with HI’s mandate, values and internal rules; to local cultural
and legal rules and that all team members are committed to respect the
different HI’s policies (Child Protection policy, PSEA, Fight Against
Bribery)
Technical Support
Ensure the overall technical quality
of the project
Ensure representation of HI
- Liaise with other humanitarian/development
actors to identify possible areas for collaboration
Team Management and Coordination:
- Ensure proper management of the team
- Ensure capacity building of your team for
their own improvement as for the ones of the different activities’
quality:
Reporting
- Support the teams to produce regular
high-quality reports, case studies, and success stories.
- Guarantee intermediate and final donor
reporting in respect of the deadlines in close collaboration with the
Nairobi-based Coordinator of Operations.
Administration and Logistics
- Ensure effective coordination between field
and the support teams (HR, finance, logistics) to meet the needs of the
projects
Fundraising and Development of
Projects for Dadaab and Kakuma Refugee Camps
- Lead the development of new project designs,
concept notes, and proposals which fit within HI-TUSK’s strategic
objectives
Profile Sought:
Qualifications :
- Bachelor degree or Master Degree in Social
Work, Sociology, Humanitarian Emergency or Development studies, Public
Health, Disability Studies or similar will be an asset.
- Occupational therapy or Physical Therapy
background an added advantage.
- Knowledge and/or experiences related to
Protection issues, vulnerabilities, disability, rehabilitation, emergency
response, psychosocial support
Experience:
- At least 4 years as a Senior Project Manager
ideally in insecure context with an experience on projects related to
Protection, provision of social services, and rehabilitation/disability
-related projects.
- Strong experience of management (intercultural
and multidisciplinary teams)
- Experience of remote management and in
difficult security context would be an asset
- Experience managing large teams
- Proven experience in security management
- Experience in INGOs or other organizations
working with vulnerable populations, displaced population and/or refugees,
or people with disabilities.
- Experience in the region would be a strong
asset
Competencies:
- Good organizational skills / capacity to
prioritize,
- strong and proven management skills,
- ability to live in difficult conditions (major
security constraints, common compound with all staff, restricted movements
and limited access to medical facilities).
- Proven analytical and problem solving skills,
good communication and listening skills,
- capacity to negotiate and resolve conflicts,
training skills,
- pro-active work style and proven stress coping
skills, ability to take initiative,
- experience in developing and implementing
trainings.
Personal Qualities:
- Dynamism, high level of motivation,
- Interest for field work as well as for
interagency meetings,
- capacity to work under pressure in
humanitarian crisis situations and insecure environments,
- capacity to keep professional distance with
the beneficiaries,
- good capacity to interact with variety of
local stakeholders (teams members, host communities, refugees, etc.) ,
- capacity to work in an multidisciplinary
and multicultural team.
How to Apply
If you feel you are the right
candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an
up-to-date CV(including 3 referees with their current OFFICIAL (professional)
contacts) by email to:- recruit08@handicap-international.or.ke.
The email subject line should be
marked: “Application for Regional Coordinator – Refugee Affairs Nairobi
Position”
Please do not send your academic and other testimonials they will be requested at a later stage.
Only short listed candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contacted.
Handicap International is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply