Victim Assistance Project Officer

[Kirkuk,Iraq ]

GLOBAL OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

 

Based in Kirkuk, under the line management of the Victim Assistance Project Manager, the Victim Assistance Project Officer (VA PO) contributes to the implementation of the mandate and HI strategy in Iraq. He/she is in charge of dedicated tasks and supporting the VA PM in implementation of the project under his responsibility. He/she ensures optimal quality and impact of the implemented activities.

 

RESPONSABILITIES AND TASKS DECRIPTION:

 

VA PO will be responsible for overall implementation of activities under the project aiming to improve access to and quality of physical and functional rehabilitation services through enhanced technical expertise, referral systems and victim and accident information management. With the support of technical unit and VA PM, activities will include: (1) supervision of field teams providing direct physical and functional comprehensive rehabilitation services with MHPSS (including provision of assistive devices and referral if needed) to persons with functional limitations and their caregivers, (2) facilitate training on case management, person centered approach and specialized rehabilitation skills to rehabilitation and health staff, (3) support community mobilizer and case management officer to plan and conduct community awareness and referral campaigns, 4) support physical rehabilitation trainer to deliver capacity building of the local health care staff working at the PHCCs to provide their patients with basic rehabilitation advice and make appropriate referrals into existing rehabilitation services.

 

The position will include extensive collaboration with: Technical Unit team especially Physical Rehabilitation and MHPSS Technical Coordinators; Project Manager Victims Assistance (PM VA), Case Management Officer; Referral Project Officer (REF PO), MEAL team, and Support Services team.

 

1. Management

 

• Line-manages the project’s team members

1. Sets individual objectives, evaluates individual performance, contributes towards the professional & career development of his/her team members, monitors competences
2. Organizes and leads regular team meetings
3. Manages the recruitment and selection of new team members
4. Ensures strict application and respect of the program’s Internal Regulations by the project team.

 

 

2. Implementation & monitoring

 

• Organize, coordinate and support project activities, under the supervision of the PM VA with the support of Technical Unit.

1. Contributes to the planning of activities and establishes action plans for tasks allocated to her/him and team under her/his management
2. Ensures that activities are implemented in line with the project proposal and the allocated budget.
3. Ensures that activities are implemented according to internal quality and technical standards and, if necessary, proposes adjustment or improvements to help meet objectives
4. Supports effective implementation and follow up of institutional policies (PSEA, mandatory cross-cutting approaches, etc.) on his/her project
5. Collaborates with relevant internal services, especially logistics, HR, finance and technical resources.
6. Ensure the availability and identification of assistive devices needs in close follow up with logistic team and physiotherapist and VA PM.
7. Initiate purchase processes according to internal procedures based on the analysis of the project needs with the focus on assistive devices.  

 

• Contributes to project data management

1. Ensures collection of required data (statistics, field activity reports, etc.) and archiving
2. Ensures collection of donation certificates of assistive devices and reconciliation with stock inventory reports

 

 

• Contributes to project reporting

1. Monitors through field visits and in coordination with HI Security and Liaison Officer, areas of intervention, target population, methodology of intervention and suggest operational strategy and potential adaptations in coordination with the PM VA
2. Provides a qualitative and quantitative report on a weekly and a monthly basis as requested by PM VA
3. Ensures reporting is conducted accurately, with attention to detail on the content, and excellent professional writing standards to ensure accountability measures are upheld.
4. Contributes to translation of documents related to the project between English-Arabic when needed.

 

• Contributes to evaluation and capitalisation

1. Supports PM VA in planning project evaluations
2. Contributes to project capitalization and learning from experience material.

 

3. External communication

 

1. Create and maintain a network of contacts related to project activities and necessary for project implementation.
2. Coordinates, on regular basis, with the different stakeholders (local organizations, international organizations, authorities, Community-Based Organizations, local stakeholders, DMA etc.) to ensure strengthening of referral pathways
3. Provides information about the project to the partners, authorities and stakeholders when relevant attend Working Groups meetings in Kirkuk and other locations if needed

 

4. Other tasks
5. As requested, contributes to the drafting of new proposals for new opportunities

 

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

 

 

HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIP

 

Base: Kirkuk

Line management: Victim Assistance Project Manager

Collaboration with: Technical Unit, Support Services, MEAL, Security

 

TIME SCHEDULE

 

The working hours are the following:

 

Sunday until Thursday, from 8.00 AM to 4.30 PM with 30 minutes lunch break.  The work duration is fixed but the working hours can vary according to the planning of activities.

 

It can be exceptionally requested to work on Friday or Saturday. In that case a day off is planned between Sunday and Thursday during the previous or following week.

 

Note that working time can go up to 48 hours per week if it is required by the volume of activities and by the line manager. In that case the overtime will be considered as recovery time to be planned by the line manager in the next days.

 

 

HI POLICIES:

 

The Employee undertakes to adhere to HI policies which include:

• Terms and conditions of engagement (T&C)
• Internal regulation (IR)
• Child protection policy (CPP)
• Protection of beneficiaries from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassement (PSEAH)
• Antifraud and bribery 
• Code of Conduct (CoC)

REQUIRED PROFILE

 

Knowledge

• A Bachelor degree in social work, physiotherapy, psychology, Humanitarian Project Management, International Development or similar fields required. A Master’s degree in any of these fields is a strong asset.
• At least 2 years of experience in the similar position of project in the field of (and/or): protection, victim assistance or MHPSS.
• At least 3 years of experience in the technical field of the project (protection/Victim Assistance/ MHPSS).
• Proven managerial experience
• Proven experience in training and workshop facilitation

 

Preferred

• Background in either physiotherapy, MHPSS, protection, case management, victim assistance,
• Previous experience with recovery and development projects is a strong asset
• Previous experience with HI is an asset

 

Know-how (practices) & Interpersonal skills (attitudes)

• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English & local languages is essential
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member

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

Interested candidates may please send their CV with cover letter so as to reach on or before

11^th Aug 2021                   

Only applications completed in accordance with the following instructions will be

Taken into consideration, the others will be rejected automatically.

Mentioning clearly in the subject line of your e-mail the reference:

Ref: HI-IRQ-KRK- VAPO-596

Your application will not be taken into consideration if this information is omitted from the

Subject line of your e-mail

Please address all applications to:

[email protected]

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Minimum Three References to be provided with CVs, CVs without references will not be considered