Humanity & inclusion (the new name of handicap international) Looking for Early detection Early intervention officer / nursing – midwifery at Amman, Jordan Full Time

Job Description and Requirements

Early detection Early intervention officer

THE ORGANIZATION:

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Handicap International is a not-for-profit organisation with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission. For more details on the association: http://www.handicap-international.fr/en/s/index.html

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

Mission: Under the supervision of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project Manager and in close collaboration with the Technical Officer Level 2 and Regional Technical Unit (RTU) / Global Specialist, the 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.

REPONSIBILITIES:

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 project 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 technical tools, including full training packages (training needs assessment tools, training manuals and materials, pre-post training tests), users guidelines, etc.;
Organize and/or participate to the tools testing whenever appropriate and adjust them according to the results dof the test
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 ad-hoc support, coaching and follow up to the project’s partners, actors and stakeholders during the implementation of the following activities:

Provide guidance and technical support to volunteers/partners teams in the identification of Children with Disabilities needs and provide the needed ED/EI services.
Organize regular complex cases meetings and evidence based practices meetings with the service providers.
Mapping a new catchment areas for the project, identify the new project’s partners and doing the needed partnership assessment.
Identify the partners’ needs to enhance ED/EI services (equipment, tool, materials …etc.).
Directly carry out the following activities:
Organize assistive devices (hearing, visual and mobility aids), prosthesis and orthosis workshops for the children who are in need.
Doing/following the technical assessment, measurement and delivary process of the children who need assistive devices, prosthesis and orthosis.
Filling the relevant documents before and after each workshop in addition to update the FU database related to each service.

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

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

Tasks:

Contribute to the development of data collection tools for documenting indicators, 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

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE will have:

Advanced degree in medicine, nursing, midwifery
Minimum 3 years’ experience the field of expertise, in emergency or/ and development context
Skills in developing training and providing coaching for capacity building
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

Education and experience:

Initial contract will be for a period of (five months) renewable based on the mission status and possibilities and the position is based in Amman

Handicap International is an equal opportunity employer.

 It welcomes applications from persons with disabilities and is ready to provide reasonable accommodation for their specific needs.

Closing date: 9/4/2023

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application should include CV and motivation letter. Incomplete motivation letters and applications received after the deadline will be disregarded.

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.