Regional Rehabilitation Specialist - East Africa Regional Division

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Handicap International is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

JOB SUMMARY

RequirementsMaster's degree in the relevant field;At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in the sector;Excellent interpersonal skills and support for technical teams in the field;Strong written and oral communication skills, suitable for high-level external representation;Experience in strategy and project management in the sector;Ability to develop public relations/communication and represent the organisation to various stakeholders (donors, networks, ministries, local authorities, technical services, etc.).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibility 1: TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.Leads sector strategy and contributes to regional and global strategic thinking:Provides sector-specific technical input to the regional operational strategy (StratOp) in line with the global technical strategy (StraTech);Leads the development and monitoring of the regional rehabilitation sector strategy and ensures its implementation in the various countries where it is applied;Contributes to synergies and promotes integrated programming approaches with other sectors, based on strategic and operational priorities and standard projects;Supports HI's technical assistance (TA) strategy to help development actors, as well as public and private service providers, become more competent.Provides technical support to projects in accordance with global technical standards and frameworks in its area of expertiseDevelops and contextualises rehabilitation technical guidance and specific tools (including contextual analysis, needs assessment, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, etc.);Provides advice and technical support to a portfolio of projects in development, emergency and protracted crisis contexts, through the rehabilitation (senior) technical officers;Supports programs in designing strategies aligned with a Nexus approach and prepares for emergency responses;Integrates and promotes HI's cross-cutting approaches: disability-gender-age (DGA) marker, conflict sensitivity and protection integration in its interventions.Ensures technical quality control and monitoring.Carries out technical monitoring missions in the field to support teams and partners through training assessments, internal audits, team coaching, etc.;Develops, applies and adapts quality control tools and frameworks (project reviews, checklists, dashboards) defined by headquarters, alerts the THOP and reports any problems or needs for adaptation of the technical reference framework in terms of quality;Provides technical support to national teams during key phases of the project cycle (design, implementation, evaluation);Recommends project adjustments in response to possible contextual changes (e.g. humanitarian crises).Responsibility 2: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTProvides strategic technical monitoring:Monitors regional dynamics and multi-stakeholder initiatives to anticipate opportunities for collaboration and tracks trends in the rehabilitation sector in relation to national and regional contextual developments.Analyses internal strengths and weaknesses, considering the institutional ecosystem, and ensures that proposals are aligned with strategic frameworks and donor requirements.Contributes to the strategic monitoring of relevant calls for proposals at regional level.Develops strategic partnerships:Identifies opportunities for partnerships and/or consortia with development and humanitarian actors, research institutes and multilateral organisations within the overall framework of the Stratech;Supports teams in developing strategic partnerships with local, national and international organisations according to needs and technical complementarities, and within the framework of HI's strengthened commitment to localising aid.Supports the development and drafting of new project proposals:Provides technical support to national teams in drafting concept notes and proposals, ensuring the technical quality of intervention logics, results frameworks and budgets;Leads or contributes to the drafting of concept notes and proposals;Supports and/or develops technical assistance (TA) offers to support and strengthen the capacities of partners and development actors.Represents HI in external coordination and advocacy forums:Actively participates in relevant regional sectoral groups (clusters, alliances, inter-institutional groups);In collaboration with the Institutional Funding Division (IFD), identifies potential donors (private and institutional), networks, partners, NGOs and advocacy groups in line with HI's technical and strategic vision, and ensures the development of technical and strategic links.Contributes to technical visibility and external communication:Supports the organisation's technical visibility through presentations, publications and participation in regional and national events or workshops, with the aim of strengthening HI's recognition and credibility within its sector;Produces content (capacity statements, project sheets, thematic fact sheets) to promote HI's approaches and positioning within its sector to an external audience.Responsibility 3: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT / LESSONS LEARNED.Coordinates a knowledge management system and promotes research and innovation initiatives:Designs participatory tools and processes to document field experiences (case studies, lessons learned, innovations) and identifies lessons learned through recommendations from evaluations;Leads transnational learning workshops and actively participates in global communities of practice (CoP);Contributes to the drafting of analytical reports, technical notes and capitalisation documents, and ensures their internal and external dissemination;Facilitates reflection and the development of innovative thematic outcomes, ensuring that issues related to gender, disability, climate change adaptation and digital transformation are meaningfully integrated into programming.Supports and ensures capacity building for technical and non-technical staff (managers, technical officers, etc.) in accordance with the framework defined at the global level:Participates in the recruitment ("Responsible" for technical test and technical interview) and validation of technical positions within projects and at country level;Ensures the integration of new employees so that they become familiar with rehabilitation priorities and objectives;Conducts training needs assessments in collaboration with field teams;Contributes to staff capacity development through the implementation and monitoring of a capacity building plan, including training and coaching mechanisms, to promote continuous learning in line with HI's professional competency frameworks.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Project management, Quality management, Reporting, Ability to coordinate, Diversity and inclusion planning, Partnerships, Business strategy

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Post-graduate education