Humanité et inclusion recruit a Pandemic Response Specialist – France

Pays : France

Ville : Brussels (BL) or Lyon (FR)

Date de prise du poste : 01/07/2020

Durée de la mission : 18 months

Date de clôture des candidatures : 16/06/2020

Référence de l’annonce : BE-ECA-05-20-5761

 

Contexte de travail:

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 organisation 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.

HI has offices in 63 countries.
For further information about the association: www.hi.org.

Mission context:

The Prevention and Health Direction aims to make sure that the SDG 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages” can become a reality for people with disability and vulnerable populations all along the various Nexus contexts. We focus on prevention of preventable impairments and disability inclusive health, and we work more specifically on road Safety and Safe Mobility (1 specialist), Mental Health and Psycho social support (4 specialists), Non communicable diseases (1 specialist) , Sexual and Reproductive health including Family planning, HIV, Maternal, newborn and child health (2 specialists) and Disability Inclusive Policies (1 Lead).
We work in close collaboration with the other Technical Directions, namely Rehabilitation, Protection and Social & Inclusion, as well as with the 5 Geographic Directions.

 

Description de poste:

Under the supervision of the Health and Prevention Director, the Pandemic Response Specialist will provide technical direction for the development and implementation of the response strategy against COVID 19, with special focus on prevention and rapid response to COVID-19 in HI’s intervention areas.

Main responsibilities:

  • You provide strategic leadership, supervision, and technical oversight of HI’s COVID-19 Response program interventions
  • You serve as the pandemic focal point and represent HI in donor and partner meetings, as well as in other relevant coordination meetings on COVID-19 and in other forums as required
  • In collaboration with the program teams and partners concerned, you develop the strategy for implementation and design specific interventions in the prevention and response of COVID-19
  • You ensure that program components are high-impact and results-oriented, and that project activities meet with client expectations and results and accomplishments are disseminated appropriately
  • You contribute to weekly, quarterly and annual reports on progress, successes, impact and learning as part of the implementation of the HI response to COVID-19
  • You provide inputs to the Health and Prevention Director and other Senior Management staff, for the creation of relevant project deliverables, including but not limited to the annual work plan, strategy documents, success stories, quarterly and annual reports, as well as identification of research reports, and other technical documents and reports
  • You identify and maximize opportunities to raise the visibility and profile of the COVID 19 project
  • You oversee the production and dissemination of communication materials, documenting lessons learned and best practices to maximize learning across the project.

 

Profil attendu :

  • You have a Master degree in Public Health
  •  You are proficient in Disability Inclusion and Right Approach
  •  You have at least 5 years of experience on preparedness and response to epidemics
  •  You have excellent and proven familiarity with the outbreak international context with deep technical understanding of the main stakes of the disability inclusion
  •  You have experience in remote technical support
  •  You have experience in strategic and analytic thinking
  •  You are able to work on the implementation of complex, big financial volume and multi-stakeholders projects
  •  You have ability to work on complex projects in multitasking
  •  You have ability to work in a fast paced environment and to respect tight deadlines
  •  You have good synthesis skills and writing skills
  •  You have excellent communication skills
  •  You speak English and French, Spanish would be a plus
  •  You are able to work in a multicultural environment

 

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Conditions :

  • Type of contract : 18 months fixed term contract
  •  Additional benefits: luncheon vouchers and health insurance
  •  Working hours: 39 hours a week with 22.5 days of RTT (work time reduction) to be taken each year
  •  5 weeks of annual leave

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