Job Description

• Place: Khartoum / Sudan
• Starting date: asap
• Duration of contract: 4 months (renewable upon fundings)
• Closing date for applications: 20 September

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works 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.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development & humanitarian projects in more than 55 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 200 million euros, with 4,000 employees worldwide

At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.

Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview.

For more information about HI www.hi.org

YOUR MISSION

The AVR Specialist contributes within Sudan to the implementation of the mandate and the 10-year strategy of Humanity & Inclusion. (S)he ensures optimal quality and impact of AVR projects implemented in Sudan through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. (S)he contributes to the sound management and successful functioning of the overall organisation through paradigm shifts.

Based in Khartoum, the AVR Specialist is responsible for developing, driving and monitoring the AVR technical strategy, particularly on explosive ordnance risk education (EORE), victim assistance (VA) specific efforts, community engagement, and links with land release. (S)he will lead capacity building of HI operational staff and local project partners on EORE and VA, as well as ensuring the quality control materials/messaged developed and activities implemented.

The AVR Specialist will have 5 main responsabilities:

• Responsibility 1: Expertise
• Control & monitor the technical quality and the relevance of EORE activities and VA specific efforts implemented by HI Sudan and local partners
• Ensure technical learning from AVR projects
• Ensure compliance of the AVR technical proposition with nexus stakes
• Contribute to the development of AVR research and innovation projects in the region when relevant
• Contribute to the AVR professional channel facilitation within the program
• Responsibility 2: Capacity building & technical assistance on EORE and VA
• Responsibility 3: Influence
• Responsibility 4: Business development
• Responsibility 5: Emergency preparedness and response responsibilities

The situation in Khartoum is relatively calm. The city has been destroyed by the ongoing conflict and most authorities, NGOs and agencies are in the process of reopening their offices in Khartoum. The route to reach the base goes via: Nairobi (or directly through Port Sudan international airport – depending on Visa process). In terms of conditions, the teams are housed in a collective guesthouse. The office will be embedded through local partner;

Requirements

AVR competency requirements

• You have a very strong level of expertise in Risk education and Victim assistance specific efforts
• You have a proven experience in AVR capacity building & technical assistance
• You master Community engagement
• You're expert in quality assurance & quality control

Other competencies

• You're proficient in Project intervention strategy
• You master Disability, gender & age norms, legal frameworks, policies, references
• You have a proven experience in Operational partnerships, Writing proposals & project reports, Networking & alliance building

You have strong interpersonal and intercultural skills, with good communication and negotiation skills

Languages: fluency in English is mandatory and Arabic is a real plus

Benefits

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission:

• 4 months international contract starting asap based in Khartoum;
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Salary from 2757 € gross/month upon experience;
• Perdiem: 706 € net/month - paid in the field
• Hardship: 500 € net/month paid with your salary
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: 5 days every 8 weeks
• Position: Unaccompanied
• Housing: Collective taken in charge by HI;
• If you are resident in the country: local package.