Livelihood and Methodology Technical Support

Closing date: 04 Aug 2013

Handicap International is looking for : Livelihood & Methodology Technical Support

COUNTRY : MOZAMBIQUE CITY : BEIRA Starting date : 01/09/2013 Length of the assignment : 6 months Closing date for application : 04/08/2013 Advertisement reference : DIR-INS-SLE-163

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

JOB CONTEXT: Handicap International has been operating in Mozambique since 1986. Born from an emergency intervention during the civil war, the programme then deployed Handicap International know-how in the rehabilitation sectors at wartime (1986-1992), then engaged into rural development (1996), advocacy support to the international campaign against landmine (1996) and its concrete implementation in the country through mine action projects (1998). Taking into consideration the disabling dimension of living with HIV, the programme progressively integrated HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation into its core mandate (2003). More recently, inclusive local development strategies have been designed and implemented to ensure access to services in a context of increasing suburban poverty (2009). The combination of those actions and approaches in time have contributed to the emergence of national civil society actors capable to promote the rights of the most vulnerable groups, in particular those with disabilities. Extensive collaboration with DPOs and local authorities has allowed a shift in the models used to understand and address disability issues. Mainstreaming efforts have led to the recognition of disability as a priority issue in national and local political agendas and concretely opened the doors of basic services and risk mitigation systems to the most deprived.

Handicap International Mozambique recently launched the implementation of its 2011-2015 country programme framework (CPF). This new CPF will allow the programme to move from a thematic-based approach (mine action, HIV, disability) to a rather cross-cutting model (prevention of disabilities, access to services, inclusive policies) which will reflect more explicitly the intervention logic and the finalities Handicap International pursues in Mozambique: intensification of disability prevention actions, improvement of access conditions of vulnerable groups to services, promotion and implementation of local and national inclusive policies in link civil society actors (cf. table above).

JOB DESCRIPTION: As a Livelihood and Methodology Technical Support you will work under the direct supervision of the Projects Coordinator The main objective of your mission is to provide coordination and technical support to the Victim Assistance Livelihoods Project Manager in planning, implementing and monitoring the project, whilst providing technical guidance in livelihoods and consolidating the project methodology in Sofala and Inhambane Provinces.

Your Main Responsibilities: • Provide technical guidance and practical approaches in livelihoods to the Project Manager. • Along with Project Manager, develop the strategy of actions with livelihoods services providers. • Support the Livelihoods Project Manager in planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting their activities, in line with Handicap International project cycle management tools.

CANDIDATE PROFILE: You have:  MBA, or Master in Economic Development, Social Sciences or Development Studies.  A minimum of 5 years of experience in project design, management, monitoring and evaluation in developing countries.  Excellent knowledge of livelihood project methodology, monitoring tools designed (comprehensive experience in livelihoods, micro-credit, income generation, socio-professional inclusion...)  Experience in capacity building,  Experience in the disability or vulnerability area; knowledge of Landmine victim Assistance policies & frameworks  Strong pedagogic skills for advisory position and adaptability to project context.  Autonomy and initiative capacities.

REQUIRED LANGUAGE SKILLS: Portuguese and English with a good working level (oral and written)

JOB ENVIRONMENT: The position is based in Beira however you will frequently travel to Inhambane Province. Punctual travels to Maputo for coordination and national meeting are also planned. Mozambique remains highly dependent upon foreign assistance for around half of its annual budget, and the majority of the population remains below the poverty line. The country is politically stable, although urban areas can be subject to sudden violence uprising. Mozambique is a disaster-prone country, with regular tropical typhoons and floods, especially in southern and central regions. Presence of mined zones. Nice living conditions in Beira, accommodation: individual or collective

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS: Salary: 1900-2100 € gross salary/month + 457 Euros net/month expatriation allowance + 50% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children Or Volunteer: 750 or 850 Euros monthly indemnity + living allowance paid on the field + accommodation + 100% of the medical cover taken in charge by HI + repatriation insurance + indemnity for partner and children

How to apply:

Please send resume and covering letter with the reference: DIR-INS-SLE-163 to: HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL - 14, avenue Berthelot - 69361 LYON CEDEX 07 - FRANCE By this link:http://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/fr/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=55&idparten... By Email: recrut07@handicap-international.org Or by our website: www.handicap-international.fr Please do not telephone