Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion Field Technical Specialist Jobs in Kenya

Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion Field Technical Specialist Jobs in Kenya

The Position

Under the responsibility of the Regional Technical Unit Manager, he /she contributes to the implementation of the mandate and the 10-year strategy of Humanity & Inclusion.

He/she ensures optimal quality and impact of the project implemented in the country, through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. He/she shares with the managers the responsibility of a sound management and successful functioning of the organization, through paradigm changes.

He/she will be responsible for:-

Expertise

Contributes to the country strategy in line with the global strategies

Provides sectorial technical input to the StratOp within the Inclusive Education sector, in line with the global StraTech and ensures relevant follow up

Ensures technical support to the project in line with the global technical frameworks and standards in the Inclusive Education sectorial scope

Provides adequate technical guidance and support to Project Managers when relevant (adapt standards to PM’s tools, contribute to proposal writing and reporting) in line with strategies, standards and mandatory transversal approaches

Ensures adequate support to multi-sector responses within projects, in collaboration with the other specialists

Ensures a local sectorial watch, best practices to adopt within his/her education sectorial scope

Ensures technical learning from projects

Contribute to the projects’ capitalization and ensure technical learning from projects within his/her sectorial scope

Ensures the control & monitoring of the technical quality and the relevance of HI’s activities in the Programmes under his/her scope

Ensure regular technical quality control of projects and programmes and issue warnings and recommendations

Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations, if applicable, in his/her sectorial scope

Ensures compliance of the technical proposition with nexus stakes

Contributes to the development of research and innovation projects in the region when relevant, in his/her education sectorial scope

Suggests and steers technical innovation projects

Identifies the priorities of Research and Studies and steer R&S

Facilitate a local talent pool in his sectorial scope (carry out technical interviews of candidates and produce recommendations, identify needs regarding trainings)

Influence

Contribute to the local external prestige and influence of HI’s expertise in his sectorial scope

Represent the technical expertise of HI throughout the local relevant networks

Contribute to advocacy on specific themes in line with the global advocacy priorities

Contribute to communication messages locally in line with the global communication priorities

Business development

Ensure the development of major opportunities or new projects in the country under his/her sectorial scope

Contributes to the context analysis in his/her sectorial scope

Contributes to the design and writing of new projects in the country and when asked in other countries within the Geographic Division

Contributes to the conception of major projects or of new projects in the country

Identifies and develops local partnerships and/or consortium with NGOs, Institutions, Companies on technical priorities or important topics in the country under his education sectorial scope.

Qualifications and skills required:

Education:

At least a Bachelor degree in Education (inclusive education a plus) or related degree.

Master Degree in Inclusive Education, Teaching and Learning, Curriculum Development, Education Policy Analysis, Child Development or any other related field an added advantage.

Five years’

experience in education in Kenya (both development and/ or in emergency) in designing technical tools and materials and providing capacity building in education projects.

Experience working with an NGO is a plus

Experience working with persons with disabilities, especially children is an added advantage

Technical Competencies:

The different schools of thought and explanatory models of disability and the application of certain tools

International human rights frameworks
Frameworks and mechanisms of international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance

Strategies for fighting exclusion and discrimination

The technical issues concerning his/her service sector, and the stakeholders and professionals in his/her service sector

Full knowledge of at least one profession in his/her sector

Know-How (practices)

Producing written and oral technical tools and materials in English

Producing clear, concise and responsible ( written and oral) communication suited to the interlocutor (adult or child); adapting communication and messages to an intercultural environment, and remotely

Negotiating and managing problems and conflicts

Establishing clear frameworks, rules and limits

Supporting and motivating a person or group

Adapting leadership to the group to lead it towards a shared objective;

Planning activities by setting clear, specific and measurable objectives

Developing new resources or adapting existing resources in order to improve them and/or adapt them to the context, if necessary (able to identify and respond to Nexus

Emergency/Development issues)

Assessing the impact/effects of the activities implemented in his/her service sector

Promoting participation and cooperation in the activities in his/her service sector and in multidisciplinary/sector-based work

Using capacity-building techniques with adults (e.g training of teachers, project staff)

Using different pedagogical models

Some knowledge of training engineering

Experience of project management a plus

Interpersonal skills (attitudes)

Audacious (shows initiative/entrepreneurial)

Good reaction capacity

Working as part of a team/network, cooperating

Respect for the opinion and enhancement of the skills of others with a view to shared action

Ability to give and receive constructive feedback; discussing with multi-disciplinary teams, working as part of a network and collaborating

Empathy

Showing interest in what each person is experiencing and feeling, putting oneself in the other person’s shoes, listening to his/her needs, being accepting rather than judgmental

Resilience to stress and uncertainty

Computer skills:

Proficiency in MS Office suite

Languages:

English and Kiswahili

Any language spoken by refugees in Kenya is a plus

How to Apply

Kindly indicate your salary expectation in your application letter.

If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date CV(including 3 referees current and/or past line managers and their current official contacts) also indicating your expected salary by email to :- jobs.kenya@hi.org .The email subject line should be marked: “Application for Field Specialist – Inclusive Education – Nairobi Position”.

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