Place: Beirut, Lebanon
Starting date: ASAP
Duration of contract: 6 months
Closing date for applications: November 4th 2024

Application review on a Rolling Basis: Due to the urgency of this recruitment, we encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.
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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 programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 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 the organisation: www.hi.org

JOB CONTEXT:

After almost a year of hostilities across southern Lebanon, the conflict escalated on 23 September 2024, between Israel Defense Forces and Lebanese Hizballah. Indeed, the Israel Defense Forces continued its intensive airstrike campaign, focusing mainly on the Nabatieh and South governorates in southern Lebanon, also Beqaa and Baalbek-Hermel. Lebanese Hizballah has also increased the tempo and range of its strikes, though these remain largely within Israel’s Haifa and Northern district and predominantly target IDF bases. Key top leaders of the Lebanese Hizballah have been targeted and killed during the last days, including the Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, September 27th.

OCHA reports on September 30th, 211,319 displaced. But the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on October 13th that as many as one million people had been displaced by the violence. Lebanese officials estimate, based on the 2006 experience, that approximately one quarter of the total number of directly affected and/or displaced individuals are in shelters.

With many displaced in collective shelters still unregistered, the national Disaster Risk Management dashboard is now reporting over 115,000 individuals in more than 660 shelters. The Government has opened a new batch of shelters, mainly in the North and Mount Lebanon. Meanwhile, non-governmental sites were also settled including 4 migrant specific shelters (opened and managed by NGOs); 3 embassy shelters; and 5 UNRWA sites which are now accommodating more than 1,400 displaced. Efforts to map displaced people in spontaneous shelters have also been initiated.

The five main districts from which people departed are located in southern Lebanon (Bent Jbeil, Marjaayoun, Tyre, and El Nabatieh), with one district in the east (Baalbek).

HI’s mission in Lebanon:

• Number of staff: around 80 people
• Budget: around 4 million
• Donors: ECHO, UNICEF, GAC, Lux Mofa, GGFO, BUZA, Japan Embassy, AFD
• Partners: MDM, Muwasat, Embrace
• Type of activities: physical rehabilitation, MHPSS, AVR, SHRH, Inclusive Education (new potential sector following assessment: logistics services and NFI/Shelter)
• Main challenges: adaptation of the project to the context, scaling up of the activities, opening of new sectors, needs to re-structure the mission.

YOUR MISSION:
Reporting to the country director, you will contribute to the implementation of Humanity & Inclusion’s mandate. You will ensure the optimal quality and impact of the projects implemented by means of a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. With all HI Directors and through paradigm changes, you will share responsibility for the sound management and effective functioning of the global organisation.

1. Team Management

2. Strategy and steering

• You contribute to the development of the programme operational strategy, and to its implementation and annual monitoring
• You implement the project part of the Programme’s Operational Strategy
• You contribute to organisational transformation, particularly through changes to managerial practices,continuous improvement, and contribute to the improvement of working

3. Standards and expertise: you ensure deployment and compliance with HI global frameworks, institutional policies and standards

4. Operational implementation

• You ensure the sound management and monitoring of projects under your responsibility
• You keep both potential opportunities and risks in mind, contribute to the monitoring and analysis done by the line manager, and propose mitigation measures where relevant
• You develop HI’s external influence (forums, operational and strategic alliances, etc) and the external representation of the organization (events, media) in his/her area of responsibility
• You coordinate the teams in your area

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

The security situation is currently under assessment. It is temporarily considered as a high risks security level.

Requirements

• You have more than 5 years working experience as humanitarian worker with progressive increase in responsibilities and at least 2 years working experience managing teams, particularly in generalist positions (Project Manager, Area Manager)
• You have previous experience working in humanitarian programs in the Middle East
• You have excellent management skills, knowing how to help team members, how to position yourself, how to simplify and prioritize
• You are pragmatic and have good abilities to adapt with agility.
• You are fluent in professional English

Benefits

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team

• 6 months International contract starting ASAP;
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
  • Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals;
  • Pension scheme;
  • Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution;
  • Repatriation insurance paid by HI;
• Salary from 2869€ gross/month upon experience;
• Perdiem: 762,17€ net/month – paid in the field
• Hardship: 250€ net/month depending on the mission site
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: 5 days every 3 months + possible transport/package support;
• Position: Unaccompanied
• Housing: Collective taken in charge by HI.