Consortium Project Officer (Technical-Communications) – Humanity & Inclusion (brand name of Handicap International)
Development and Project Management, Communications, PR and Journalism
Humanity & Inclusion (brand name of Handicap International)
Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Humanity & Inclusion (new brand name of Handicap International) is an independent and impartial organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.
We work 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.
With local partners, we run programs in health and rehabilitation and social and economic integration. We work with local authorities to clear landmines and other war debris and to prevent mine-related accidents through education. We respond quickly and effectively to natural and civil disasters in order to limit serious and permanent injuries and to assist survivors' recovery and reintegration. We advocate for the universal recognition of the rights of the disabled through national planning and advocacy.
HI is the world's most comprehensive mine action charity. The heart of this action is victim assistance—this was our beginning in 1982—but teams also prevent injuries through weapons and landmine clearance, risk education activities, stockpile management, and advocacy to ban landmines and cluster bombs.
Humanity and Inclusion (formerly Handicap International) is an independent and impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict, and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our actions and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs and improving their living conditions. HI is a non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, and non-profit making organization.
General Mission
Reporting to the Chief of Party, the Consortium Technical & Communications Officer’s mission concerns technical coordination among the partners in the design and implementation of the ECHO2.0 technical interventions framework aligned with the consortium thematic pillars.
S/he leads and supports the external communication process and works closely with HI-led consortium partners in the country to socialize and position the work of the consortium at the higher stakeholders and donor level.
Missions / Responsibilities
Mission/Result 1 – Consortium technical coordination
Responsibility 1: Support in defining the technical framework (Health, Nutrition, Protection, WASH, and Mine Action Sectors) for the consortium partners (IMC, MTI, HI, and EPSS)
Responsibility 2: Coordinate the consortium technical committee in order to plan, implement and monitor the technical/ sectorial area of collaboration
Mission/Result 2 – Consortium communications
Responsibility 1: Define the communication strategy and information-sharing mechanism for the consortium partners (IMC, MTI, HI, and EPSS)
Responsibility 2: Planning/ implementation of the communication plan of HI under the consortium
Responsibility 3: Documentation and dissemination of consortium activities as per the approved communication plan
Mission/Result 3 – Standards, expertise, and influence
Responsibility 1: Develop inclusive and accessible communication standards
Responsibility 2: Define effective communication and dissemination channels
Responsibility 3: Develop and manage the social media handle for HI
Responsibility 4: Support to foster a learning environment within HI and the consortium
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▪ Education: Master’s degree in social science/ communication or in any other relevant field. ▪ HI’s vision, mandate, values, and strategy ▪ Humanitarian principles and humanitarian response mechanisms and sectors ▪ International development communication frameworks ▪ Knowledge management ▪ Excellent writing skills |
▪ Years of experience: Minimum of 3 years experience in humanitarian/ communications with at least 1 year in designing comms strategies and resources ▪ Clear, concise, and responsible communication, adapted to the interlocutor (adult or child); ▪ Strategic definition ▪ Training facilitation, and capacity-building techniques for use with adults ▪ Development of new resources or adaptation of existing resources ▪ Individual assessments and steering |
▪ Leadership: inspiring confidence, motivating, showing an example, taking decisions ▪ Audacious (initiating/enterprising), capable of risk-taking and developing critical thinking ▪ Working as part of a team/network; cooperating ▪ Respect for the opinion and enhancement of the skills of others with shared action ▪ Giving and receiving constructive feedback; discussing with multi-disciplinary teams, working as part of a network and consortium ▪ Organizational skills and rigor ▪ Communication skills ▪ Pedagogy ▪ Ability to analyze and synthesize ▪ Creativity ▪ Resilience to stress and uncertainty |
A female candidate with a communication background is preferred.