Regional Project Coordinator

Organisation:Handicap International
Position:Regional Project Coordinator – Musawa Project

Context:
Handicap International is an international organisation specialised in the field of disability. Non-governmental, non-religious, non-political and non-profit-making, it works alongside people with disabilities, whatever the context, offering them assistance and supporting them in their efforts to become self-reliant. Since its creation, the organisation has set up programmes in approximately sixty countries and intervened in many emergency situations. It has a network of eight national associations (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA) which provide human and financial resources, manage projects and raise awareness of Handicap International’s actions and campaigns.
Within the Technical Resources Unit of the Regional Middle East programme, the Regional Project Coordinator will ensure the implementation and the quality of the Middle East regional project – Musawa Project, provision of technical support on disability, access to services to Musawa regional project, provision of training, mainly in the framework of the project.
 
Roles and responsibilities of Musawa Project coordinator
-Daily follow-up, coordination and M&E of the project activities.
-Coordination with the project’s partner regional and national team for the activities implemented directly by them.
-Direct management of Musawa Admin officer.
-Direct liaison on coordinating matters with parties implementing this project would be the responsibility of this person
-Update the Musawa P&M tool
-Visibility of project (development of monthly updates, continues upgrading of the website, insuring donor visibility in all activities etc..
-Development of activity reports and realization of all information
-Preparation of donors finance and narrative reports.

Profile sought:
-Advanced degree in management, business administration and social sciences (essential) with further studies in law or policy related to disability (desirable)
-Minimum 3 years experience in development or post crisis environment and strong working knowledge of various disability related professions.
-Experience working for an international NGO and aware of principles of quality management in service provision
-Professional level of writing/reading English and Arabic.
-Ease at collaborative work, participatory approach with good interpersonal communication skills
-This position requires frequent travelling (up to 50% of the working-time) within Middle East.
Location: the post can be located in Ramallah or Jerusalem.
Please send CV and cover letter to [email protected]
 
Deadline for applications – 06 September, 2010