Country Director – Palestine

Place: Amman/Jordan (regular trips to Jérusalem, Ramallah and Gaza)
Starting date: 05th January 2025
Duration of contract: 12 months, renewable
Closing date for applications: 19th November 2024

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:

HI’s Middle East Regional Programme (MASHRIQ) coordinates missions in 5 different countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq). The programme is covering the full mandate of HI – emergency, mine action and development with a strong focus on continuum and resilience. The program has a total volume expected for 2024 of 22M Euros with 170 staff + 120 volunteers. There are 5 main sectors of intervention: rehabilitation, education, early child development, BaNEREI (basic needs, economic recovery and economic inclusion) and armed violence reduction. Inclusion Humanitarian Action is both crosscutting within main sectors and sometimes a standalone intervention.

In Palestine, HI works both in West-Bank as well as in Gaza with a mix intervention between self-implementation and partnerships. Our team members are based in various bases and location in both areas, including international presence. Activities implemented are covering HI mandate as well as the above-described sectors.

YOUR MISSION:

The country director for Palestine mission is working under the regional program (MASHRIQ), reporting directly to the regional director. He/she will be based in Amman, Jordan, with regular visits to Palestine; or, if visa & working permits allows it, the position could eventually be based in Jerusalem at some point.

General mission:

Reporting to the Regional Director, the Country Director/Manager contributes to the implementation of Humanity & Inclusion’s mandate and strategy within his/her program. He/she ensures that the quality and impact of the program’s activities are optimized through a system of delegation with appropriate control mechanisms. He/she shares responsibility with all other HI managers for the sound management and smooth running of the overall organization, through paradigm shifts.

Mandate:

– In the country where he/she is based, the Country Director/Manager is the legal representative of the entire HI organization internally and externally, and promotes a high-level reputation and a positive image of HI.

– The Country Director/Manager deploys the whole of HI’s mandate and strategy in his/her country, alongside the operational partners, institutions and/or donors, and contributes to steering the organizational transformation in line with the “Simplification”, “Shared Services” and “ROOTS” projects. This involves implementing the program’s operational strategy. In the event of an emergency, he/she will assume responsibilities in line with the defined intervention framework.

– He/she ensures compliance with its budgetary framework (including pooled funds) and the application of HI’s policies and frameworks (safeguarding, commitment thresholds, security, human resources, risk management, etc.).

– In his/her country, he/she actively monitors and analyses changes in the environment in order to identify risks and opportunities.

He/she represents the organization and communicates on its behalf according to a plan defined with the Regional Director.

In crisis situations, he/she assumes the responsibilities assigned to him/her by the specific response frameworks.

Responsibility 1: Management

Responsibility 2: Strategy and steering

• Contributes to the development, implementation and annual monitoring of the country’s operational strategy.
• Standards and expertise

Responsibility 3: Organizational transformation

Responsibility 4: Operational Implementation

• Is responsible of security monitoring in his/her country
• Ensure the proper management and monitoring of projects under his/her responsibility
• Bearing in mind potential opportunities and risks, contributes to the monitoring and analysis of development carried out by the regional director and proposes mitigation measures where appropriate

Responsibility 5: Influence and leadership

• Is the legal representative of the whole HI organization internally and externally and promotes a high-level reputation and a positive image of HI in his/her country
• Develop HI’s external influence (forums, operational and strategic alliances etc.) and the organization’s external representation (events, media) in the country

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

• Living conditions in Jordan are comfortable. Security conditions are very stable throughout Jordan.
• Living conditions in Palestine are variable depending on the location, with unstable security and context.

YOUR PROFILE:

• You have at least 8 years of overall professional experience
• You have at least 2 years of experience as Country Director
• You have proven experience in managing emergency response programs in conflict areas
• You have proven experience in project inception/launch and in rapid scale up of activities
• You have proven experience of managing security in a conflict zone area
• You have experience in managing mine action programs (including demining activities) is an asset.

CONDITIONS:
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

• 12 months international contract starting from 05th, January 2024;
• 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 3232€ gross/month upon experience;
• Perdiem: 665,25€ net/month – paid in the field if based in Amman.
• . No hardship is based in Amman.
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: according to the level of the mission : 1 day per month if based in Amman.
• Position:
• Unaccompanied:
  • Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa) and transport of your personal effects;
  • A child allowance of 100€ per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field;
• open to couples:
  • Support travel costs (air ticket & visa) for accompanying dependent and health/ repatriation insurance if the dependent has no income;
• open to families:
  • a child allowance of 100€ per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field;
  • Contribution to school registration fees for children over 3 years;
  • Family-wide health coverage;
  • Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa) and transport of your personal effects;
• Housing: Individual taken in charge by HI;
• If you are resident in the country: local package.