Physiotherapist (Physical Therapist)

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale, is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and to supporting populations affected by wars, socio-economic crises or natural disasters in their path to recovery and sustainable development, by making use of the professionalism of local and international operators, and through our partnerships with public and private bodies and civil society organizations.

COOPI in IRAQ

COOPI is active with its humanitarian action in Iraq since 2017.  Currently COOPI is implementing education, protection (CP and GBV) and livelihood and social cohesion programs in Nineve, Kirkuk, Dohuk and Salah Al Din funded by AICS and UNICEF. The Country Administrator will join COOPI team in Erbil office.

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Under the overall supervision and support of Project Manager, the Physiotherapist will perform the following tasks in the targeted area (Aqre), and as a member of the protection team, provide physiotherapy services for people with disabilities as follows:

• Conduct field visits with protection team for assessment and to identify people with Physical Therapy needs in communities and targeted locations.
• Planning and providing appropriate treatment activities.
• Giving advice, arranging support, and guiding family members, caregivers on how to follow-up on treatments procedures.
• Coordinate with Primary Health Care Centres to refer the beneficiaries (People with disabilities) for medical services when necessary, ensuring that the beneficiary can safely access the service.
• Coordinate with the engineer to identified the needed shelter improvements based on the type of disability and need for the individual and the household in order to have a safe, accessible and suitable and friendly shelter for people with disability.
• Monitor the progress of the patients and follow-up.
• Develop success story for best cases and share with the Project Manager.
• Ensure quality, transparency, and efficiency in all aspects of the work and most off all accountability and respect of the beneficiary.
• Provide periodic reports to line manager along with the required data.
• Maintain high level of confidentiality of all documents, issues, and personal data of the beneficiaries.
• Report to the line manager for possible requests.
• Perform additional jobs on request.

Tentative schedule:

Target: The physiotherapist supposed to target 15-20 cases for physical therapy needs.

Duty: 2-3 days working per week

Duration: 2 months with possible extension based on needs starting on October/ November 2024

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in physiotherapy or relevant topic.
• A minimum of three years of relevant working experience as a physiotherapist dealing with people with disabilities.
• Experience in international relief and development in a similar position is an asset
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication, negotiation skills, multi-tasking skills
• Proven capacity to work in a team in a challenging context is essential
• Experience in liaising with governmental/local authorities and NGOs
• Demonstrated ability to work in stressful environments and under pressure
• Languages:
  Kurdish & Arabic
  English is an assist.

Interested candidates can send their updated CVs & cover letters to the following email address.

recruitment.iraq@coopi.org

Please make sure to include the following job code.

“Physiotherapist – Akre” within the email’s title, applications without a job code won’t be considered.

All applicants are subject to a satisfactory screening check and 3 professional references including HR of the latest or current employer.

• Your CV must be uploaded in PDF format.
• CV in English language
• Linked CVs will not be considered