Employer: Handicap International
Location: Paris France
Closing date30 Sep 2021
Job Description:
Main mission: develop HI's capacity for analysis, dialogue and negotiation with the aim of ensuring the populations' access to humanitarian aid and to the services offered by the organization with the greatest operational security for the teams and the beneficiaries of the programs.
Responsibility 1:
Participates in the monitoring and evaluation of HI's global strategy and translates this strategy into a plan to improve security management and humanitarian negotiation capacity:
• Regularly monitors the level of risk assumed by the organization
• Monitors and assesses contextual changes which may have an impact on the level of risk for the organization's teams or which may have an impact on access to populations
• Conceptualizes a 3-year action plan for the pole in coordination with other services and carries out its follow-up.
• Participate in the development of 3-year plans for other services / directorates and program strategies.
Responsibility 2:
Strengthens the organization's capacity in terms of security management and humanitarian negotiation:
• Ensures the production, updating and dissemination within HI of frameworks (methods, tools, etc.) and standards in terms of security management and humanitarian negotiation based on the experience drawn from the programs and existing good practices in the sector.
• Develop the international network to improve understanding of intervention contexts and facilitate the implementation of negotiation strategies for access and reaction in the event of a major crisis.
• Ensures the quality control and monitoring as well as the contextual relevance of program security risk management documents by providing technical support to the programs and by conducting audits.
• Develop and consolidate the “security and humanitarian access” business line.
• Identifies and articulates the learning and support systems in terms of security and humanitarian negotiation according to the different functions, modus operandi and type of intervention context of the organization.
• Defined and set up a system for sharing experiences.
Responsibility 3:
Within its scope, adapts the organization to serve the implementation of the strategy
• Contributes to the definition of the organization and its transformation. As such, periodically reviews the organization, resources and operating methods of its division according to its specific challenges.
• Leads the transformation and continuous improvement of managerial and professional practices in its division, in particular in line with Lean projects, Shared Services, ROOTS, Manager 2.0, etc.
• Ensures in particular the application of transformative principles: simplicity, accountability, check & balance etc.
Responsibility 4:
Assumes the posture and role of manager for his employees
• Establishes a team spirit and functioning guaranteeing synergy with the various Departments. In this context, impulse exchanges of practice between and within departments.
• Contributes to the development of its employees: sets individual objectives, ensures that the needs of the organization match the skills and motivations of its employees.
• Gives individual and collective signs of recognition (non-monetary valuation of results and efforts).
• Develop the autonomy of its employees.
• Embodies and transmits values, ensures compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the state of mind and the expected individual and collective behaviors.
• Collectively assumes decisions and arbitrations concerning the proper functioning of the federal network.
EXPECTED PROFILE:
Training
• University degree or equivalent certification in risk management, international relations or other discipline relevant to the position.
• 5 years field experience in humanitarian aid NGOs in coordination or security management positions. Headquarters experience desirable.
• Training in humanitarian negotiation.
• Training in risk management.
Professional experience:
• Field experience with a humanitarian organization
• Successful management experience of a small team of highly specialized people, including remote management.
• Leadership: inspiring confidence, knowing how to motivate, knowing how to make decisions, knowing how to lead.
• Manage its activity and its resources.
• Know how to lead change.
• Negotiate internally and externally.
• Communicate internally and externally.
• Context analysis.
Required Skills:
• Knowledge of technical issues related to security management and negotiation in humanitarian settings.
• Knowledge of trades and sectors of international solidarity (emergency / development).
• Knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles.
• Fluency in French and English read, written and spoken.
• Knowledge of Spanish and / or Arabic is a plus.
• Mastery of the pack Office.
Know-how:
• Caring (trusts / recognizes successes).
• Promotes autonomy (delegates and motivates).
• Cooperative / collaborative (seeks advice / listens to the organization).
• Accountable (internal / external / governance).
• Bold (initiator / enterprising).
• Knows how to deal with uncertainty.
• Knows how to question oneself (listening and appetite for development).
• Sense of diplomacy.
CONDITIONS:
Depending on profile and professional experience,
• Type of contract: CDI
• Restaurant tickets
• Mutual fund
• Executive status on a daily basis, with 34 days of paid leave and 13 days of annual RTT
• From 3 months of contract, possibility of teleworking up to 3 days a week
Location: Paris France
Closing date30 Sep 2021
Job Description:
Main mission: develop HI's capacity for analysis, dialogue and negotiation with the aim of ensuring the populations' access to humanitarian aid and to the services offered by the organization with the greatest operational security for the teams and the beneficiaries of the programs.
Responsibility 1:
Participates in the monitoring and evaluation of HI's global strategy and translates this strategy into a plan to improve security management and humanitarian negotiation capacity:
• Regularly monitors the level of risk assumed by the organization
• Monitors and assesses contextual changes which may have an impact on the level of risk for the organization's teams or which may have an impact on access to populations
• Conceptualizes a 3-year action plan for the pole in coordination with other services and carries out its follow-up.
• Participate in the development of 3-year plans for other services / directorates and program strategies.
Responsibility 2:
Strengthens the organization's capacity in terms of security management and humanitarian negotiation:
• Ensures the production, updating and dissemination within HI of frameworks (methods, tools, etc.) and standards in terms of security management and humanitarian negotiation based on the experience drawn from the programs and existing good practices in the sector.
• Develop the international network to improve understanding of intervention contexts and facilitate the implementation of negotiation strategies for access and reaction in the event of a major crisis.
• Ensures the quality control and monitoring as well as the contextual relevance of program security risk management documents by providing technical support to the programs and by conducting audits.
• Develop and consolidate the “security and humanitarian access” business line.
• Identifies and articulates the learning and support systems in terms of security and humanitarian negotiation according to the different functions, modus operandi and type of intervention context of the organization.
• Defined and set up a system for sharing experiences.
Responsibility 3:
Within its scope, adapts the organization to serve the implementation of the strategy
• Contributes to the definition of the organization and its transformation. As such, periodically reviews the organization, resources and operating methods of its division according to its specific challenges.
• Leads the transformation and continuous improvement of managerial and professional practices in its division, in particular in line with Lean projects, Shared Services, ROOTS, Manager 2.0, etc.
• Ensures in particular the application of transformative principles: simplicity, accountability, check & balance etc.
Responsibility 4:
Assumes the posture and role of manager for his employees
• Establishes a team spirit and functioning guaranteeing synergy with the various Departments. In this context, impulse exchanges of practice between and within departments.
• Contributes to the development of its employees: sets individual objectives, ensures that the needs of the organization match the skills and motivations of its employees.
• Gives individual and collective signs of recognition (non-monetary valuation of results and efforts).
• Develop the autonomy of its employees.
• Embodies and transmits values, ensures compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the state of mind and the expected individual and collective behaviors.
• Collectively assumes decisions and arbitrations concerning the proper functioning of the federal network.
EXPECTED PROFILE:
Training
• University degree or equivalent certification in risk management, international relations or other discipline relevant to the position.
• 5 years field experience in humanitarian aid NGOs in coordination or security management positions. Headquarters experience desirable.
• Training in humanitarian negotiation.
• Training in risk management.
Professional experience:
• Field experience with a humanitarian organization
• Successful management experience of a small team of highly specialized people, including remote management.
• Leadership: inspiring confidence, knowing how to motivate, knowing how to make decisions, knowing how to lead.
• Manage its activity and its resources.
• Know how to lead change.
• Negotiate internally and externally.
• Communicate internally and externally.
• Context analysis.
Required Skills:
• Knowledge of technical issues related to security management and negotiation in humanitarian settings.
• Knowledge of trades and sectors of international solidarity (emergency / development).
• Knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles.
• Fluency in French and English read, written and spoken.
• Knowledge of Spanish and / or Arabic is a plus.
• Mastery of the pack Office.
Know-how:
• Caring (trusts / recognizes successes).
• Promotes autonomy (delegates and motivates).
• Cooperative / collaborative (seeks advice / listens to the organization).
• Accountable (internal / external / governance).
• Bold (initiator / enterprising).
• Knows how to deal with uncertainty.
• Knows how to question oneself (listening and appetite for development).
• Sense of diplomacy.
CONDITIONS:
Depending on profile and professional experience,
• Type of contract: CDI
• Restaurant tickets
• Mutual fund
• Executive status on a daily basis, with 34 days of paid leave and 13 days of annual RTT
• From 3 months of contract, possibility of teleworking up to 3 days a week