Team Leader Mobile Teams - Somali Speaker

Vacancy Announcement for Somali Speakers

Position: Team Leader Mobile Teams - Somali Speaker

Responsible to:- Programme Manager

Location: Dadaab Refugee Camp

Closing date:- 30th December 2011

The Organization

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international Humanitarian organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.

Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Job Context

Handicap International is present in Dadaab refugee camps since 2007 through its development department.

In response to the recent and massive influx of refugees, Handicap International’s Emergency Response Department has launched in August 2011 a holistic approach called Disability and Vulnerability Focal Point (DVFP) to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable newly arrived refugees.

The strategy of these DVFPs is to identify most vulnerable persons and enhance their access to essential basic and specific services through different mechanisms as well as through direct services’ provision.

After a period of suspension due to the degradation of the security context, we are now resuming our emergency activities with new modalities.

Global Objective of the Position

Under the responsibility of the Operations Manager, the Team Leader shall manage, supervise and organise team work.

They shall also ensure appropriate identification of the most vulnerable refugees, assessment of needs, referrals and assistance of the beneficiaries

Responsibilities

• Organize the daily activities of the teams and coordinate between different members of the teams to ensure an appropriate response to beneficiaries’ needs (plan and organize priorities, ensure good geographical coverage of the areas by the Social Workers, coordinate the use of transportation means with the Social Workers, etc…)
• Supervision and participation in the identification of the most vulnerable people and of the assessment of their needs (with regular field visits according to security rules and constraints)
• Maintain up-to-date beneficiaries files and reports as well as evolution notes according to the line manager and/or Operations Manager’s requirements;
• Maintain work areas clean and secure and ensure a good maintenance of material at disposal;
• Assess the general needs of the beneficiaries (with the support of specialists if needed) and ensure proper assistance is provided;
• Coordinate internal referrals § ensure good coordination with the specialists;
• Refer beneficiary to other professionals or services when needed and to ensure that team members do so appropriately (by providing technical support if needed)
• If possible depending on security constraints and priority for one shot response, to ensure that the follow up of beneficiaries is done and that actions are taken if the services are not provided as needed
• Participate in the update of the mapping of services on a weekly basis
• Contribute in building the capacities of the social workers (vulnerability assessment, referral system…)
• Demonstrate an ethic and professional practice
• Demonstrate willingness to improve professional competences and abilities to increase care quality.
• Participate in camp level coordination meeting according to the direct Line Manager and/or Operations Manager’s requirement
• Report to the direct Line Manager and/or Operations Manager on activities and challenges faced and to participate in the reflexion to improve our practices and project’s strategy
• Ensure confidentiality of beneficiaries

Required Profile

Languages

• Somali required (both oral and written)
• English (good writing skills)

Experience

• University degree in Social/Human sciences, Management or social related fields
• At least one year of experience as a team leader / manager position in an INGO / association
• Significant and proven experience in management and coordination

Knowledge

• Knowledge on Vulnerability and Disability
• Humanitarian values
• Understanding of protection issues

Skills

• Strong organizational skills, capacity to prioritize
• Good communication and listening skills
• Reporting skills

Personal qualities

• Adaptation to specific working conditions and to numerous security constraints
• Capacity to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team
• Dynamism, high level of motivation
• Interest for social work and field work
• Capacity to keep professional distance with the beneficiaries / adopt empathic positioning
• Willingness to learn new skills and/or approaches
• Good capacity to interact with members of the team and community

If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date CV indicating your salary history and 3 referees with their current contacts by email to :- hr-nairobi@handicap-international-ken.org

The email subject line should be marked: “Application for Team Leader Mobile position”

Only short listed candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contacted.