Place: SOMALILAND (Hargeisa)
Length: 3 months
Starting date: 1rst July 2019
Closing date for applications: 30th May 2019
YOUR MISSION:
The position is based in the Somaliland mission (Hargeisa office) and under the supervision of Project Manager ; You will mainly responsible providing training to protect team as well as project targeted DPOs and other relevant staffs of health department and provide technical support on MHPSS component of HI project “Emergency response for most at risk displaced and host population with a focus on elderly, people with injuries, chronic illness, physical disabilities and/or psychological distress and their family members affected by the crisis in Somalia”. This project seeks to reduce vulnerabilities and improve the resilience of the most vulnerable individuals, families and communities, including persons with disabilities, injuries, chronic illness and elderly people through promoting their inclusion in all sphere of humanitarian action as well as access to community based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support interventions in Somaliland. It will do this by addressing two urgent needs in Somaliland: the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) needs of IDPs, local communities, including Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors, in two locations (Burao and Hargeisa) and the needs of humanitarian stakeholders and affected communities to become more disability inclusive in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their humanitarian strategies and programs.
You will then be responsible for conduct training sessions and awareness raising actions targeting HI staffs and others actors on a MHPSS community- based approach.
A major stake of the position is to ensure HI teams become autonomous in the implementation of HI support to partners and master the technical framework of HI support.
In this part, your main responsibilities are:
YOUR PROFILE :
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION :
Security:
Security situation in Hargeisa is overall under control, despite some periodic but rare outbreaks. Most activities are currently implemented directly by HI.
Accommodation
Shared accommodation: Individual room with shared bathroom with visitor, Shared Kitchen, Shared living area in HI Guesthouse in Hargeisa.
Accessibility/Transport: Most areas are accessible in Somaliland, although some require police escort. In Mogadishu; very strict travel guideline and movement outside hotel will be only through HI rented very secure transport. Use of public transport is strictly prohibited both in Hargeisa
Isolation/ Social Life: Very limited access to cultural or sportive activities. Curfew might be imposed after 9pm.
CONDITIONS:
Tagged as: Health
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