Humanity & Inclusion recruits 01 Disaster Medical Specialist

“Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity”.

Handicap International is changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Since the organisation was first founded in 1982, we have set up development programmes in 62 countries and responded to many emergencies. Today we have a budget of around 150 million euros, with 3500 employees worldwide.
HI is engaged in an employment policy in favour of disabled workers.

For further information about the association: www.hi.org.

MISSION CONTEXT:

The Myanmar Thailand (MyTh) program involves all HI’s pillars (Armed Violence Reduction, Emergency and Development) and was created in 2016 with the merge of 2 already existing missions, setting up cross border initiatives to integrate the return of refugees from Thailand to Myanmar as part of its regional strategy.

HI’s first activities in Myanmar were in the frame of the Cyclone Nargis’s response, from October 2008 to December 2009. Following the ratification of the CRPD by the Myanmar authorities, HI reopened a mission in Myanmar in 2014 and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Social Welfare in September 2015. In 2017, a MOU with the Ministry of Health and Sport was also signed to cover activities under health sector. HI in Myanmar covers its entire mandate from emergency to development and going through Armed Violence Reduction (Humanitarian Mine Action). HI is part of several consortia and coordination mechanism including Health, Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction Clusters.

Myanmar confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19 on 23 March 2020. On 16th of April 2020, according to Ministry of Health and Sports, the total confirmed cases have risen to 85 with 4 deaths reported.

Myanmar is among the countries that are already struggling – with poverty, conflict, and natural disasters. Governments, medics, and aid groups are scrambling to prepare, but face daunting challenges. Nonetheless, the government has been very proactive in its effort to contain the pandemic with a nationwide lockdown in place until the 20th of April. The economic consequences of this crisis are colossal, particularly for lower-income households, and immensely painful, bringing job losses and disruptions at a time that requires government intervention.

Covid-19 crisis has brought new challenges to the HI MyTH program: most of the international and national team is working remotely at the moment, travels are restricted, some activities are suspended or shifted to the Covid-19 response. In Myanmar the number of cases remain low but this reflects limiting testing capabilities as there is but one lab to conduct testing and it is located in Yangon. Therefore, it is difficult to assess the exact situation and how it will evolve.

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION:

Your mission is to advise on quality implementation of activities related to Covid-19 preparedness and response and Safe Hospital Initiative activities, including technical support to activities deployed in 3 hospitals, communities and quarantine places, in Yangon and Mandalay (Infection Prevention and Control Measures, IEC and awareness, stockpiling, triage, ambulances/volunteers and quarantine places support), and Mass Casualty Incidents preparedness and response, in Yangon General Hospital, North Okkalappa General Hospital, and Mandalay General Hospital.

You are responsible to:

1. Plan and execute technical support to activities ensuring quality of the Covid-19 response activities
2. Plan and execute technical support to activities ensuring quality of Hospital Disaster and All Hazards Emergency Preparedness and response
3. Support the project’s quality approach in terms of realization and impact in line with HI’s Monitoring and Evaluation Policy HI technical guidelines
4. Programmatic Definition, coordination and Representation
5. Reporting

The complete Job Description will be shared with short-listed candidates.

 

PROFILE SOUGHT:

Education:
-Medical doctor with specialization in Disaster and/or Infectious Diseases and/or Emergency Medicine – Emergency physician

Experience:
-at least 3 years’ experience in Emergency medicine in development countries
-at least 2 years of experience in both disaster’s preparedness and response working on health systems
-at least 5 years’ experience in Emergency medicine
-experience in Disaster Risk Reduction project or Infectious Diseases project is an asset
-experience in Myanmar in related sector is an asset
-successful experience in different disasters settings (earthquakes, floods, infectious diseases outbreak, conflict) is an asset
-remote management experience is an asset

Skills:
-strong knowledge in Disaster Risk Managements frameworks
-skills in capacities building
-skills in facilitation and communication
-skills in representation and strategic anticipation
-English mandatory (oral and written)
-knowledge on project’s monitoring and evaluation

Personal qualities:
-diplomatic and professional
-ability to work within a multi-cultural team
-ability to adapt to work and to work under high-pressure
-capacity to work in partnership
-willingness to travel
-stress management
-sense of humour

 

SPECIFICITIES OF THE POSITION:

The position will need to be covered remotely if the candidate is not already based in Yangon, due to travel restrictions and borders closed as of now in Myanmar. This could evolve in the future to shift to a Yangon-based position.

The security situation in Yangon is good. All main goods and facilities are available. The expatriate community is big and diverse. Living conditions are comfortable.

Candidates already living in Myanmar will be prioritized.

 

JOB CONDITIONS:

• Starting date: ASAP
• Length of the contract: 3 months (with possible renewal)
• Salary from 2757€ gross/month depending on the experience of the candidate
• Per-diem: 492,19€ net/month
• Insurances: medical health coverage, retirement planning, repatriation
• Paid holiday: 25 days per year
• R&R: 1 day per month
• Status: individual or couple status possible
• Accommodation: individual housing fully covered by HI