ABOUT HUMANITY AND INCLUSION
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 with dignity.
Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial aid and development organization without religious or political affiliations that operates 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 its creation in 1982, the HI Federation has made up of eight national associations (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Switzerland and the United States) has launched programs in more than 60 countries.
HI is co-owner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her decisive action in the fight against antipersonnel mines and for being co-founder of the Campaign to Ban Antipersonnel Mines (ICBL).
On the continent, HI is present in Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru and Venezuela, implementing projects at the national and regional levels. As part of our strategy we are analyzing to carry out operations also in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama). The projects implemented by HI or through its partners in Latin America are organized in three axes: (i) health (mental health and psycho-social support, rehabilitation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, protection against gender violence), (ii) protection (protection against violence, inclusive risk management, humanitarian demining and comprehensive action against mines, mine risk education, victim assistance, conflict transformation); (iii) inclusive education and sustainable livelihoods (inclusive education,economic and financial inclusion).
For more information about the association, see the following websites: international site: www.hi.org | regional site for Latin America and the Caribbean: www.hi-lac.org
PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT
This call is made within the framework of the new project Promoting Access to education and Social Inclusion of NNAs with and without disabilities in Ecuador – PAIS which is implemented in Quito in a consortium between HI and two Ecuadorian partners in the education sector, for 3 years.
The general objective is to contribute to the promotion and access to education of children, social inclusion of children and adolescents with disabilities in Quito, Ecuador.
Girls, boys and adolescents ( NNA ) with disabilities are one of the most marginalized and excluded groups in society. People with disabilities, mainly NNAs, compared to their non-disabled peers, are more likely to experience the consequences of social, economic, and cultural inequality. HI and its partners implement a three-year project with NNA, their families, caregivers, authorities and relevant services, aimed at better recognition of diversity, that promote access to education and social inclusion of disability. The project contributes to the goal of preventing, mitigating, and eradicating inequality by promoting NNA rights.
The logic of intervention is based on a two-track approach, improving on the one hand the access of NNAs to educational services and their active participation, and on the other, attending to the specific requirements of NNAs with disabilities or with specific educational needs to the educational environment. To this approach, a strengthening component of the members of the consortium and of Ecuadorian civil society is added to give more sustainability to the project.
Inclusive education is a process of increasing participation and reducing exclusion in order to meet the diverse needs of all students. Inclusive education is a broad concept that refers to the right of all children to access and benefit from education. The project pays special attention to children with disabilities and specific learning needs.
CARGO OBJECTIVE
The Technical Officer of Inclusive Education – based in Quito, supports/to the Project Manager – for the general strategic and technical direction in the effective and efficient execution of the activities of the PAIS project to guarantee the school inclusion of the NNAs, as set out in the project description. It will ensure that there is adequate coordination between HI, the consortium’s local partners and other stakeholders at different levels of project intervention. In addition, it supports tasks in the inclusive education sector for the geographical management of Latin America.
INTERLOCUTOR PRINCIPALS:
- Country Representative
- PAIS Project Manager
- PAIS project partners
- Financial Accounting Officer
- Regional manager MEAL
- Regional specialist in psychosocial support and mental health
- Regional Advocacy Officer
- Regional communication officer
- Regional Logistics and Procurement Officers
CARGO RESPONSIBILITIES
- General technical direction of the Inclusive Education project during the first year of implementation
Objective: Guarantee strategies, interventions and timely technical contributions in project activities during the first year, to maintain quality criteria during the three years.
– Strategies and technical interventions developed
– Holding and recording coordination meetings with the government, consortium partners and other key stakeholders.
– Preparation and dissemination of training material on inclusive education
– Development of tools and methodologies
– Preparation and implementation of a capacity development plan for inclusive education
Activities:
- Develop technical strategies, tools and methodologies of the PAIS project
- Support the project team in planning project activities and executing activities according to the detailed execution plan.
- Train civil society partners and actors (OPD, etc.) on inclusive education within the framework of the project’s capacity building component.
- Support partners in conducting surveys to identify children with disabilities and specific educational needs, the problems they face, as well as in the development of links with service providers.
- Support partners in the development of a school inclusion guide tool with a comprehensive approach (therapeutic and pedagogical), its socialization and training for authorities and teachers on its application.
- Carry out a participatory analysis of access barriers in prioritized schools and accompany the implementation of recommendations and reasonable adjustments.
- Support the design of training modules for teachers, the educational community and officials on inclusive education, NNA rights, gender equality, ICT management and mental health, with the support of the regional Technical Unit.
- Adapt and contextualize the blue box tool and methodologies and make it available to partners, with the support of the Regional Physical and Functional Rehabilitation Specialist
- Guarantee the capacity of the implementing partners in the field of Inclusive Education and for the activities of the PAIS project. Manages project team members (set individual goals, assess individual performance, contribute to career and career development for team members, oversee competencies)
- Maintain permanent communication with Project Manager, local partners, support team and other key stakeholders, as needed, to stay informed about the status of the project and seek support when necessary.
- Ensure that the Country / Country Manager Representative is well informed and regularly updated on the technical execution of the project, including progress, limitations, challenges, etc.
- Planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting
Objective: Guarantee the correct execution of the project activities and meet the supervision requirements.
– Monitoring and evaluation tools and guidelines are prepared.
– All monitoring and evaluation activities are coordinated with the monitoring and evaluation focal point.
– Monitoring of the main milestones and recording of evidence.
– Timely presentation of the progress report
Activities:
- Participate in project coordination meetings and support general project planning, implementation and monitoring activities in coordination with project manager, partners and MEAL focal point
- Carry out regular supervision visits to partners to ensure quality, track activities, make adjustments and ensure the sustainability of the project.
- Provide support to maintain an accurate project database, updated monthly, and collect other information, evidence as needed, supported by the MEAL focal point
- Provide technical information in the monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and end-of-first year reports.
- Participate in monthly review meetings with partners and inform the respective team of any technical issues to be addressed
- Coordinate with the consortium partner and the project team the deployment of training and evaluations
- Follow up on recommendations for visits and meetings and ensure that they are followed and transmitted to the relevant team.
- Communication, advocacy and networking
Objective: Ensure effective coordination and networking with government, implementing partners, resource partners and other work agencies.
– Coordination and networking mechanism at the central and federal levels with great visibility of the work carried out in the field of IH.
Activities:
- Support the development and implementation of an evidence-based advocacy strategy – including an Information and Outreach Campaign – for the promotion and access to education and social inclusion of NNA with disabilities or with NEE in Ecuador, with the support of the project manager and the Regional Advocacy Officer.
- Initiate / facilitate exchanges and links between the different initiatives that take place both at the national level, municipal of Quito and regional in terms of Inclusive Education to ensure common issues to strengthen and add value throughout the Inclusive Education sector.
- Be in contact with other NGOs, the GTRM Education working group, and with municipal and national authorities in the Inclusion and education sector to explore various possibilities to develop/introduce political changes to make the project inclusive and increase its impact.
- Lead the project team to initiate and / or strengthen the network system within existing structures to promote Inclusive Education and the inclusion of the disability approach.
- Increase the visibility of HI in relevant networks, NGOs and relevant ministries. In the framework of the Free Press consultancy, support the exploration of the potential interest of the media to cover the activities of HI and make it known to the Country Representative / Country Manager and Project Manager.
- Capacity development and technical sustainability strategy for years 2 and 3 of the project
Objective: Provide the necessary support to the project team and local partners for capacity development in inclusive education and to ensure the sustainability of technical quality in years 2 and 3 of the project.
Benchmarks:
– The project team is trained for project activities.
– Capacity development activities are carried out for the project team, the executing partner and the local / federal government.
Activities:
- Support the realization of a participatory organizational diagnosis and implement a process of strengthening the capacities of the members of the consortium in inclusive education issues during the first year.
- Provide support to the project team and consortium partners for the design and development of the capacity development plan and framework.
- Implement a plan to strengthen the technical capacities of the partners and the Head of projects to ensure the sustainability of technical quality in years 2 and 3.
- Facilitate the formulation of a partner capacity assessment plan at the end of the first year.
- Apoyar al equipo del proyecto en el desarrollo de paquetes de capacitación (formación, talleres, orientación, etc.) según las necesidades del proyecto.
- Gestión del conocimiento sobre educación inclusiva
Objetivo: Garantizar que los mensajes clave del proyecto se comunica a todas las partes interesadas mediante el uso de diferentes herramientas y metodologías de gestión del conocimiento.
– Documentos de buenas prácticas y lecciones aprendidas, herramientas de comunicación utilizadas, materiales de IEC, documentación adecuada del proyecto
Actividades:
- Proporcionar apoyo en el desarrollo y difusión de la metodología, herramientas y asegurar la capitalización del proyecto y la producción de documentos a nivel de proyecto con los miembros del equipo y los socios del consorcio.
- Facilitate documentation of success stories and participate in the development of articles on the project for RRSS or other means
- Contribute articles related to the project to the internal regional bulletin, etc.
- Review the project documents and materials produced to provide constructive critical analysis and suggestions for improvement when necessary, or the creation of new tools.
- Provide technical contributions to the project team in the design, development, production and distribution of effective communication, awareness and advocacy tools and materials related to the activities of the sector.
- If necessary, technically support the Technical Unit or the project writing team to respond to specific needs of another country of the Geographical Directorate.
- Emergency response
- In the event of a large emergency, reorganize planning and activities according to humanitarian priority, in order to ensure a rapid and efficient response by HI.
Note that this job profile must remain alterable, respond to additional tasks, or changes as identified by the hierarchical boss.
PROFILE AND SKILLS
Education and Knowledge
- Minimum a Master in Education, or a Master in another relevant field.
- Knowledge about inclusive education, disability and universal accessibility
- Knowledge of international human rights frameworks, and international conventions on people with disabilities and children
- Strong capacities to establish relationships with local partners, local governments, teacher and parent organizations, and other stakeholders.
- Success shown in incorporating participatory and sensitive programming to disability, age and gender issues in project execution.
- Great communication capacity, both oral and written.
- The candidate must master Spanish. Desirable English and / or French.
Experience
- Experience in the development and implementation of formal or non-formal inclusive education programs.
- Experience in childhood education and positive youth development
- Experience in developing the capacities of educational authorities.
- Experience working on inclusion and / or protection of populations in vulnerable situations
- Project management experience to plan, implement activities, manage cooperation project data
- Ability to produce communications and institutional reports written in Spanish
- Experience in training of valued organizational capacity development
Interpersonal competences
- Work as part of a team / network, cooperate.
- Respect opinion and improve the skills of others with a view to shared action
- Give and receive constructive feedback; debate with multiple disciplinary teams
- Empathy; showing interest in what each person is experiencing and feeling, putting themselves in the other person’s shoes, listening to their needs, being accepted instead of judged
- Resistance to stress and uncertainty, work under pressure
- Pragmatism, ability to adapt with agility
- Assertive, timely, clear, concrete and transparent communication
CONDITIONS OF THE POSITION
Remuneration / type of contract: In relation to dependency in business rotation modality with remuneration according to budget availability.
Benefits: Law benefits, private health insurance, 30 calendar days of annual leave, access to training fund, possibility of teleworking two days a week, when field activities are not scheduled.
The hiring will be in charge of the NGO AVSF Ecuador.
How to apply
AS A POSTULAR
Nominations are expected until March 10, 2024, any subsequent candidacy will not be considered.
To apply for your application you must send a resume and a motivation letter to the following address: calls-ecuador@hi.org with a copy to saranchi@avsf.org
Put in the subject of the message: “Official Technical Candidacy Inclusive Education ”
Applicants who are not shortlisted will not be notified to the interview.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
- HI, being an organization that promotes the labor inclusion of people with disabilities, encourages this group of people to apply for this position.
- Hi promotes the gender approach and gender equality for the recruitment of its staff.
- The HI selection process, in compliance with its institutional policies for the Protection of beneficiaries against Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment will carry out a comprehensive review of the background of the people who apply to minimize the risks of these practices in the organization. And they must consent to the verification of their personal references and queries about their ethical behavior in previous positions.