THREE JOB POSTS, Luanda, Angola
Read carefully. This post contain THREE separate job announcements, all in Luanda, Angola. The first is for a Technical Expert who is experienced in social and health projects. The second is for a Project Coordinator who is a technical expert in severe disability rehabilitaiton. The third is for an expert in the identification of sanitation and hospital services, services of continous support to target group. All job posts are meant to begin in February 2008 and continue for 12 months. The deadline for all three job posts is December 31, 2007.
Technical Expert – Experienced in social and health projects
Country of assignment and location
Angola, Luanda
GTZ International Services in consortium with MundiServiços has been shortlisted for this World Bank-financed project.
The project
In the sequence of the Lwena Memorandum of Understanding complementary to Lusaka Protocol, the Angola Government has prepared the Angolan Program for Demobilization and Reintegration which is being implemented at National level by The Institute of Socio-Professional Reintegration for Ex-combatants (IRSEM). In the scope of this program assistance is been delivered to facilitate economic and social reintegration of 138.000 Ex-combatants. 105.000 are from Ex-FMU (Unita Forces) and 33.000 from FAA (Angolan Armed Forces).
Among the program beneficiaries can be distinguished special groups as follows:
Female Ex-combatants, Widows of Ex-combatants eligible for PGDR (Minors whose parents are Ex-combatants or their guardian, Ex-combatants with disabilities, designated as a “Vulnerable Group” to whom PGDR has designed a specific strategy to assist them.
Estimated are that 1750-2000 of the 28000 disabled who will be demobilised are severely disabled: para-, hemi-, tetraplegic, multiple limb amputees, deaf, blind, mentally disabled,… They are the specific target group of this project.
The objective of the project is to deliver technical assistance to IRSEM to create conditions for social reintegration and physical rehabilitation in order to prevent or minimise the dependency for specialised services for ex-combatants with severe disabilities.
Your tasks
Provide TA, organise and identify specialists for the following activities which will be defined by the results of the needs assessments of each Person with a Disability and of the service provision sector:
1. PREPARATION PHASE
- Identification of failure in terms of social services, psychological support and human support.
- Formulating an action plan to improve Angolan service delivery to target group
2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PLAN, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
- Contracting out social reintegration of the disabled person taking in the account the actual and future living environment
- Contracting out vocational trainings for disabled to perform professional activities. Special stock for small lending, creation of adapted micro enterprises and / or work opportunities.
- Organizing training of Angolan institutions for psychological support to families and availability of resources in order beneficiaries can develop income generation activities taking advantage of existing economic opportunities.
- Organizing training in occupational activities adapted to the disabled and to avail them of affordable opportunities
- Orientation of contracted social services to refer family members to the existing projects for the development of economic activities.
- Providing technical support to create micro and small companies
- Organizing training of Angolan institutions for economic capacity building to provide income generation/salaries for the People with Disability and/or family / relatives caring for the severe disabled
Assuring access to distribution of tools for those having a viable idea of self employment
Your qualification
University degree in Public Health or Social Science or relevant field
- Minimum of 5 years professional experience, of which 3 years in international projects
- At least 3 years of experience in the provision of social services for vulnerable groups of population
- Work experience in technical assistance projects funded by WB or other development agencies advantageous
- Relevant work experience in the region
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent command of Portuguese and English
- Excellent degree of stress tolerance and flexibility
Commencement
Expected date of commencement is February 2008. The period of execution will be 12 months.
Contact
For further information please contact
Mrs. Annette Mueller-Roth
Phone: +49 61 96 79-1483
e-mail: Annette.Mueller-Roth@gtz.de
Project Coordinator – Technical expert in severe disability rehabilitation
Country of assignment and location
Angola, Luanda
GTZ International Services in consortium with MundiServiços has been shortlisted for this World Bank-financed project.
The project
In the sequence of the Lwena Memorandum of Understanding complementary to Lusaka Protocol, the Angola Government has prepared the Angolan Program for Demobilization and Reintegration which is being implemented at National level by The Institute of Socio-Professional Reintegration for Ex-combatants (IRSEM). In the scope of this program assistance is been delivered to facilitate economic and social reintegration of 138.000 Ex-combatants. 105.000 are from Ex-FMU (Unita Forces) and 33.000 from FAA (Angolan Armed Forces).
Among the program beneficiaries can be distinguished special groups as follows:
Female Ex-combatants, Widows of Ex-combatants eligible for PGDR, Minors whose parents are Ex-combatants or their guardian, Ex-combatants with disabilities, designated as a “Vulnerable Group” to whom PGDR has designed a specific strategy to assist them.
Estimated are that 1750-2000 of the 28000 disabled who will be demobilised are severely disabled: para-, hemi-, tetraplegic, multiple limb amputees, deaf, blind, mentally disabled,… They are the specific target group of this project.
The objective of the project is to deliver technical assistance to IRSEM to create conditions for social reintegration and physical rehabilitation of this severely disabled subgroup in order to prevent or minimise the dependency for specialised services for ex-combatants with severe disabilities
Your tasks
Provide TA in order to:
1. PREPARATORY PHASE:
- organize a needs assessments (from each individual and from the capacity of the service delivery sector),
- elaborate an individualized action plan and a disability sector plan
2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PLAN, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
- the implementation of training to the local service delivery sector
- assisting IRSEM in contracting out the local service delivery
- supervision
The following activities have to be organized for the target group
Your qualification
Commencement
Expected date of commencement is February 2008. The period of execution will be 12 months.
Contact
For further information please contact
Mrs. Annette Mueller-Roth
Phone: +49 61 96 79-1483
e-mail: Annette.Mueller-Roth@gtz.de
Expert in Identification of sanitation and hospital services, services of continuous support to target group
Country of assignment and location
Angola, Luanda
GTZ International Services in consortium with MundiServiços has been shortlisted for this World Bank-financed project.
The project
In the sequence of the Lwena Memorandum of Understanding complementary to Lusaka Protocol, the Angola Government has prepared the Angolan Program for Demobilization and Reintegration which is being implemented at National level by The Institute of Socio-Professional Reintegration for Ex-combatants (IRSEM). In the scope of this program assistance is been delivered to facilitate economic and social reintegration of 138.000 Ex-combatants. 105.000 are from Ex-FMU (Unita Forces) and 33.000 from FAA (Angolan Armed Forces).
Among the program beneficiaries can be distinguished special groups as follows:
Female Ex-combatants, Widows of Ex-combatants eligible for PGDR, Minors whose parents are Ex-combatants or their guardian, Ex-combatants with disabilities, designated as a “Vulnerable Group” to whom PGDR has designed a specific strategy to assist them.
Estimated are that 1750-2000 of the 28000 disabled who will be demobilised are severely disabled: para-, hemi-, tetraplegic, multiple limb amputees, deaf, blind, mentally disabled,… They are the specific target group of this project.
The objective of the project is to deliver technical assistance to IRSEM to create conditions for social reintegration and physical rehabilitation in order to prevent or minimise the dependency for specialised services for ex-combatants with severe disabilities
Your tasks
Provide TA, organise and identify specialists for the following activities which will be reviewed by the results of the needs assessments:
PREPARATION PHASE
- Organizing contracted out medical, psychological and social (environmental) assessment of beneficiaries in order to come to an individual screening plan
- Training of the assessment teams
- Identification of failure in terms of specialised medical and rehabilitation care, specialised training, psychological support and supply of technical and human support.
- Formulating an action plan to improve Angolan service delivery to target group
IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PLAN, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
- Contracting partners to supply of auxiliary means for physical rehabilitation, including prosthesis, crutch/walking-stick, wheelchairs, tricycles, hearing devices, visual aids or others which may be considered necessary
- Contracting of special services (or to strengthen existing services) such as eye care services, consultants for psychology support, hearing device delivery and consultants, orthopedic and esthetic surgery and neurology services.
- Development of occupational therapy activities and special tools
- Contracting supplementary assistance for daily activities
- Contracting long term medical care (home care and sanitary education of the disabled). Access to specialised consultations, supply of medical and pharmaceutical assistance and/or daily technical support
- Organizing specialised nursing training (to the disabled person, his/her family or others) by professional Health personnel in: transfers at home, urine and stool evacuation, physiotherapeutic exercises, warning signals, circulation problems, epilepsy crises orientation, orientation for psychological and psychiatrist disorder.
- Contracting of specific training for persons with lacking sensorial sensitivity, such as sign language for the deaf, improvement of tactile habits and blind orientation and other communication techniques.
Your qualification
- University degree in physical or neurological rehab or relevant field
- Minimum of 7 years professional experience, of which 3 years in international projects
- At least 3 years of experience in the provision of social services for People with disability
- Work experience in technical assistance projects funded by WB or other development agencies advantageous
- Relevant work experience in the region
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent command of Portuguese and English
- Excellent degree of stress tolerance and flexibility
Commencement
Expected date of commencement is February 2008. The period of execution will be 12 months.
Contact
For further information please contact
Mrs. Annette Mueller-Roth
Phone: +49 61 96 79-1483
e-mail: Annette.Mueller-Roth@gtz.de
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