Career Opportunity at Handicap International

EXPECTED OUTPUTS :

• An advocacy-oriented analysis of child protection stakeholders, dynamics and factors as well as the current situation of vulnerable children including those with disabilities exposed to sexual violence based on the existing documents (For HI: Baselines documents, programmatic evaluation of the Ubuntu Care project. In addition of available papers documenting the situation of children from other actors) in Burundi

• Country-specific recommendations as well as a detailed roadmap for developing an advocacy strategy

• Specific expectations of the content of the expected outputs will be discussed with HI teams, both at HQ and country levels, before the assignment.

MAIN ACTIVITIES PLANNED :

Review main project and evaluation documents, baselines and reports

Review of existing documents of others local and international actors describing the situation of vulnerable children exposed to sexual violence

Briefings and interview with key actors of the projects

2 Workshops - one with children and another one with the main actors that will support the content of the advocacy reports

Finalise the two reports

EXPECTED QUALIFICATIONS :

• Masters in human rights, social sciences or any equivalent and relevant experience

• Extensive experience (minimum 4 years) in writing advocacy reports – at least 5 reports already written

• Experience in working with children with and without disabilities

• Fluent in French is a must, English and Kirundi is desirable

• Adhering and respecting the organisation’s child safeguarding measures

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF THE MISSION :

• A total of 30 consultancy days between June and August 2017 (detailed planning and allocation between field and home-based work to be suggested by applicant with a minimum of 10 days in Burundi)

• A debriefing session will be organised at the end of the mission in Burundi with Burundi’s team and the Regional Technical Coordinator

• Final reports delivered within a month after the end of field mission

BUDGET : 10,000 EUR (inclusive of taxes and all costs related to the mission). The Burundi country programme will provide support for the organisation/logistics of the mission.

APPLICATIONS : The applicants should submit their application including:

• CV, including 3 references or previous publications/reports.

• A technical proposal with detailed response to the TOR, with specific focus addressing the scope of work and methodology to be used

• Initial work plan based on methodology outlined, and indication of availability

• Financial proposal