Rehabilitation Project Manager
Application pack
© William Daniels/Handicap International
Handicap International is an award-winning international development charity that is looking for a committed and dynamic person to develop an exciting new project to ensure injured people access critical rehabilitation services following natural disaster and conflict crises. The project aims to develop a register of British rehabilitation professionals ready to be deployed overseas in the event of an earthquake or similar disaster, to be integrated into a multi-disciplinary trauma response team. Your primary role will be to identify and include rehabilitation professionals on the national trauma register, and to train and support them both before and during deployments.
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Handicap International is an independent international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.
Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we take action and raise awareness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respects for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Handicap International is co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on the Mine Ban Treaty. Our organisation was also awarded the 2011 Hilton Humanitarian prize in recognition of our contribution to alleviating human suffering and supporting the most vulnerable people.
Handicap International UK is a member of the Handicap International Federation. Since its creation in 1999, Handicap International UK has developed its own sense of identity to suit the UK market within the wider framework of Handicap International.
One of Handicap International UK’s priorities is to assert our identity in the UK as a leading humanitarian actor, acting in both conflict and natural disasters to provide essential and life-saving assistance to affected populations. We work closely with a range of other humanitarian charities, and have been recognised by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for our role in early disaster response.
Equal opportunities policy
Handicap International UK (HI UK) values diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Employee Benefits
All full-time employees are entitled to 28 days holiday per year in addition to UK public holidays.
Training and development opportunities are open to all staff, and will be provided in order to support them to fulfil their roles.
HI UK supports its employees by paying for relevant professional membership fees.
Salaries are regularly reviewed to attract, develop, motivate and retain the appropriate calibre of employees.
We offer family-friendly benefits for staff members with a young family to look after – flexible working, homeworking, a maternity/paternity/adoption and parental leave policy.
We offer a competitive pension scheme. After 3 months’ service, HI UK offers an amount equivalent to up to 4% of your gross annual salary to be paid into its stakeholder pension scheme (or another scheme of your choice), on condition that you match the amount.
As part of its commitment to its work with disabled people, HI UK aims to adhere to the ‘two ticks’ standard in its employment practices. We have a comprehensive equality and diversity policy.
We also offer a Worklife Support Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential information, support and counselling.
Our office is conveniently located a 5-minute walk from Waterloo station, in the heart of the vibrant South Bank area.
1.JOB TITLERehabilitation Project Manager
2.ORGANISATIONHandicap International UK (HI UK)
3.SALARY£32,707-35,744full time, based on experience, plus benefits
4.DEPARTMENTEmergency Department
5.REPORTING TOHIUK Director (UK) and Head of Emergency Technical Unit (France)
6.RESPONSIBLE FORNo direct line management
7.KEY LINKAGESHead of Knowledge Management unit, Training technical advisor.
8.DURATIONFull time from July 2013to June 2015 (2 years)
9.LOCATION Based in London SE1, with frequent travel within the UK, Europe and overseas
10.PURPOSE OF THE POST
- Identify, train and integrate British rehabilitation professionals (physiotherapists, occupational therapists) onto a national trauma register for overseas deployments
- Provide pre-deployment rehabilitation training to surgeons, nurses and other medical members of the national register
- Provide field and/or distance-based technical support to deployed rehabilitation professionals to ensure adequate quality control
11.BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Handicap International UK has been approached by UK Med (a British charity) and the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) to develop the rehabilitation component of the UK International Emergency Trauma Register, housed and managed by UK Med. UK Med facilitates the deployment of UK health workers to conflicts and natural disasters and has successfully deployed essential medical professionals to a range of disaster contexts, providing much-needed surge capacity in the aftermath of a crisis. To date, the majority of the members of UK Med’s register and subsequently deployed are surgical, leaving a major gap in the training and deployment of rehabilitation professionals to crises with high levels of injuries. Rehabilitation is a core component of trauma care, and as such early deployment of rehabilitation professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary crisis-response team is essential, particularly where numbers of injured persons is significant. Merlin, a UK-based medical charity, is partnering with the project to develop an emergency field hospital platform.
Your primary focus will be to identify and integrate rehabilitation professionals onto the national register, provide them with adequate training, and accompany them during deployments. Your expertise will also be called to integrate rehabilitation components into the standard operating procedures for the field hospital platform managed by Merlin. Finally, you will also be responsible for training the other medical members of the register, supporting pre-deployment overseas visits, and contributing to the development and dissemination of good practices and publications based on field experiences.
12.MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Identify and integrate rehabilitation professionals onto the national trauma register
a)Engage with UK rehabilitation networks and professional societies to increase awareness of the national trauma register, and to identify potential members
b)Identify other relevant opportunities to disseminate information on the register and identify potential candidates (conferences, seminars, hospitals, etc)
c)Work closely with UK Med to integrated identified professionals onto the register
Exert quality control over the rehabilitation services provided
a)In relation with other HI colleagues, develop technical training modules: identify key messages, develop module contents, utilise a variety of training formats (including e-learning), etc
b)Execute technical training modules with register members, to ensure they have the required knowledge to provide rehabilitation in disaster contexts
c)In the case of large disasters, accompany register members during deployments overseas to oversee the work
d)Participate to the development of rehabilitation kit lists (assistive devices, rehabilitation equipment and consumables) for use during deployments
Ensure rehabilitation is fully integrated into the medical trauma response
a)Integrate rehabilitation components into training provided to medical (surgical, nursing, etc) members of the register
b)Work with Merlin to ensure rehabilitation is fully integrated into the standard operating procedures for the field hospital platform
c)Organise at least two overseas pre-deployment exposure visit to a Handicap International programme for register members
Contribute to the collection and dissemination of knowledge from this project
a)Develop a system to collect data and good practices from the project
b)With the knowledge management unit and our partners, identify opportunities to share good practices internally and externally (conferences, papers, publications)
c)Contribute to a wider evaluation of the entire register and deployment project
Other
a)Participate in internal meetings and events as necessary.
b)Represent HI UK at external events as necessary.
c)Undertake any other reasonable duty consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility.
Person Specification:Rehabilitation Project Manager
ESSENTIAL / Applicationpack / Interview / Assessment
Significant experience as a physiotherapist or occupational therapist in inpatient settings / /
Proven expertise working in humanitarian contexts / /
Practical knowledge of international organisations and networks linked to rehabilitation in humanitarian contexts / /
Strong training and facilitation skills for a wide range of audiences
/ / Experience managing and supervising staff / /
Excellent writing skills and proven experience of producing clear documents / /
Excellent networking, relationship-building skills / /
Strong planning and organisational skills, with an ability to manage a number of tasks simultaneously, prioritise, meet deadlines / /
Ability to gain results working as part of a multi-cultural, transnational education team / /
Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office & Internet) / /
A willingness to work variable hours, with occasional weekend and evening work and to travel (worldwide) / /
DESIRABLE / Application
form / Interview / Assessment
Spoken and written French / / /
Project methodology (PME approach) / /
Budget management / /
Working knowledge of software such as LMS, Blackboard elluminate or similar /
You must have the right to work in the UK
Please send your CV and covering letter highlighting how you best match the person specification, skills and experience required to . Deadline forapplications is the 11thof July, 2013.
Handicap International UK, 27 Broadwall, London, SE1 9PL
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