Job Description

Regional Technical Head of Program : Mashriq Regional Division
Duration: 24 months
Desire Start Date: May 1st 2026
Location: Amman - Jordan
Application deadline: March 22nd

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development & humanitarian projects in more than 55 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 200 million euros, with 4,000 employees worldwide.

At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.

Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview. For more information about the organisation: www.hi.org

JOB CONTEXT :

HI’s Middle East Regional Programme (MASHRIQ) coordinates missions in 4 different countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq). The region will certainly evolve in the near future.

The regional division is covering the full mandate of HI, going from emergency / humanitarian action to development. There are 5 main sectors of intervention: rehabilitation, education, early child development, basic needs / economic recovery and armed violence reduction. Inclusion Humanitarian Action is both crosscutting within main sectors and sometimes a standalone intervention. Since 7th October 2023, the whole regional context has erupted, with not only consequences in Palestine (Gaza & West Bank) but also in several countries of the region outside its current portfolio.

YOUR MISSION :

Under the responsibility of the Country Director, the Technical Head of Programme (THoP) is responsible for defining and steering HI’s technical strategy in Palestine.

As a key member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the THoP ensures that HI’s programme design and delivery are needs-based, inclusive, technically sound, and aligned with HI’s global frameworks and sectoral standards.

The THoP leads on the development of innovative, quality programming across sectors and works closely with the Country Director, Operations Manager, MEAL, and Business Development functions.

The THoP will manage a team composed by: The technical unit with 5 to 8 technical specialists and the MEAL unit with 3 to 4 MEAL & IM staff, as well as the Business Development unit with 2 or 3 staff. The THoP will interact with internal and external actors.

The THoP is working under the regional program (MASHRIQ), reporting directly to the regional director. He/she will be based in Amman, Jordan, with regular visits to the various countries within the portefolio. Within the Mashriq regional program, the THoP position is key to support the country managers and their team in their strategy development, technical orientation as well as fund raising.

In this framework, the main responsibilities of the THoP are:

Responsibility 1: Strategy & management

Proposes the development of the programmatic framework of the regional operation strategy (StratOp), based on an analysis of the sectoral context, following the federal technical straegy (Stra Tech) and Development Plans of the Emergency, Atlas and Impact-Innovation-Information divisions, in conjunction with the operational teams.
Ensures the deployment of cross-cutting approaches within programming, promotes cross-sectoral synergies and intervention themes.
Proposes the design and evolution of the programme's technical support, based on the skills of the technical specialists and technical profiles assigned to the projects, and according to the key priority sectors and the skills of the project managers.
Contributes, at least once a year, (regarding its projects and data) to the annual monitoring of the regional strategy and to the planning of the following year's programmes (i.e. support missions and evaluations).
Ensures the MEAL part of the Operational Strategy, pilots the related action plan and the strategy monitoring tool.

Responsibility 2: Development of the social mission and programmatic vision

Defines the regional funding strategy for new themes or innovations in existing sectors, ensures the development of opportunities for each theme within its scope, proposes the geographical development of HI sectors, and ensures the conformity of the technical proposal with nexus issues.
Provides support to the regional director as well as to country managers in considering the development of new value propositions (including needs assessment, feasibility, strategic alliances, major contracts. ).
Contributes to the development of the fundraising strategy, in coordination with the Country Managers / Operations Manager / Business Developer Officer, and support the affiliated countries in the development and implementation of their fundraising plans.
Leads the transformation of financial opportunities into projects.
Produces and drives the design of major projects (multiple countries, one or more themes) or new projects in the region.
Identifies and develops regional or local partnerships and/or consortia with NGOs, institutions, companies on technical priorities or important themes in the region.

Responsibility 3: Quality standards and expertise with the MEAL and technical profiles within the region

Ensures that project managers receive appropriate technical and methodological guidance and support from MEAL team members and specialists based at headquarters or at programme level.

Ensures quality control of projects and the programme and raises alerts and recommendations.

Follows up the implementation of recommendations from support missions, evaluation or audit, as

appropriate.

Ensures a local sectoral watch and collects good practices.

In connection with the MEAL missions:

Ensures the improvement of the quality of project management processes, as defined by the Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) policy

Leads the improvement of HI's response, including the implementation of impact and effect measurement tools.

Establishes mechanisms for accountability to beneficiaries.

Ensures the appropriation of programmes and HI's frameworks and learning methodologies globally.

Supports the monitoring of projects.
Ensures that specialists develop a local professional channel/talent pool and contributes to the animation of the professional channel of the technical divisions and the MEALs.
Ensures the development of research and innovation projects in the region, when appropriate.
Ensures deployment and compliance with global frameworks, institutional policies and standards.

Responsibility 4: Representation

Represents HI's expertise in all relevant networks at regional level.

Supports the specialists, the regional director or country managers in the representation towards partners, institutional donors and authorities.

Contributes to advocacy (including evidence-based) on specific issues, in line with the regional strategy and federal advocacy priorities.

Contributes locally to communication messages, in line with the regional strategy and federal communication priorities.

Responsibility 5: Emergency prepardness and response

Leads the emergency preparedness actions in his/her department and, in case of emergency, reorganizes the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian imperative, in order to ensure a rapid and effective response from HI.

Requirements

You have a minimum of 5 year’s experiences in humanitarian development with experience in project management (multi or complex)
You have a previous experience in one of HI's technical sectors of intervention.

Competencies

English language skills
You have strong managerial skills: Being able to develop team members: developing the ability of staff to work independently.
You know how to position yourself to make things happen
Excellent organization and time management skills: you know how to simplify and prioritize
You're a good communicator
Ability to manage stress
Empathy
Autonomy and flexibility

Please note that, in the event of equal competence, priority will be given to internal candidates.

Benefits

CONDITIONS :
At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission.