Position:                             Physical Rehabilitation Officer

Location:                            80% of the time in the field “Reyhanli” and 20% in RI’s office in                                                    “Gaziantep”

Reports to:                        Physical rehabilitation coordinator

Duration:                           6 months

About RI: Relief International is a leading nonprofitable organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty. Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach —which we call the RI Way— emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

Position Summary:         

The position will be responsible for the provision of technical oversight in respect to the quality of services provided by RI’s supported facility for the physical rehabilitation and prosthetics center in Rehanyli – Turkey. The Physical rehabilitation officer will provide technical assistance to RI’s partners, as well as coordinating activities at the targeted facility with an aim of improving the quality of services. S/He will ensure that procedures and protocols are duly followed at the targeted facility at all times.

Position Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To carry out regular technical and quality analysis for P&O and physical therapy components.
2. To ensure the technical quality of the rehabilitation services delivered to the project beneficiaries.
3. To maintain a comprehensive rehabilitation approach, ensuring proper team work between P&O technicians and physiotherapists.
4. To assess the Physical rehab team’s difficulties and needs for safe and effective implementation of care, identify specific training needs and then share them with the Rehab Coordinator.
5. To deliver trainings to partners’ rehabilitation staff on tools and guidelines that are useful for the project implementation.
6. To ensure proper application of the beneficiary rehab pathway that is designed by RI’ technical team.
7. To ensure proper and quality technical assessment and documentation that comply with RI’s rehabilitation guidelines .
8. To contribute towards technical data collection for the purposes of the post rehabilitation monitoring to ensure quality services in RI’s center.
9. To contribute toward identifying and coordinating beneficiaries for technical review that will be conducted by the Rehab Coordinator and/or P&O consultant.
10. To follow up closely and provide direct supervision on the program activities and ensure that they are aligned with the RI’s technical framework and tools including identification, assessment, treatment, prescription and delivery of the prosthetic and orthotic devices, discharge process and follow up visits.
11. To perform case management and weekly meetings with the partner’s staff and share the outcomes with to the Rehab Coordinator.
12. To participate actively in any comprehensive need’s assessment and stakeholders mapping across all relevant areas in Turkey.
13. To coordinate the necessary formal and on-the-job training as requested.
14. To ensure the translation of physical rehabilitation tools and guidelines upon request.
15. To write monthly updates on PT and P&O services and shared them with the Rehab Coordinator.
16. To prepare and update a monthly action plan with clear objectives.
17. To participate actively in Health unit meetings.
18. To respect the confidentiality of all information and data.
19. All other duties and tasks as assigned by the line manager.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Formal education or professional training in prosthetics or physiotherapy.
• 2-3 years’ experience working in a similar field.
• Proven experience in training needs identification, training development, mentoring and coaching in middle income countries.
• Experience working with NGOs in humanitarian or development contexts would be preferred.
• Excellent written and spoken English. Arabic language knowledge will be an added advantage .
• Must have the ability to work effectively with various personalities and cultures .
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and at times remotely.

RI Values:

• We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence.
• We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities.
• We value
  • Inclusiveness
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Agility and innovation
  • Collaboration
  • Sustainability

Professional Standards

All Relief International members (staff, volunteers and interns) are committed to the RI policies such as, RI Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, Reporting Conflict of Interest, Reporting Misconduct, Reporting Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All new comers are expected to adhere to all these policies.

Disclaimer Clause 

This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skills, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with position.

How to Apply

In case you meet the requirements and that you are interested in the position, please send your CV in English to turkey.recruitment@ri.org   before the 31 October 2018 stating in the subject “Physical Rehabilitation Officer“. In addition a 3 professional references. All candidates must be eligible to work in Turkey (residence permit or AFAD Card from Gaziantep) or have a valid Turkey ID.