Contextualization
Honduras is a country characterized by a high level of crime. According to a study by the National Police: in 2022 there were 3,397 homicides, which represents a homicide rate of 35.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, a figure that is still high for a country that does not experience an internal war. The global average homicide rate tolerated by the United Nations is 8.8 per 100,000 population. Two of its cities (Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula) are on the list of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world. In general, the deaths are attributed to a greater extent to organized crime and gangs known as “maras”, which dispute territories for the sale of drugs and extortion. Indeed,gangs and gangs exercise strong control in the neighborhoods of the main cities of Honduras through threats and persecutions. The most recognized gangs are Salvatrucha (MS13) and gang 18, but there are other smaller gang groups such as Talangeños, Olanchos, Terreños, Copetín, Chirizos, West Side, Mara 61, among others.
Young people between the ages of 18 and 30 continue to be the main victims of homicide with 38% of the total victims. Firearms continue to be the main weapon used in homicides in Honduras, reaching 77.3% and 68.7% in men and women respectively (undp.org, 2022). Ten municipalities concentrated 39% of the total homicides: Central District, San Pedro Sula, Choloma, Catacamas, La Ceiba, Juticalpa, Danlí, Tocoa, Olanchito and Comayagua.
One of the most worrying crimes in the country is femicide, which has the highest rate in Latin America with 4.6 cases per 100,000 women. Between January and October 2022, there were 252 violent deaths of women. Likewise, the LGTBIQ community in Honduras is also a recurring victim, since 46 people belonging to this community were killed in 2022.
On the other hand, another frequent crime in the country is extortion. In 2022, extortion in Honduras increased 153% compared to 2021, reaching the second highest record of the decade with 1,824 complaints. Sixty-two percent of extortion complaints are concentrated in two municipalities: the Central District and San Pedro Sula.
Nine percent of extortion is recorded in urban areas and 60% of victims are people between the ages of 31 and 50 (Assistant Secretary for Police Security; 2022). While gangs and gangs in cities exercise control, in rural areas, the groups in control are the drug cartels. In areas with drug cartels, there are generally no gangs or gangs. In fact, Honduras has historically been a transit country for cocaine leaving South America. Specifically, the jungle region of the Mosquitia has been ideal for international cocaine trafficking. This area has been the main gateway, by sea, air and land, for the past two decades.
The location is strategic: its border with Nicaragua is porous, it has a wide coastline on the Caribbean Sea and dense jungles that are difficult to access. From here the main drug corridors to Guatemala, Mexico and the United States feed. Furthermore, the Mosquitia offers an attraction for criminal networks: the almost total absence of the State and the complicity of some representatives of its weak institutions.
Based on the HI evaluation carried out in May 2023, the main risks in Honduras are: Urban area = assaults, robberies, sexual violence, roadblocks / seizures, extortion. Rural area = traffic accidents due to poor road conditions (landslides), floods / hurricanes, crossfire, roadblocks.
PRESENTATION
Humanity & Inclusion ( HI ) is the new name for Handicap International. HI is an independent and impartial aid and development organization, without religious or political affiliations, operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work together with people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live with dignity. HI has missions in 60 countries, 7 of them in Latin America.
On the continent, HI is present in Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru and Venezuela, implementing projects at the national and regional levels. As part of our strategy we are also analyzing operations in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama). The projects implemented by HI or through its partners in Latin America are organized around three axes: (i) health (mental health and psychosocial support, rehabilitation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, protection against gender-based violence), (ii) protection (protection against violence, inclusive risk management, humanitarian demining and integrated action against mines, mine risk education, victim assistance, conflict transformation);iii) inclusive education and sustainable livelihoods (inclusive education, economic and financial inclusion).
For more information about the organization: http://www.hi.org; http://www.hi-lac.org
Mission context
HI implemented several contracts in Honduras between 1999 and 2010, in the areas of community-based rehabilitation (RBC), inclusive education, early detection, inclusion of people with disabilities in inclusive disaster risk management. Honduras was then part of a regional program for Central America, with operations also in Nicaragua and El Salvador. In 2021, after a needs analysis, HI decided to reopen its operations in this country. HI operations in the country could focus on: emergency response, support for vulnerable people and protection of their fundamental rights in disaster contexts, violence and poverty; Responding to the migration situation, including access to livelihoods, health, SMAPS and protection services;Inclusive disaster risk management, based on HI’s previous experience in LAC; Support to civil society and local authorities for inclusive policies and data; e Economic Inclusion for vulnerable people with disabilities.
Currently, it does not have permanent staff, but technical assistance activities are carried out through missions. HI is providing technical support on disability inclusion to a consortium in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. A consultancy is also supporting the organization in positioning HI in Central America, supporting the presentation of proposals to institutional donors and supporting the implementation of technical assistance activities. The reactivation of the local HI registry is expected to be achieved in the first half of 2024 in order to strengthen the deployment of activities in the country.
HI has submitted two project proposals to ECHO (HIP 2024) for Honduras, one on inclusive protection case management and the other on developing a care route for people with disabilities. If approved, personnel and operations should be deployed in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula for 12 months.
POST OBJECTIVES
Reporting to the Regional Director for Latin America, the Country Manager of Honduras contributes to the implementation of the mandate and strategy of Humanity and Inclusion within its geographical scope, which may include the identification, planning and supervision of interventions in other Central American countries. It ensures the optimal quality and impact of projects implemented in your country through a delegation system with adequate control mechanisms. With all HI directors and through paradigm shifts, share responsibility for good governance and the effective functioning of the global organization.
DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS
General mission:
Country Manager is the legal representative in the country for all HI, both internally and externally, and promotes HI’s excellent reputation and positive image.
- He is responsible for developing and implementing the project part of the operational strategy of the Regional Division for the country in which it is based.
- Contributes to organizational transformation online with Simplification, Shared Services and ROOTS projects. In case of emergency, it assumes responsibility according to the defined response framework.
- Under the direction of the Technical Unit, the Program Unit, the HAS Unit and the directors of the Support Services, and deploying all appropriate instruments, guarantees the supervision of operations in the country, as well as financial control, compliance with HI policies and frameworks and respect for contractual commitments with donors.
- It actively monitors and analyzes the evolution of the situation in the context of its geographical area to identify risks and opportunities and proposes measures to the Regional Director. If agreed, also in the identification, planning, implementation in other Central American countries.
Responsibilities:
Responsibility 1: Management
one. He is the manager (direct report) of an operational team made up of the country’s project managers.
- Encourages team spirit and teamwork to ensure the necessary synergies and the exchange of good practices among project managers, regional managers and colleagues at headquarters.
- Based on the program’s human resources strategy (on the StratOp), it dimensions and plans human resource needs for projects in the country.
- Recruits and contributes to the professional development, autonomy and well-being at work of project managers in the country: in collaboration with the corresponding professional channels and the regional head of Human Resources, establishes formalized individual objectives, ensures consistency between HI needs and the competencies and motivation of its teams, develops and monitors a competency development plan, evaluates individual performance, contributes to the professional and career development of its supervisors.
- Recognizes individual and collective efforts and performance.
- It embodies and transmits HI values, ensures respect for its code of conduct and institutional policies, monitors individual and collective behaviors, and applies disciplinary measures when necessary.
- Coordinates the daily work interactions between project managers and support teams (technical and shared services, functional links), to facilitate the implementation of the project in the country.
- Conduct regular project reviews with project managers and the regional technical unit, program unit, and support services.
- Attend the meeting of the Division’s Senior Management Team (SMT) provided by the Regional Director and any other space defined with his supervisor.
2. It directs the organizational transformation, through the change of managerial and labor practices and the continuous improvement of work processes.
- Dimension and plan the necessary resources, hire project managers ( guarantee skills adapted to the challenges and ambitions of projects ), develop and monitor their skills development plan, in collaboration with the corresponding professional channels and the regional head of Human Resources.
- Contributes to the fundraising strategy defined in the program’s operational strategy:- Within the operational framework defined in the StratOp, it identifies and transforms financing opportunities in the country, carries out the design and drafting of new projects ( country scope ) and contributes to the design, writing and fundraising of large multi-country projects ( under the responsibility of the PUM ).- Establishes regular contacts with donors on the ground and liaises with the PUM to ensure consistency with overall programming and fundraising strategy. – In coordination with the TUM, it identifies and develops local associations and / or consortia with NGOs, institutions and companies on technical priorities or important issues in the country / region.
- Optimizes resource allocation at the country level and plans accordingly (including support missions) in coordination with the Regional Director
3. Ensures the implementation and compliance of global frameworks, institutional policies and HI standards.
These include mandatory reference frameworks (HI Mission and Values, HI Change Theory: Access to services, etc.), all HI institutional policies (Security / Code of Conduct and Protection / Prevention of Bribery / PME and Project Quality Framework / Gender Age-Disability), all directives and institutional processes; delegation thresholds; security levels.
4. Ensures financial control and monitoring of projects under its responsibility:
Consolidation, control and reporting to the Regional Director on operational and organizational aspects for the country (command tables, corrective measures, unrestricted consumption of funds, etc.).
- Ensures the application of technical quality standards in projects and oversees the Implementation of donor evaluations and audit recommendations at the national level.
- It facilitates internal audits (operational, financial and organizational) and guarantees the application of its recommendations.5. On the potential opportunities and risks, it contributes to the monitoring and analysis of the current evolution of the country, in coordination with the Regional Director.
- At the national level and in coordination with the Regional Director, it implements the analysis and monitoring of risks and opportunities related to the presence and activities of HI; implements the risk mitigation actions decided by the Regional Director; and ensures the implementation of humanitarian surveillance and (when the Regional Director so decides) of an emergency preparedness plan in the country.
- In coordination with the Regional Director and the Regional Security Manager, it implements the security plan and contributes to the construction of a culture of security at the national level
Responsibility 3: Legal representative
3.1 He is the legal representative in the country for all ICs, both internally and externally, and promotes HI’s excellent reputation and positive image. This includes:
- Responsibilities of employer representation and compliance with local labor legislation. Communications on behalf of HI, in coordination with the Regional Director.
- Representation of the HI before local, national, traditional, political, military and diplomatic authorities and organizations.
- Representation of high society before international organizations and coordination mechanisms and systems.
- Negotiation, signing and monitoring of operational associations, in collaboration with the Other Regional Director: Level of delegation.
- Regarding the protection of the beneficiaries, it respects and ensures the respect of institutional policies by the employees under its direction.
- Regarding the management of human resources under its responsibility: o Ensures respect for global institutional and HR policies or Guarantees respect for local labor legislation. Any other service / task related to the program that may be necessary.Other functions assigned to him by his immediate boss that are not incompatible with his position and that are not detrimental to his other functions and working conditions
REQUESTED PROFILE
- Professional or its international equivalent in areas associated with the role: social sciences, politics, international relations, economics, engineering.
- Advanced studies (Master’s)
- A minimum of 5 years of work experience in a similar position
- Previous work experience in an international humanitarian NGO or in an international company.
- HI’s vision, mandate, values and strategy
- Humanitarian principles
- The foundations of disability
- Institutional frameworks
- Theory and practice of the implementation of emergency actions, development and reduction of armed violence
- High elevation service sectors, mandatory cross-cutting approaches and technical reference frameworks
- Geopolitical issues within its scope
- Planning and management
- Risk management (protection of beneficiaries, security, financing, donors, etc.)
- Objectives and contents of transformation projects (simplification, leading change, Manager 2.0, …)
- Enhanced security management (if the country is classified as red / orange).
TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES
- Written and oral communication in Spanish and French or English
- Manager 2.0: Expected competences and behaviors:- Know how to help team members (Goals and evaluations; Feedback),- Know how to position yourself so that things can move forward (A team; Leadership; Functions and responsibilities;- Decision making;- Take risks), Know how to simplify and prioritize (Decide not to;- Adjust the effort; structuring) and “Back to Why?”- Management and leadership of multicultural and multisectoral, face-to-face and remote teams
- Management and continuous improvement practices
- Leading change
- Analysis (geopolitics, environment, relationships) and ethical positioning
- Negotiation and representation (internal and external)
- Anticipation capacity
PERSONAL COMPETENCES
- Ethical values and a constructive and critical mindset
- Leadership: inspires trust, motivates, leads by example, makes and makes decisions
- Benevolent (shows confidence / recognizes achievements)
- Practice and promote autonomy (delegate and motivate) Cooperative / collaborative (ask for feedback / listen to the organization)
- Responsible (internally / externally / to governance)
- Diplomacy
- Bold (sample initiative / entrepreneurship)
- Resilience to stress and uncertainty.
- Capable of self-criticism (listen and seek to improve)
- Pragmatism, ability to adapt with agility
CONDITIONS
Contract type: labor
Duration: 1 year
N ° of vacancies: one
Location: Honduras – Tegucigalpa (with field visits to project locations).
Start date of work: June 2024
Salary: Confidential according to the salary ranges established for said position.
How to apply
How to apply: People interested in applying for this position should send their Life Sheet to the [email protected] indicating in the Subject : DIRECTOR COUNTRY – HONDURAS.
Maximum application date : April 29, 2024.
Important note : “ All labor applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality and must comply with the policies of (Disability, gender and age; PEASS, fight against fraud and corruption, child protection and code of conduct). HI, being an organization that promotes the labor inclusion of people with disabilities, encourages this group of people to apply for this position. If you want to request reasonable adjustments during the application process, send an email to the email [email protected] indicating in the body of the email to our selection team to provide reasonable adjustments to the application. Only people selected for interviews will be contacted ”.
Only people selected for interview will be contacted
