Job Description

PHYSIOTHERAPIST TRAINERS_HODEIDA

Contextualization

HI have been intervening in Yemen on and off for the last 12 years, with its actions initially focused on development issues, notably through the support to the development of physical and functional rehabilitation services for people with disabilities as well as through the capacity-building of the national networks of Yemen Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs). 
Since 2015, HI interventions have been adapted to the current context of conflict in Yemen. With the support of different donors, HI has been supporting two hospitals and one physical and functional rehabilitation center in Sana'a City, building the capacities of their key staff in early rehabilitation care and psychological first aid (including specifically for children), supplying rehabilitation equipment, and directly providing functional rehabilitation care and psychosocial support to war affected people (including through the donation of assistive devices and provision of Prosthesis). In 2017, these activities have extended to new facilities in and around Sana’a.
In parallel, HI implements inclusive humanitarian action, by increasingly piloting inclusive interventions and promoting disability inclusive coordination and programming through the coordination system and the inclusion task force, and technical support and capacity development to UN agencies, NGO’s and increasingly networks and focal points of persons with disabilities and awareness raising activity with communities.
HI activities are very consolidated in Sana’a governorate, Aden, which opened in 2019, and Mokha, which started implementing in 2020. Activities in Hajjah have been launched early 2022, and Hodeida activities are expected to start in 2022.

 Under the responsibility of the Health Project Supervisor and the technical supervision of the Rehabilitation Technical Officer, the physiotherapist Trainer (PTT) will ensure the quality of physiotherapist services delivered by HI and its partners to people in need. The PTT will be responsible to provide technical training and coaching on physiotherapy techniques and physical and functional rehabilitation to HI rehabilitation teams and medical staff of health facilities/partners in the intervention areas.

Missions / responsabilities

Line manager: Senior Health Project Supervisor
Line manager +1 : Project Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS DESCRIPTION: 

Responsibility 1: TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING PLAN 

• Participate in making the assessment of the physiotherapists’ and rehabilitation workers’ capacity and prioritize training needs for an effective implementation of rehabilitation care in coordination with the line manager and Rehabilitation Technical Officer (RTO); 
• Support the development of capacity building plan for the rehabilitation team in line with HI standards from identified training needs in close coordination with the line manager, Project Manager (PM), RTO and Rehabilitation Technical Specialist (RTS) 
• Review all the existing capacity building approaches and design effective approaches which ensure quality of capacity building component 

Responsibility 2: PROVISION OF TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING 

• Provide qualitative trainings, in line with HI standards and in close collaboration with RTO, to the incentive’s rehabilitation professionals in 
• methods, approaches, tools and techniques useful for ensuring the quality of HI interventions in physical and functional rehabilitation; 
• Ensure the trainees’ understanding and participation, and the good atmosphere of the sessions, according to the training methodology; 
• Provide on-the-job training and coaching to identified incentive staffs on rehabilitation skills (including providing directly the rehabilitation care to the more complex cases when facing high workload in the health facility or service provision set-up); 
• Follow-up closely all the different trainings provided and develop relevant monitoring tools to measure training impact. 
• Support he line manager in ensuring effective logistic of training sessions and other activities 

Responsibility 3: ENSURE ONGOING QUALITY ASSURANCE 

• Regularly directly supervise the work of incentive rehabilitation professionals and set out individual staff performance and development plans in close collaboration with the RTO and line manager. 
• Provide on-the-job and structured follow up trainings to incentive workers to ensure quality of services 
• Prepare, organize and follow-up the incentive worker’s work plans in close collaboration with the line manager 
• Actively promote the implementation of the comprehensive approach with MHPSS 

Responsibility 4: REPORTING 

• Identify and report some case studies and success stories discussed with the rehabilitation staff to the RTO, RTS and other relevant HI staff; 
• Attend staff meetings, activities and trainings as requested by relevant HI staff. 
• Provide regular reporting to your line manager and the RTO upon their solicitation; 
• Ensure regular and qualitative use of the management tools including beneficiary file, assessment and referral forms, data collection, weekly activity reports and statistics. 
• Report any technical issues faced to your line manager, PM and RTO, without delays and with suggestions for improvement. 
• Provide relevant feedback and analysis on the impact of the trainings and coaching through the training reports or other relevant reports. 
• Ensure all means of verification are implemented during the trainings (including assessment of the impact of the training, attendance sheets, etc) 
• Contribute to the analysis of the data extracted from project monitoring tools, in close collaboration with the PS and PM. 

Responsibility 5: COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION 

• Strong link with the RTO and RTS is maintained with regular communication 
• Regular communication is maintained with the other technical sectors according to the needs to ensure and promote a comprehensive approach.    
• As you are an HI representative in the facility, ensure appropriate and effective communication and collaboration with other staff in service in the health facility 

Note that this job description must remain flexible, to respond to additional tasks or changes as identified by the line manager.

PROFILE SOUGHT / JOB REQUIREMENTS

Qualification     

• Preferred qualification: Master's degree in Physiotherapy 
• Mandatory qualification: Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy 

Experience     

• Minimum of seven years of experience as a physiotherapist 
• Experience in training adults in the relevant field 
• Proficiency in English is preferred, both in oral and written communication. 
• Exposure to the concept of Inclusion and knowledge on disability sector will be an added advantage. 
• Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of database.. 

Skills     

• Good interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Sound coordination and networking skills 
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary team. 

TIME SCHEDULE 

• The working hours are the following: Sunday to Thursday – 8.00 to 4.30 (with 30 minutes lunch break). Note that the working time can go up to 48 hours per week (according to the local labor law) if it is required by the volume of activities and by the line manager. 

CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE 

• As the position is involved in sensitive topics, he/ she must observe absolute discretion within and outside the organization. 
• A non-respect of this clause might have immediate dismissal as a result. 
• Any breach of the above-mentioned responsibilities, of the Conditions of Engagement may be sanctioned by a written warning or immediate dismissal if appropriate.

Job Conditions 

• The salary will be defined according to HI’s existing salary scale 
• Based in Hodeida, with frequent movements to the field. 
• 30 days leave/year + benefits (transport allowance, health insurance, life insurance) 
• The working hours are the following: 8:00 to 16:30 (with 30 minutes lunch break) from Sunday to Thursday. 
• Note that working time can go up to 48 hours per week (according to the Yemen labor law) if it is required by the volume of activities and by the line manager.