Conflict Sensitivity Consultancy At Handicap International – Humanity & Inclusion

About Humanity & Inclusion (HI)

Our vision: Outraged at 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 in dignity.

Our mission: HI is an independent and impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work 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.**

On its 35th anniversary, the Handicap International network changed its name to Humanity & Inclusion.

Our Values: Humanity; Inclusion; Commitment; Integrity**

Objective of the consultancy

CONTEXT OF THE CONSULTANCY

HI aims at improving disability, diversity, age and gender (DGA)-inclusive conflict-sensitive (CS) analyses to improve the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC), and thus centrality of protection in humanitarian responses. The consultancy requiring an Inclusive Humanitarian Action Specialist will support the GPC, interfacing with the main partner’s contacts, in coordinating the team efforts including the one from HelpAge, and liaising with the HQ teams in improving HI ability to support inclusive and conflict sensitivity throughout the HPC.

Crisis have evolved to become more protracted, with people facing a multitude of heightened shocks and long-term stresses. Exposure to risks is driven by the interaction of multiple compounding factors such as disability, diversity, gender, age elements as well as other environmental factors (social, economic and cultural conditions of different contexts). This challenges the resilience of target populations, as well as the resilience of the humanitarian system itself. The existing vulnerabilities and discriminations are increased by systemic disruptions and inability of duty-bearers to ensure the centrality of protection, with an emphasis on starting with the perspective of those experiencing violence, coercion and deprivation.

HI’s understanding of and approach to disability inclusion is grounded in internationall humanitarian law, human rights frameworks, in particular the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In the humanitarian context, this approach requires us and other humanitarian actors to address the barriers that hinder persons with disabilities from accessing humanitarian assistance and protection, and to acknowledge their capacity to participate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of humanitarian action.

Intersectionality is a way of thinking to expose and respond to the ways in which multiple layers of discrimination due to the interaction of multiple factors (e.g. disability, age, gender) may result in increased risks and exclusion: It enables a nuanced understanding of people’s needs, capacities and experiences.

Our approach to conflict sensitivity (CS) aims at promoting an understanding of contextual dynamics, shocks and stresses that can also lead to barriers to access and thus poor delivery of humanitarian aid, and worse, aid that deteriorates the conflict dynamics that led to the exclusion of vulnerable persons in the first place.

General Objective: This consultancy is created as part of abovementioned project to second the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) aiming to in improve disability, diversity, age and gender (DGA)-inclusive conflict-sensitive (CS) by enhancing evidence, learnings, and establishing tools and mechanisms for the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and partners leadership and coordination on inclusive humanitarian action.

The selected consultant will join a team of 2 consultants (1 HI (CS) & 1 HelpAge) dedicated to a technical advisory and capacity develop project to establish a roadmap and initial set of tools to support the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and partners leadership and coordination on inclusive humanitarian action lead by HI.

This specific consultancy aims at providing extra support to initial launch of GPC project by supporting project teams in baseline analysis.

Deliverables

· Support HI in baseline cross-analysis of GPC context analysis tools.

· Production of an analysis of the main relevant tools and methodologies, highlighting gaps in Conflict-Sensitivity; report of not more than 10 pages including annexes.

· Conduct relevant interviews with key stakeholders, users or coordinators involved in GPC system; min 10 interviews with minutes

· Support brainstorming on methodologies to merge Conflict Scans and Barrier to access methodologies.

Recommended profile of consultant

The consultant should present the following requirements and experience:

• Conflict sensitivity expertise in complex humanitarian contexts (three years);
• Strong knowledge and understanding of humanitarian coordination and linked operational and organizational set-up (three years);
• Strong experience in the revision and development of tools for the integration of Conflict Sensitivity related dynamics into the strategic and operational framework of humanitarian actors (three years);
• Excellent understanding of MEAL system and Feedback and Response mechanisms as well knowledge and proved experience in conducting baselines and supporting the development of monitoring and evaluation framework in Conflict Sensitivity related issues (three years).

SERVICE DURATION AND LOCATION

50 work days

Work days will be distributed between October 2021 and February 2022.

Service location: Lyon/Brussels/Geneva, exact location (s) to be clarified and discussed later