Rehabilitation Technical Officer - Darfur

About the role

Humanity & Inclusion is recruiting a Physical and Functional Rehabilitation Technical Officer for its Darfur response, working under the direct supervision of the Project Manager. The role oversees and gives technical guidance on physical and functional rehabilitation activities, ensuring quality of service delivery and compliance with HI's technical protocols and national and international rehabilitation standards. It leads the resumption and strengthening of physiotherapy services in rehabilitation centres across North Darfur and through mobile delivery within Primary Health Care Centres, supports physiotherapists and other health workers, and contributes to assessing the physical rehabilitation sector in Sudan.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to project leaders and specialists, ensure activities follow quality protocols, adapt project documentation to technical standards, develop tools and contribute to regular reporting with the MEAL team
• Support technical learning: share information with specialists, collect material for capitalization and scientific documentation, implement audit recommendations and evaluate projects
• Contribute to technical recruitment, lead initial training for physiotherapy and functional rehabilitation, help build a local talent pool and organise technical trainings
• Ensure data collection and processing follow IM/MEAL rules and contribute to monitoring and evaluation
• Represent HI's technical expertise in local, regional and international networks, write project content and proposals, and relay advocacy messages
• Contribute to emergency preparedness and adapt work during emergencies

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in physiotherapy with at least 2 years of clinical experience in paediatric or physical rehabilitation
• Good knowledge of physical and functional rehabilitation protocols and national and international guidelines
• Experience in a humanitarian organization and in community-based and rehabilitation-centre-based activities
• Training-of-trainers certification in childhood development stimulation, including stimulation therapy (an asset)
• Able to work in a multidisciplinary team; English is essential, Arabic is an asset

What we offer

• 11-month international contract starting 1 January 2027, with social cover (unemployment insurance for EU nationals, pension scheme, medical coverage with 50% employee contribution, repatriation insurance)
• Salary from 2,346 EUR gross per month depending on experience, plus 685 EUR net per month per diem and 500 EUR net hardship allowance
• 25 paid days off per year, R&R every 8 weeks, housing provided by HI