Development Consultant - National Rehabilitation and Reintegration Expert

The RISE program, formerly known as the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Women Affected by Extremism and Violent Extremism program, began in September 2021 and aims to strengthen the skills and competencies of social workers from the 12 different centres of the Mohamed VI Foundation. The Mohammed VI Foundation is legally mandated to reintegrate detainees after their release, including those convicted of terrorist offenses, and works with their family members, including vulnerable women and children returning from conflict zones and/or exposed to extremism and violent extremism. 

Now in year three of the program, the following specific duties will be required of the Development Consultant at the direction of the Program Manager:  

Over-arching Key Deliverable 

A manual of best practices on the rehabilitation and reintegration of women within the framework of post-prison monitoring to be produced and submitted to Hedayah. 

Sub-Outputs  

• Produce a manual of standard operating procedures, in consultation with Hedayah staff, of standard operating procedures and international best practices for the rehabilitation and post-penitentiary reintegration of women and children in the 12 different centers of the Mohamed VI Foundation. This manual aims to harmonize and standardize the different practices across the centers for further dissemination at the centers level. 
  
• During the process of developing the manual, the consultant will have to meet with the Mohamed VI Foundation for a maximum of six meetings during which they will collect relevant information to assist in the formulation of the manual. This will include your attendance at a 2-day expert-meeting to be held in Rabat, Morocco, in addition to collating existing practices and materials that the center might have available. Hedayah will help facilitate meetings with the local institution and oversee the process.
• Identify and summarise lessons learnt and appropriate case studies to inform and complement the proposed manual.
• Support specific project-related activities when required, such as presenting work on the manual to stakeholders and engaging with peer reviewers.
• Provide regular updates during the writing of the manual to representatives of the Mohamed VI Foundation and Hedayah as part of a review committee. 

Qualifications 

• An advanced level university degree (Master’s Degree or academic equivalent) in International Relations, Law, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Social Sciences, Terrorism Studies or related field.  

• Desirable: Interest in the thematic area of women and children and/or prison after-care, rehabilitation and reintegration.  

Experience 

• At least five (5) years of experience in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration at the national and/or international level, including knowledge of Moroccan legislation, frameworks and rights regarding the incarceration and rehabilitation of vulnerable women and children or exposed to extremism; 

• Advanced experience in drafting and compiling policies, manuals, guidelines and standard operating procedures; 

• Extensive and consolidated experience working with governmental or non-governmental organizations and advanced research skills; and 

• Background knowledge of effective rehabilitation and reintegration processes with a specific focus on women who are vulnerable or have been exposed to extremism. 

Key Skills: 

• Planning and organization skills with extensive capabilities to work under pressure and with tight deadlines. 

• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with the stakeholders including effectively managing internal and external relationships with diplomacy and discretion. This includes engaging with cultural sensitivity, a high degree of integrity and the ability to work in multi-cultural teams.  

• A working level of fluency in Arabic is essential (including Moroccan dialect) both in written form and speaking, in addition to English. French is desirable.    

• High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office suite. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  

• Outstanding research, drafting, and editing skills are essential to this position. 

• The contract will be deliverables based and the daily rate will be commensurate with relevant experience and skills.  

• The deliverables should be completed between October 2024 – January 2025, with a final draft with the Hedayah team for further consultation by the end of January 2025. Some small follow-up deliverables may be required between February and early March 2025.  

• The position will be based in Morocco (with travel in-country) with regular remote communication with Hedayah team (based in the UAE).   

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and close when filled. Please note that successful candidates’ details may be kept on an internal roster to assist with future programmatic activities. We encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.