National Rehabilitation and Reintegration Expert

Hedayah, the international center of excellence for counter-extremism and violent extremism, is looking for a national expert to produce a manual of standards operation procedures, and best practices in Morocco. Hedayah is a think and do thank, a global leader within the counter-extremism and violent extremism community. It effectively builds the capacity of communities and governments to shape a vision of a world without violent extremism. The center also serves as the premier international hub for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to enhance their understanding of good practices in preventing and countering extremism and violent extremism. Hedayah is committed to neutrality and integrity. Hedayah’s mission is preventing and countering extremism and violent extremism through evidence-based and innovative programs, strategic communications, and world-class research. Its values are excellence, dedication, pragmatism, innovation, and diversity. For more information about the organization, visit our website at https://www.hedayah.com/

The centre has 3 main departments:
Dialogue and Communications
Capacity Building Programs
Research and Analysis

The Capacity Building Department:
The selected candidate will work in the Capacity Building Programs Department (CBP). The department conducts collaborative and contextualized training and builds practical tools to enhance the capacities of government and non-government partners to design and implement effective policies, programs and projects in CVE. This includes projects related to preventing violent extremism through education, rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremist offenders, National Action Plans to prevent and counter extremism and violent extremism, supporting families in CVE, and community-oriented policing, STRIVE Global supporting and building the capacity of local NGO’s and research institutions, among many others.

The Project you will work on:
Your contribution will advance the work of the capacity building department in Morocco, specifically its program, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Women and Children, in partnership with the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Reintegration of Detainees. The program started in September 2021 and aims to strengthen the skills and competencies of the social workers of the 12 different centers of Mohamed VI Foundation, so as to support their work in rehabilitating and reintegrating women and children into society. Indeed, the foundation holds the legal mandate to reintegrate detainees upon 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 violent extremism.

Key Responsibilities:
Produce a manual of standard operations procedures and good practices for post-prison rehabilitation and reintegration of women and children throughout the 12 different centers of the Mohamed VI Foundation. This manual aims to individualize, collect, standardize and disseminate the various practices implemented at the center level. During the process of the development of the manual, the consultant needs to meet Mohamed VI Foundation for up to six meetings where the consultant will gather the relevant information. These include existing practices and materials that the center might have available. Hedayah will support in facilitating meetings with the local institution and oversee the process.
Provide regular updates while drafting the manual to representatives of the Mohamed VI Foundation and Hedayah in the Scientific Committee setting.

Deliverable:
A manual of good practices on Rehabilitation and Reintegration in the post-prison after-care produced and submitted to Hedayah.

Experience:
• At least 10 years experience in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration at national and/or international level including knowledge of Moroccan laws and rights regarding incarceration and rehabilitation of women and children vulnerable to or exposed to violent extremism;
• Advanced experience in drafting and compiling policy, manuals, guidelines and standard operational procedures;
• Consolidated experience working with governmental or non-governmental organizations;
• Previous experience in research;
• Background knowledge of effective rehabilitation and reintegration processes with a specific focus on women and children who are vulnerable or have been exposed to violent extremism.

Qualifications:
Degree level, preferably in Law and/or Social Science and/or Criminal Justice and/or Terrorism. Desirable: focus on women and children thematic.

Key Skills:
• High Integrity
• Planning and organizing with capabilities to work under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Teamwork with the capability of working in multicultural teams and in remote
• Cultural sensitiveness
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with the stakeholders with capabilities to manage effectively internal and external relationships with diplomacy and discretion
• Fluent in Arabic and French. English is desirable
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills
• Outstanding drafting skills
The expert will report to the Program Manager of the Capacity Building Programs team and will subsequently work alongside the wider team. The selected candidate will start working from October 2023 until March 2024.

THE DESCRIPTION, IN FRENCH:
Hedayah, the international center of excellence for countering extremism and violent extremism, is seeking a national expert to produce a manual of standards, operational procedures and best practices in Morocco. Hedayah is a think and do tank, a global leader in the counter-extremism and violent extremism community. It effectively strengthens the capacity of communities and governments to shape the vision of a world free of violent extremism. The center also provides the leading international hub for policymakers, practitioners and researchers to improve their understanding of best practices in preventing and countering extremism and violent extremism. Hedayah is committed to demonstrating neutrality and integrity. Hedayah's mission is to prevent and counter extremism and violent extremism through innovative, evidence-based programs, strategic communications and research at the international level. These values are excellence, dedication, pragmatism, innovation and diversity. For more information about the organization, visit our website at:https://www.hedayah.com/.

The center is made up of 3 main departments:
Dialogue et communication
Capacity building programs
Research and analysis

The Capacity Building Department:
The selected candidate will work within the Capacity Building Programs (CBP) department. This department organizes collaborative and contextualized training and develops practical tools to strengthen the capacities of governmental and non-governmental partners to design and implement effective policies, programs and projects in the field of preventing violent extremism . These include projects related to the prevention of violent extremism through education, rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremist offenders, national action plans to prevent and counter extremism and violent extremism, support for families in the fight against extremism and violent extremism,

The project you will work on:
Your contribution will help advance the work of the capacity building department in Morocco, and more particularly its Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Women and Children program, in partnership with the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Reintegration of Prisoners. The program began in September 2021 and aims to strengthen the skills and competencies of social workers from the 12 different centers of the Mohamed VI Foundation, in order to support their work of rehabilitation and reintegration of women and children into society. Indeed, the foundation is legally mandated to reintegrate prisoners after their release, including those convicted of terrorist offenses, and works with their family members,

Main responsibilities:
Produce a manual of standard operating procedures and good 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 individualize, bring together, standardize and disseminate the different practices implemented at the center 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 he will collect relevant information. These include existing practices and materials that the center might have available. Hedayah will help facilitate meetings with the local institution and oversee the process.
Provide regular updates during the writing of the manual to representatives of the Mohamed VI Foundation and Hedayah as part of a Scientific Committee.
Deliverable:

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

Experience :

• At least 10 years of experience in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration at the national and/or international level, including knowledge of Moroccan laws and rights regarding the incarceration and rehabilitation of vulnerable or exposed women and children violent extremism;
• Advanced experience in drafting and compiling policies, manuals, guidelines and standard operating procedures;
• Consolidated experience working with governmental or non-governmental organizations;
• Previous experience in the field of research;
• Basic knowledge of effective rehabilitation and reintegration processes with particular emphasis on women and children who are vulnerable or who have been exposed to violent extremism.
Qualifications :

• University degree, preferably in law and/or social sciences and/or criminal justice and/or terrorism. Desirable: interest in the theme of women and children.
Key skills:

• High integrity
• Planning and organization, ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Teamwork with ability to work in multicultural teams and remotely.
• Cultural sensitivity
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders and ability to effectively manage internal and external relationships with diplomacy and discretion.
• Fluency in Arabic and French. English is desirable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent writing skills
The expert will report to the program manager of the capacity building team and will then work alongside the team. The selected candidate will start working from October 2023 to March 2024.

How to apply
IN ENGLISH:
Submission deadline: send your CV and cover letter to hr@hedayah.ae with the following subject "R&R Morocco" by COB, 15 October 2023. The candidate will undergo an interview process for the selection as well as a security clearance process.

IN FRENCH:
Submission deadline: Please send your CV and cover letter by email to hr@hedayah.ae with the subject "R&R Maroc" before October 15, 2023 at midnight (UTC/GMT +4 ). The selection process will consist of a motivation and skills interview. Any shortlisted candidate will be subject to a background check process for due diligence reasons.