Global Technical Specialist in Rehabilitation and Orthotics - Luxembourg
Organization: Humanity & Inclusion
Closing date: 27 Aug 2026
• Location: Luxembourg (Luxembourg City)
• Contract type: 12-month fixed-term contract
• Start date: October 1, 2026
• Application deadline: 27.08.2026
Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization that intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict, and disaster. Working alongside people with disabilities and those made vulnerable, it takes action and speaks out to meet their essential needs and improve their living conditions.
It is committed to promoting respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Since its creation in 1982, HI has implemented development programs in more than 55 countries and intervenes in numerous emergency situations. Today, we have a budget of approximately €200 million and 4,000 employees worldwide.
At Handicap International, we firmly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organization. That is why we are committed to a disability policy to promote the welcoming and integration of people with disabilities.
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Find more information about the association at: www.hi.org
CONTEXT:
Rehabilitation, our original profession.
For over forty years, HI has worked alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and speaking out to meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions, and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Physical and functional rehabilitation has been, and continues to be, at the heart of this mission.
The Technical Directorate for Rehabilitation provides technical support and a framework for HI's programs worldwide, but also leads research and innovation projects as well as representing HI externally.
Within this department, the team comprises 12 staff members responsible for embodying the various facets of this mandate for Humanity & Inclusion's programs on the theme of rehabilitation in humanitarian and development contexts. The department therefore relies on a team of expert professionals in three key sectors/professions to implement its rehabilitation projects: occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and orthotists/prosthetists.
This expertise in technical orthopedics, adhering to international standards and capable of adapting them to humanitarian settings, remains a rare skill. The required competencies encompass clinical practice, conventional and digital technologies, production and supply chains, as well as the orthopedic industry, product and commercial development, materials knowledge, and circular and sustainable economic practices.
The premises are located at Luxembourg train station and are easily accessible by public transport (bus, train, tram).
JOB OBJECTIVES:
As a Global Technical Specialist (GTS), you work closely with other global technical specialists and, within your sector, with regional technical specialists, senior technical managers (STOs) and project managers (PMs).
In this context, potential deployments are to be expected in the field at critical phases or on flagship and innovative projects.
The objectives of the position are:
Expertise technique:
• Guiding global sector strategy.
• Provide technical support to projects in accordance with global technical standards and frameworks within your area of expertise and across all intervention contexts. This includes sharing a portfolio of projects with your GTS read/ortho counterparts and providing advice and technical support in development, emergency, and protracted crisis situations.
• Supporting programs in designing strategies aligned with a Nexus approach and in preparing for emergency interventions.
• Contribute to the support or implementation of emergency preparedness actions of the programme(s) and, in case of emergency, adapts its working methods to contribute to an effective humanitarian response by HI.
• Ensure technical quality control and monitoring.
Business development
• Provide strategic technical support.
• Monitor global dynamics and multi-stakeholder initiatives to anticipate collaboration opportunities and track trends in one's field of expertise:
o Analyze internal strengths and weaknesses while taking into account the institutional ecosystem.
o Ensure that proposals are aligned with strategic frameworks and donor requirements.
• Developing strategic partnerships:
o Supporting teams in developing strategic partnerships with local, national and international organizations based on needs and technical complementarities, and within the framework of HI's strengthened commitment to localizing aid.
o Study the feasibility of industrial partnerships and the production of market analyses.
o Position HI in competitive terms.
• To provide support in the development and drafting of new project proposals.
• To contribute to the international prestige and influence of HI's expertise in its sector of activity.
Monitoring of standards, knowledge management and lessons learned:
• Establish HI's technical standards, policies, frameworks and norms.
• To develop and co-create toolkits at the clinical level, conventional and digital technologies, production and supply chains.
• Coordinate a knowledge management system and promote research and innovation initiatives.
• Facilitating professional development within the technical department.
• Facilitating the creation of a talent pool and a community of practice within the sector.
• Map the technical skills of your talent pool and define capacity-building priorities in collaboration with the field team.
Requirements
• You have a minimum of 5 years of clinical and technical experience focused primarily on prescription and design in orthotics and prosthetics.
• You demonstrate proven experience at the clinical level, with conventional and digital technologies, and in production and supply chains.
• Experience in low and middle income countries would be appreciated (professional internship or other project).
• You are proficient in professional digital design software for orthopedic devices.
• You have experience in training and supporting professionals in orthopedic devices.
• You are comfortable working independently within a global organization.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required for this position. An additional language such as Arabic or Spanish is an asset.
• You have a degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics at a clinical level (Bachelor's or Master's) with a Master's/University Diploma in 3D or in Technical Aids (such as biomechanical engineering and product development).
Benefits:
Fixed-term contract of 12 months starting from October 1, 2026
What you will find with us:
• Strong values: Humanity, Inclusion, Commitment and Integrity! And close ties to the field through regular conferences.
• Salary : depending on experience
• Benefits : Meal vouchers, 13th month
How to apply:
Apply online only by attaching your CV and cover letter via the following link: https://apply.workable.com/j/9AE80D9B1F
Applications are processed continuously, so don't wait to apply
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For more information about the association: www.hi.org