Solidarites International New Ongoing Recruitment [3 Positions]

Solidarites International has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: water, food and shelter.

Solidarites International (SI) has started activities in North-eastern Nigeria in August 2016 in the fields of Wash and is now intervening in 4 areas of the state for Wash and Shelter activities

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Field Coordinator
Job number: SRH03226
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Type de poste: Overseas missions
Domaine de competence: Regional Coordination / Head of Mission
Contract Type: Short term contract
Desired start date: ASAP
Duration of the mission: 1 year

About the job… (1/2)

• In Maiduguri, the projects are mainly about provision of safe water, improved sanitation infrastructures and adequate hygiene practices for IDPs and host communities. It was firstly a short-term emergency approach, which brings many challenges. In Maiduguri, SI plans to keep the provision of access to WASH services in the needed areas while improving the sustainability of its past and current projects through capacity building and community engagement and empowerment.
• In addition, SI has resources (contingency stock and emergency team) to respond to outbreak (mainly cholera outbreaks) in all zone potentially affected in Borno State. Maiduguri is the base of deployment and assists the emergency team in his response.

General Objective
Coordination and strategic orientation:

• Monitor and analyse the humanitarian, political, cultural, social and economic context.
• Propose and develop an operational strategy in line with the association’s policies and the population’s needs.
• Propose new operational directions according to how the context develops

Relevance and operational quality / operation monitoring:

• Ensure the coordination, development, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes implemented
• Ensure that the programmes in his/her intervention are relevant and consistent.
• Ensure that the programmes in his/her intervention zone are implemented in accordance with the annual operational strategy, Solidarités International’s technical requirements and financial donor’ criteria.

Resource management:

• Propose the human, financial and logistical scale for his/her intervention zone and its organisation
• Ensure that financial resources and other means necessary for accomplishing projects in his/her intervention zone are mobilized.
• Guarantee the appropriate use of resources in his/her intervention zone

Human resource management:

• Build and maintain a team dynamic which enables the objectives of Solidarités International to be carried out
• Promote the ethics and values of Solidarités International
• Monitor the implementation of Solidarités International’s human resources policy and procedures (recruitment, EAP, etc.)
• Monitor the personal and professional stability of Solidarités International employees and ensure that an adequate living and working environment is maintained
• Manage associates placed under his/her direct supervision

Security:

• Responsibility for the security of teams and property in his/her assigned zone, under the country director supervision
• Monitor and analyse the security situation and ensure it is understood by teams
• Ensure that all new arrivals in his/her intervention zone are given a geopolitical and security briefing
• Under the supervision of the Head of Mission, ensure that all documents and procedures relating to security are updated regularly
• Ensure that all security rules and procedures are respected in his/her intervention zone
• Ensure that a permanent security monitoring system is set up
• Ensure the immediate management of any security incidents occurring in his/her intervention zone and immediately notify the HoM

About the job (2/2)
Financial backer relations / search for funding:

• Monitor and analyse financial donor strategies in his/her intervention zone
• Participate, at the request of the HoM, in the search for funding and ensure the financial stability of the organisation and the programmes implemented in his/her intervention zone
• Strengthen relations between Solidarités International and donor representatives in his/her intervention zone

Internal and external communication:

• Ensure that documents produced in his/her intervention zone meet deadlines and quality standards
• Ensure that all internal reporting respects the standard formats and procedures
• Organise regular coordination meetings
• Ensure that key operational information circulates properly, in his/her intervention zone and between the bases and the country coordination

Representation:

• Be the official representative of Solidarités International in his/her intervention zone for aid workers, administrative, political and local authorities, civil society and the media
• Be an active participant in humanitarian forums and relevant coordination meetings

The main challenges:

• You will have to manage a team composed of 56 staffs (4 expatriates and 52 national staff). The level is very heterogeneous and requires adaptation in the management for a staff to another. A particular attention should be given to the capacity building and the autonomization of the different teams.
• Necessity to improve our collaboration with consortium actors. The relation is good but could be more developed on the field
• SI is an active member of the WASH sector and INGO forum in Borno State. As a Field Coordinator it is required to be part of coordination mechanisms and defend SI voice and point of view to orientate the action based on needs and priorities

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Follow up of cholera response in Maiduguri
• Finalization of ongoing project
• Nationalization process of some key positions
• Capacity-building and training
• Security management and close context follow-up due to the coming election and the volatile context

Your profile

• Masters’ Degree or equivalent in related sectors
• Previous experience as a field coordinator
• Ability to develop a strong understanding of the context
• Experience in tensed context in terms of security;
• Good and proven writing and spoken English are required;
• Strong HR participative management skills required with field experience in delivering training and capacity building;
• Good knowledge and experience on evaluation and monitoring tools and good analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Organizational and analytical skills;
• Anticipation and self-organization capacities;
• Great work and stress management capacities;
• Patience and diplomacy skills
• Ability to set up and orientate coordination mechanism in an operational way
• Ability to prior tasks and manage a large scope of work
• Ability to manage a big team

Si will offer you…

• According to experience, starting from 2860 euros gross per month (2600 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly)
• +100€/year of humanitarian experience at the same position
• +50€/year of experience  at a humanitarian position which has helped to reach the current level
• and a monthly Per Diem of 750 USD
• SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Vacation:

• During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time-off is implemented at the rate of one break every three months. For a one-year assignment, the expatriate will have a 7-day break during the 3rd and the 9th month (with 750 USD allocated by Solidarités). He or she will also be entitled to go back to his or her home country for a 14-day period after six months spent on the mission (Solidarités will cover travel costs).

Social and medical cover:

• Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

Living conditions:

• Living conditions in Maiduguri are good. Private room, private bathroom. Many goods and variety of food is available. However, movements are restricted and a curfew is set up.

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply

 

Job Title: Regional Project Manager
Job number: SRH03224
Location: Monguno, Borno
Type de poste: Overseas missions
Domaine de competence: Water Sanitation and Hygiene promotion
Contract Type: Short term contract

About the Job
The Regional Project Manager will work on the multi-sectorial WASH and FSL project funded by EuropeAid over 3 years in consortium with ALIMA. He/she will cover three different locations: Monguno, Ngala and Askira/Uba. He/she will be under the supervision of the EuropAid Coordinator and the field coordinators of Monguno and Ngala. He/she will be the line manager of five assistants.

He/she will ensure regular follow up of activities implementation. He/she will ensure that the modality of intervention are being followed. He/she will monitor the quality of the project. He/she will be in charge of managing the team, and to provide support with field coaching and capacity building.

General Objective

• The Regional Program Manager is in charge of implementing and achieving the objectives defined in the proposal.
• He/she is in charge of supervising the operational team allocated to his/her program
• He/she guarantees the proper and smooth implementation of the project
• He/she guarantees to monitor the quality, accountability and impact of the project

The Main Challenges:

• Support the strong coordination of program and MEAL team at base level and ensure that lesson learned and recommendation are being followed
• Support close collaboration between E.U team and the other project manager (ECHO, OFDA & NHF) at base level
• Reporting / communication
• Participation in the strategic orientation of the project
• Ensure SI project tools are being properly used (OFU, APU, Quality marker)
• Direct line management of 5 assistants in 3 different bases (Monguno, Ngala and Askria/Uba) including HR management and support of the operational team
• Support the capacity building of the operational team

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Participate in the elaboration of the operational strategy and modality of intervention and proposes adjustment when necessary.
• Review the project management tools in terms of logistic and finance follow-up.
• Propose adequate training and workshop to the team on accountability and community participatory approach
• Close monitoring of the project implementation work plan and field support when necessary
• Finalized the HR recruitment process and review the organigram if necessary
• Close monitoring of the rehabilitation/construction of WatSan infrastructure in health clinic in Askira/Uba and contractors.

Your Profile

• Master’s degree or equivalent in related sectors of WASH or FSL
• Strong HR management skills required with field experience in delivering training and capacity building;
• Strong knowledge and experience of project cycle management,
• Good analytical skills
• Affinity with multi-sectorial and integrated approach
• Previous experience on early recovery and multi-sectorial project is an asset
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Anticipation and self-organization capacities;
• Great work and stress management capacities;
• At least 2 years of field experiences as an FSL or WASH project manager
• Experience in tensed context in terms of security;
• Experience in semi-remote management
• Good and proven writing and spoken English are required;
• Organizational and analytical skills;

Living conditions:

• The Regional Project Manager is based in Monguno and he/she travels frequently to the project sites.
• He/she has to respect the security measures in place, like curfew time and visibility restrictions/rules, plus SI mission restrictions.
• The environment is highly volatile, so the manager has to adapt him/herself to sudden changes.

Si Will Offer You

• According to experience, starting from 2420 euros gross per month (2200 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly)
• +100€/year of humanitarian experience at the same position
• +50€/year of experience  at a humanitarian position which has helped to reach the current level and a monthly Per Diem of 750 USD
• SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Vacation:

• During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time-off is implemented at the rate of one break every three months. For a one-year assignment, the expatriate will have a 7-day break during the 3rd and the 9th month (with 750 USD allocated by Solidarités). He or she will also be entitled to go back to his or her home country for a 14-day period after six months spent on the mission (Solidarités will cover travel costs).

Social and medical cover:

• Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply

 

Job Title: Europaid Coordinator
Job number: SRH03225
Location: Maiduguri, Borno (with regular field visits in Monguno, Ngala, Askira/Uba)
Desired start date: ASAP
Duration of the mission: 1 year

About the mission

• Solidarites International opened the Nigeria mission over the summer 2016. Starting with a single project, this mission has quickly expanded and SI is now a major WASH and shelter actor in the Borno State.
• The current political and military crisis has affected millions of lives in the area and SI is answering the needs of displaced populations and host communities in Borno State. The targeted areas of intervention are WASH, shelter, logistics, food security and livelihood.

Programs Currently Running:

• Multi-sectorial WASH and FSL project funded by EuropeAid over 3 years in consortium leaded by ALIMA – started in January 2018 in Monguno, Ngala, Askira/Uba.
• Logistic Platform project funded by WFP in Monguno
• Emergency WASH and Shelter response funded by OFDA – Maiduguri, Monguno, Dikwa, Ngala
• Emergency WASH in Health funded by ECHO – in partnership with ALIMA (leaded by SI) in Maiduguri and Monguno
• Emergency WASH funded by ECHO in Maiduguri, Monguno and Dikwa

This mission is young but rather strong and has potential to continue developing relevant and mandate-based interventions to cover the humanitarian needs in the area and to ensure a real humanitarian impact. The team is well staffed with very diverse profiles (former SI, former national staffs from several SI missions, various backgrounds and technicalities). Overall, the atmosphere is very good, people get along well and they love to play volleyball on Sundays.

Here are the key numbers and information about the mission:

• 5 bases (Maiduguri, Abuja, Dikwa, Ngala and Monguno) plus Coordination Office in Maiduguri.
• The number of expatriates is around 20
• The national staff are approximately 190
• The total budget of the mission is around 7.5 million euros

About the Job

• The EuropAid coordinator will work on the multi-sectorial WASH and FSL project funded by EuropeAid over 3 years in consortium with ALIMA. He/she will cover three different locations: Monguno, Ngala and Askira/Uba. He/she will be the line manager of the Regional Program Manager.
• He/she will be dedicated to ensure all external coordination with authorities and partners. He/she will need to consolidate the strategy of the project and modality of intervention. He/she will ensure the project strategy is linked with other SI project and coordinate with MEAL/WASH Coordinator.
• He/she will also be the technical referent for FSL questions. He/she will be doing assessments and proposals if needed.

General Objective:

• The EuropAid Coordinator is in charge of ensuring that the objectives defined in the proposal are being met.
• He/she guarantees the quality of the implemented program and suggests adjustments or developments to insure its relevance if applicable.
• He/she is in charge of representing SI in the Coordination Mechanism linked to the project, and coordinating with the other partners to ensure the relevancy of the project.
• He/she is in charge of proper reporting and communication.
• He/she is in charge of strategy, coordination, assessment and development.
• He/she is the FSL referent on the mission.

The Main Challenges:

• Participation in the strategic orientation of SI in the country and support the identification of uncovered needs and provision of risk analyses.
• Support the harmonization of dedicated programmatic tools and guidelines across the team and the bases.
• To ensure strong external coordination with our consortium partner (ALIMA) and facilitate the coordination with the authorities (3R Commissioner and Technical Line ministries) and with Europaid technical team in Maiduguri.
• To ensure strong external coordination with other E.U implementing collaborates in particular when working within same LGA or same type of activities.
• To enhance collaboration with MEAL & WASH department and support strategic orientation for a smooth transitioning between emergency and post-crises context.
• Support and define the reorientation of the project when necessary using the flexibility clause

Priorities for the 2/3 First Months:

• Support the consolidation, definition or redefinition of operational strategy and modality of intervention through the form of comprehensive guideline and/or activity sheets
• Consolidate the approach and strategy for the targeting of new area of implementation and review the appropriateness of beneficiaries’ coverage per area and per activities.
• Follow-up SI coordination with line ministries and facilitate with ALIMA the coordination with the 3R
• Support the launch of a mid-review workshop with E.U operational team
• Redefine with ALIMA a forecasted Modification Request for the reorientation of some activities/location
• In close collaboration with the MEAL department, support the development of operational monitoring tools to enable a comprehensive analysis of the result of the pilot phase for YEAR 1 and enable drawing recommendation and lesson learn for YEAR 2 & 3.

Your Profile

• Masters’ degree or equivalent in related sectors of FSL
• At least 2 years’ field experience as an FSL Coordinator
• Ability to develop a strong understanding of the context and to make the project adaptive to the context evolution
• Experience in tensed context in terms of security;
• Experience in semi-remote management
• Good and proven writing and spoken English are required;
• Knowledge about cash based programs;
• Organizational and analytical skills;
• Strong HR participative management skills required with field experience in delivering training and capacity building;
• Strong knowledge and experience of project cycle management,
• Good knowledge and experience on evaluation and monitoring tools and good analytical skills
• Affinity with multi-sectorial and integrated approach
• Previous experience on early recovery and multi-sectorial project is an asset
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Anticipation and self-organization capacities;
• Great work and stress management capacities;

Living Conditions

• The EuropAid Coordinator is based in Maiduguri. He/she is living in Maiduguri base, in a single bedroom and sharing bathroom and kitchen. The number of expatriates living in the base is quite high and various in terms of nationality: this is a treasure but also requires adaptability and open-minded.
• The EuropAid Coordinator is based in Maiduguri and he/she travels frequently to the project sites. He/she has to respect the security measures in place, like curfew time and visibility restrictions/rules, plus SI mission restrictions. The environment is highly volatile, so the coordinator has to adapt him/herself to sudden changes.

We Offer

• According to experience, starting from 2640 euros gross per month (2400 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly)
• +100€/year of humanitarian experience at the same position
• +50€/year of experience  at a humanitarian position which has helped to reach the current level
• and a monthly Per Diem of 750 US.
• SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Vacation:

• During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time-off is implemented at the rate of one break every three months. For a one-year assignment, the expatriate will have a 7-day break during the 3rd and the 9th month (with 750 USD allocated by Solidarités). He or she will also be entitled to go back to his or her home country for a 14-day period after six months spent on the mission (Solidarités will cover travel costs).

Social and medical cover:

• Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply