• Job number: SRH05919
• Status: Employee
• Area of expertise: Water Sanitation and Hygiene promotion
• Position: Missions
• Country: Syria
• Contract Type: Short term contract

About us

Desired start date: August 1st, 2024
Duration of the mission: 6 months
Location: Hassake or Erbil

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the leading cause of death in the world, SI’s interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in some twenty countries, the SI teams – 2500 people in total, made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at HQ, and a few volunteers – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultural norms.

About the mission

Solidarités International operates via one mission in three countries, Syria, Türkiye and Iraq, with very diverse programs. The mission is managed per hub since 2024, the Western Hub covering North-West Syria (NWS) and Türkiye from Amman and the Eastern Hub covering North-East Syria (NES) and Iraq. Overall the mission employs 350 staff, implementing a large diversity of programs adjusted to each context.

In NES, SI is one of the leading agencies in the WASH sector, responding to emergencies, protracted situations and recovery needs. The strategy is complemented with a significant FSL component, addressing market rehabilitations, business development and agriculture. SI is operational in Raqqa & Hasskeh Governorates.

In NWS, SI operates in Idleb and Nothern-Aleppo with large WASH programs, with a focus in camps settings for IDP populations, and rehabilitation programs, especially after the earthquake. SI also responds to new emergencies, including regular displacements, natural disasters and epidemics.

In Iraq, SI works in Ninewa and Kurdish Republic of Iraq with recovery programs, restoring livelihoods of displaced populations via business development and mitigating the impact of climate change and water scarcity.

In Türkiye, SI began operations with a Turkish partner working with CSOs in areas affected by the earthquake to restore their capacities after this natural disaster, focusing in particular on Hatay province.

About the job

General objective:

To drive the development and implementation of Solidarités International’s WASH strategy, ensuring the quality, relevance, and alignment of WASH activities with local community needs while coordinating project cycles and enhancing operational monitoring for effective program implementation. Additionally, to contribute to knowledge sharing and improvement of WASH methods and techniques within Solidarités International.

The main challenges:

• Establish new communication lines adapted to the new organizational chart (Hub structure)
• Quickly engage on strategic design and assessments to prepare next proposal season

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Support lessons learned exercises on Market based approach
• Support implementation of BHA and ECHO projects in NES, especially related to innovative activities (solarization of boreholes)
• Support WASH activities under AFD project (Iraq), more particularly related to pilot activities on water resources management
• Anticipate proposal season, together with MEAL Co, and launch assessments in September.

Your profil

Education / academic background:

• Water Resources Management
• Civil Engineering with a focus on Water and Sanitation
• Environmental Engineering
• Public Health with a specialization in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
• International Development with a concentration in WASH programs
• Community Development with a focus on WASH interventions

Specific skills and experience:

• A first experience in the humanitarian sector
• 3-4 years of experience on a similar position
• Be technically competent in emergency WASH and Stabilisation infrastructures; WASH facilities, Waste management and hygiene promotion.
• Demonstrated experience in WaSH Sector including water distribution, construction and rehabilitation of WASH facilities, Waste management and hygiene promotion.
• Be technically competent in emergency WASH and Stabilisation infrastructures;
  Able set and support the PMs in the definition of the technical standards.
• Be able to work with diverse stakeholders to develop consensus;
• Know how to present ideas effectively and clearly while listening and acknowledging others’ perspectives and views;
• Demonstrate an understanding of the international humanitarian response and coordination mechanisms, and humanitarian reform;
• Have a strong command of humanitarian principles and how to apply these;
• Able to develop SI WaSH strategy and to translate complex strategies in operational implementation;
• Understand the links between emergency response, recovery, and the transition to development/stabilization;

Language:

• Fluency in English, both written and verbal is mandatory;
• Arabic language is a strong asset for the position

SI Will Offer you

A salaried position:

According to experience, starting from EUR 2310 gross per month (2100 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and a monthly Per Diem. The perdiem rate will depends on where the candidate will be based (for Hassake 700 USD a month; Erbil: 750 USD a month).

SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Breaks: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of 7 working days every three months (with a USD 850 break allowance, allocated by Sl). To these breaks periods, SI grants one (1) additional rest day per month worked.

Insurance package: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which refunds 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:

Application process

Do you recognize yourself in this description? If yes, please send us your CV and cover letter!

Please note that CV-only applications will not be considered, and that the vacancy may close before the deadline.

Thank you for your understanding.

To learn more about Sl: www.solidarites.org

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Solidarités International (SI) est déterminé à prévenir et à combattre tout type d’abus – tout acte d’exploitation, d’abus et/ou de harcèlement sexuels (SEAH) à l’encontre des membres des communautés bénéficiaires ou de ses collaborateurs et collaboratrices, atteinte aux personnes et/ou aux biens, fraude, corruption, conflit d’intérêt non déclaré, financement d’activités portant atteinte aux droits de l’homme – qui pourrait être perpétré dans le cadre de ses interventions. SI applique une tolérance zéro à l’égard de tout type d’abus, particulièrement des actes de SEAH.

Solidarités International est un employeur équitable qui combat toute forme de discrimination. SI ne demandera jamais une rétribution quelconque en vue de participer à un processus de recrutement.

Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of abuse, notably acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.