Desired begin date: 20/04/2024
Length of the mission: 6 months
Location: Nimroz, Afghanistan
ABOUT US
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is a world humanitarian support affiliation which, since greater than 40 years, has been offering help to populations affected by armed conflicts and pure disasters by assembly their fundamental wants for meals, water and shelter. Significantly dedicated to the battle in opposition to illnesses linked to unsafe water, the main explanation for dying on the earth, SI’s interventions present experience within the discipline of entry to ingesting water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but in addition within the important space of meals safety and livelihoods. Current in some twenty international locations, the SI groups – 3000 individuals in whole, made up of expatriates, nationwide workers, everlasting workers at HQ, and some volunteers – intervene with professionalism and dedication whereas respecting cultural norms.
ABOUT THE MISSION
SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has resumed its applications in Afghanistan in December 2021 and has initially established a presence in Bamyan, Kapisa, Wardak and Kabul provinces. Following exploratory missions within the South West, a brand new base was opened in Nimroz province early 2023, masking operations in each Nimroz and Farah provinces.
Following a scale up over the course of 2023, the crew is now fabricated from 125 staff (9 worldwide staff) with an annual finances of three,4M EUR. SI presently implements built-in FSL and WASH applications and goals at scaling them up in 2024. The main focus is on anticipating and responding to shocks, together with pure disasters and epidemics outbreaks (Cholera). SI additionally goals at constructing group resilience, reinforcing entry to WASH companies and infrastructure, whereas growing livelihoods in rural areas.
In 2024, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL intends to keep up its operations in Bamyan, Nimroz, Farah and Kabul provinces, aiming at addressing essentially the most weak and shock-affected households in distant districts, shifting to long run programming, linking fundamental wants and resilience strengthening. With the current inflow of Afghans returnees from Pakistan, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL might be delivering help at vacation spot level, primarily in Kabul province. SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL may also proceed to offer complete options for WASH, FSL and winter help, engaged on masking instant wants whereas strengthening the communities’ resilience.
ABOUT THE JOB
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
The Area Coordinator is the consultant of the group at provincial degree, masking each Nimroz province and Farah province. He/she proposes a technique for his/her space, based on the geopolitical and humanitarian context, and ensures its implementation as soon as validated. He/she checks and ensures that tasks are carried out in accordance with the Solidarités Worldwide constitution, respecting all inner and contractual procedures. He/she mobilizes the fabric and monetary sources crucial for applications to run easily and supervises useful resource administration. He/she coordinates the groups in place and is chargeable for their safety in his/her assigned zone. He/she represents the group in direction of the native authorities, upholding humanitarian ideas and ensures clean communication with nation workplace on any problem that he/she might face.
PRIORITIES ON THE 2-3 FIRST MONTHS
A transparent RACI must be finished with the groups to elucidate to everybody the roles and obligations of their positions in addition to different positions.
Guarantee enforcement of newly finalised safety pack.
Supervise the opening of a sub-base in Farah.
Guarantee applications launch an in depth evaluation in Nimroz and Farah to know wants of the inhabitants and actuality of the sector.
Make clear with coordination what are the pink traces when it comes to humanitarian ideas (working with ladies and to succeed in ladies, independance of actions, confidentiality of information…) and guarantee they’re fully understood by the crew.
Handle relationships with native authorities at province degree. Construct up a community of contact with Afghan authorities within the province and at District degree.
Provoke a community with different organizations based mostly within the space.
YOUR PROFILE
DIPLOMAS
Grasp Diploma in humanitarian/improvement research, social sciences, administration or different associated self-discipline.
EXPERIMENT
- 5 years or extra within the humanitarian sector
- 5 years or extra on the same place
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Minimal 2 years of expertise in the same place.
- Expertise on safety administration in advanced atmosphere.
- Expertise in humanitarian / context evaluation.
- Expertise in HR administration.
- Confirmed expertise in exterior illustration in delicate atmosphere.
- Negotiation and diplomatic expertise.
- Mastering of challenge cycle administration.
- Coaching and capability constructing expertise.
TRANSVERSAL SKILLS
- Confirmed administration capacity, together with capacity to encourage and develop expertise of crew’s members. Should be capable of make sound administration choices in troublesome conditions and likewise be capable of work in a participatory method with colleagues.
- Glorious communication, networking expertise, organizational and prioritization expertise, capacity to multi-task
- Capability to adapt and present organizational flexibility
- Cross cultural sensitivity and nice crew participant
- Confirmed capacity to develop tailored humanitarian imaginative and prescient and technique
- Capability to have interaction and handle technical workers and curiosity in direction of their experience
- Expertise working with SI (or the same group) is an asset
- Prior expertise in Afghanistan could be thought-about as an asset
LANGUAGES
- English obligatory, data of a neighborhood language could be an asset (Dari or Pashto).
SI WILL OFFER YOU
A salaried place:
In keeping with expertise, ranging from EUR 2860 gross monthly (2600 base wage + 10% annual depart allowance paid month-to-month) and a month-to-month Per Diem of USD 600.
SI additionally covers lodging prices and journey bills between the expatriate’s nation of origin and the place of task.
Breaks: Throughout the task, a system of alternation between work and time without work is applied on the fee of seven working days each two months (with a USD 850 break allowance, allotted by Sl). To those breaks intervals, SI grants one (1) further relaxation day monthly labored.
Insurance coverage package deal: Expatriates profit from an insurance coverage package deal which refunds all healthcare bills (together with medical and surgical bills, dental care and ophthalmological bills, repatriation) and a welfare system together with struggle dangers. Important vaccination and antimalarial therapy prices are refunded.
LIVING CONDITIONS:
Residing situations are fairly affordable in Kabul, with potential entry to all important items and companies. It ought to be remembered that the consumption of alcohol is forbidden in Afghanistan. The safety scenario might be tense, and journey is typically restricted, however it’s potential to have a social life.
The sphere coordintor relies in Zaranj (capital of Nimroz province) with harsh residing situations together with common interent cuts, excessive temperatures (as much as 50°C) and sandstorms, but in addition social isolation as no different NGO has any expat based mostly in Zaranj presently. The closest massive metropolis is Herat (8h drive away) the place there’s a vital expat presence.
Throughout the winter, outings to the dunes might be potential (based mostly on safety scenario) however in the summertime the climate doesn’t normally allow a lot out of doors exercise.
The safety atmosphere in Afghanistan stays tense, dynamic and unstable. Whereas the dangers related to the battle between the federal government and the armed opposition have disappeared with the victory of the opposition, third social gathering armed teams (notably ISKP) proceed to function in sure provinces together with Kabul and the opportunity of the emergence of a brand new opposition can’t be ignored. Alternatively, the nation has at all times witnessed a sure degree of criminality, and amongst different threads, kidnapping, focusing on nationals and expatriates have been often reported within the final many years.
Subsequently, Safety administration, will characterize a major a part of the work / obligations of the FC, particularly on this mission opening section the place solely the principle secuirty paperwork have been ready however many annexe insurance policies (communication and motion, contact lists…) must be elaborated. The volatility of the scenario each internally but in addition with neighbouring international locations (Pakistan and Iran) additionally will increase the time to be spent on safety administration.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Do you acknowledge your self on this description? If sure, please ship us your CV and canopy letter!
Please notice that CV-only functions is not going to be thought-about, and that the emptiness might shut earlier than the deadline.
Thanks to your understanding.
To study extra about Sl: www.solidarites.org
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Solidarités Worldwide (SI) is decided to stop and battle all sort of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) in opposition to members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of individuals and/or property, funding of actions dangerous to human rights – that could possibly be perpetrated within the body of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance coverage concerning acts of abuse, notably acts of SEAH.
Solidarités Worldwide is an equitable employer dedicated to seek out all types of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to participate in a recruitment course of.