itle: RESP MOBILISATION COMMUN & LUTTE PRECARITÉ MENSTRUELLE-TOULOUSE
Job Description:
Start date: 01/04/2025
Duration: 1 year
Location: Toulouse
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, for more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations who are victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting vital needs: drinking, eating, shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsanitary water, the leading cause of death in the world, SI implements through its interventions expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and promotion hygiene but also in the essential one of food safety and livelihoods. Present in 26 countries, the SI teams – 3,200 people in total made up of expatriates, national employees, permanent staff at headquarters, of a few volunteers…- intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.
The mission
Since March 2020, SI has been working in France to respond to the challenges of water, hygiene and sanitation insecurity in five French territories. In partnership with the Water and Sanitation operators of metropolitan areas and their Foundations, its projects target people living in degraded sites such as shanty towns or squats and in particular having limited access to basic services, in terms of drinking water, sanitation, and access to basic hygiene products. SI’s strategy is to support local stakeholders in their search for concrete solutions, by proposing to improve the sanitary conditions of the sites, in particular by installing water supplies drinking water, sanitation infrastructure and the development of pilot projects adapted to the context of each intervention zone.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
The Community Mobilization and Fight Against Menstrual Poverty Manager, in conjunction with the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH) project manager, implements projects to improve living conditions on precarious housing sites, from the perspective of beneficiary participation and accountability to them. He/
she organizes and implements activities for women living in degraded housing aimed at reducing the economic, social and health vulnerability induced by the menstrual period.
He/she leads projects to improve access to menstrual hygiene equipment and improve knowledge of the body and issues related to women and their health throughout life.
The Manager Fight Against Menstrual Poverty places all of his/her interventions in the more general logic of hygiene promotion and participates in the community mobilization of the mission and in awareness-raising work around water and sanitation uses.
MAIN CHALLENGES:
Community outreach approach with audiences in situations of great precariousness
Project management
Capacity to develop activity and partnership relations
PRIORITIES FOR THE FIRST 2/3 MONTHS:
Understanding the dynamics of SI community mobilization in France and the challenges of people living in squats and shanty towns
Understanding partnership dynamics
Resumption of project monitoring
A salaried position: Depending on experience, from EUR 2,865 gross per month
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bac + 2 or equivalent
Experience in the humanitarian sector: 3-4 years
A first experience in a similar position would be an asset.
SKILLS:
Technical skills:
1. Knowledge of menstrual precarity issues
2. Project management (monitoring indicators, planning activities, etc.)
3. Community approach
Cross-disciplinary skills:
1. Interpersonal skills (links with partners, teams, audiences, etc.)
2. Writing skills
3. Autonomy
LANGUAGES:
1. Romanian or Bulgarian (mandatory)
2. Bulgarian/Romanian or Albanian (appreciated)
3. English
Do you recognize yourself in this description?
If so, send us your CV and cover letter.
Applications containing only CVs will not be considered.
SI reserves the right to close a recruitment before the deadline of the announcement. Thank you for your understanding.
And to learn more about Solidarités International: www.solidarites.org
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Solidarités International (SI) is committed to preventing and combating any type of abuse – any act of sexual exploitation, abuse and/or harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or its collaborators, harm to persons and/or property, fraud, corruption, undeclared conflict of interest, financing of activities that violate human rights – that could be perpetrated in the context of its interventions. SI applies zero tolerance to any type of abuse, particularly acts of SEAH.
Solidarités International is a fair employer that fights all forms of discrimination. SI will never ask for any remuneration in order to participate in a recruitment process.
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 finding all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.