Job Description:
Contract start date: Early October
Duration of the mission: 6 months
Country and base of intervention: France, Marseille
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association that, for over 40 years, has been providing relief to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs, such as food, water, and shelter. Particularly committed to combating diseases linked to unsafe water, the world’s leading cause of death, SI’s interventions provide expertise in the areas of access to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion, as well as in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in 26 countries, SI’s teams – a total of 3,200 people, including expatriates, national employees, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers – operate with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.
THE MISSION:
The Solidarités International (SI) project in France helps people in precarious situations living in precarious housing sites (such as shanty towns or squats) around Toulouse, Lille, Nantes, Marseille, Montpellier as well as in Ile-de-France and Mayotte. The difficulties of the target populations are characterized by the barriers they encounter in accessing essential services (particularly cleaning and hygiene products) and by severely degraded housing conditions that do not allow for decent living conditions due to a very degraded environment. SI meets the needs of the target populations by installing infrastructure for access to drinking water, sanitation infrastructure and the distribution of hygiene kits.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
The community mobilizer implements, in tandem with the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH) Project Manager, projects to improve living conditions on precarious housing sites, from the perspective of beneficiary participation and accountability to them.
He/she participates in coordination, representation and advocacy activities in the area.
The community mobilizer is required to take part in WASH diagnosis, intervention and distribution activities in the area.
He/she is responsible for mobilizing the beneficiaries of our interventions, analyzing social dynamics within the site, and proposing risk mitigation solutions regarding the risks of privatization, monetization or any other form of control.
The mobilizer may also be required to mediate between institutional and technical services and residents of precarious housing areas on issues related to living conditions (town hall services, metropolitan services, waste collection, water services, etc.)
He/She travels frequently throughout the Marseille Metropolitan area (particularly Aubagne, Aix-en-Provence).
He/She may be asked to participate in the dissemination of the program to combat period poverty, and include the piloting of a project to combat period poverty, subject to securing the necessary funding in the Aix Marseille metropolitan area.
SPECIFIC ISSUES AND CHALLENGES:
– Strong interpersonal skills, with fluent communication and a sense of pedagogy.
– Knowledge of working in squats and shanty towns
– Knowledge of mediation work with vulnerable populations
– Non-French speaking public (in particular knowledge of Romanian is required)
PRIORITIES FOR THE FIRST 2-3 MONTHS:
– Understanding of the Marseille context (partners and community network) and the dynamics of the intervention sites
– Intervention in the context of the installation of sanitary infrastructure – showers/toilets – (mobilization of residents, facilitation of appropriation and collective use).
– Monitoring/Development of activity in vertical squats and substandard housing
SECURITY:
Be careful when traveling on sites.
DIPLOMA AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience in the humanitarian sector: 3 to 4 years
- Experience in a similar position: 0-2 years
COMPETENCES
Technical skills
1. Community mobilization techniques p
2. Knowledge of interventions with vulnerable groups
Cross-functional skills
1. Supervision of volunteers, beneficiaries and partners
2. Knowledge of the functioning of the associative environment and social support
3. Representation with residents of precarious housing sites, associations and specific services
LANGUAGES
– Romanian speaker (mandatory)
– Bulgarian
Salaried position:
Depending on experience, from 1925 EUR gross per month (1750 EUR basic salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly).
Frequent travel throughout the Marseille Metropolitan area (particularly Aubagne, Aix-en-Provence).