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- Experience 0-2
Start date: 04/01/2025
Duration: 1 year
Location: Toulouse
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association that, for over 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs: drinking, eating, and shelter. Particularly committed to combating diseases linked to unsafe water, the world’s leading cause of death, SI implements through its interventions expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and the promotion of hygiene, but also in the essential field of food security and livelihoods. Present in 26 countries, SI’s teams – 3,200 people in total, made up of expatriates, national employees, permanent staff at headquarters, a few volunteers, etc. – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.
The mission
Since March 2020, SI has been working in France to address 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 who have limited access to basic services, in terms of drinking water, sanitation, and access to essential 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 through the installation of drinking water supplies, sanitation infrastructure and by developing pilot projects adapted to the context of each intervention area.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
The Community Mobilization and Menstrual Poverty Prevention 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 person responsible for combating menstrual poverty places all of their interventions within the more general logic of promoting hygiene and participates in the community mobilization of the mission and in awareness-raising work around water and sanitation practices.
MAIN CHALLENGES:
- Community outreach approach with audiences in situations of great precariousness
- Project management
- Capacity for development of activity and partnership relations
PRIORITIES FOR THE FIRST 2/3 MONTHS:
- Understanding the dynamics of SI community mobilization in France and the issues facing people living in squats and shanty towns
- Understanding partnership dynamics
- Resumption of project monitoring
A salaried position: Depending on experience, from EUR 2865 gross per month
DIPLOMA AND EXPERIENCE:
Bac + 2 or equivalent
Experience in the humanitarian sector: 3-4 years
Previous experience in a similar position would be an asset.
COMPETENCES:
Technical skills:
1. Knowledge of the issues of menstrual insecurity
2. project management (monitoring indicators, planning activities, etc.)
3. Community approach
Cross-disciplinary skills:
1. Relational sense (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 yes, 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 find out 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 find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.