Desired start date : 06/19/2024
Contract duration : 6 months, depending on student status (internship or work-study)
Location : Nantes (office), occasional field trip (Nantes and Angers)
WHAT DO WE DO …
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, for more than 40 years, has provided relief to populations victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters by responding to vital needs, drinking, eating and shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe 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 aspect of food security and means of existence. Present in around twenty countries, the SI teams – 2,000 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, a few volunteers, etc. – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.
Since March 2020, SI has been working in France to improve the living conditions of very precarious populations “not connected” to primary services such as drinking water, sanitation but also electricity, making them particularly vulnerable. Our projects target people living in degraded housing sites such as shanty towns, camps or squats and having very limited and often informal access to these basic services.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Atlantic Zone Program Assistant carries out his duties under the authority of the Coordinator of his assigned area and the program representatives (EHA, Community Mobilization, etc.) of Operations France. He/she works in collaboration with the logistics, WASH and Community Mobilization teams.
Goal / purpose:
The assistant participates in programmatic monitoring (monitoring and reporting) in support of zone coordinators. He/she participates in design work, technical capitalization and field interventions with program managers.
List of main responsibilities:
- Relevance, quality and design of projects
- Participate in EHA evaluation missions and technical diagnostics and in the writing of reports under the supervision of the zone coordinator in the IDF, Nantes, Lille, Toulouse and Marseille zones and in liaison with the program managers.
- Assist zone coordinators and program managers with the technical design of activities
- Follow and monitor the technical support “hotline” to associations and institutions with the EHA coordinator.
- Monitoring and operational follow-up
- Under the supervision of zone program managers and the WASH coordinator, update the various monitoring and programmatic management tools (in particular monitoring of installations, monitoring of project indicators, updating of the DIAHL platform)
- If necessary, assist program managers and the WASH coordinator in operational implementations (installations, maintenance, distributions, etc.)
- Assist in the relationship with technical service providers and volunteers assigned to activities (presentation of activities, technical solutions)
- Assist program managers in hygiene kit distribution and hygiene promotion activities
- Capitalisation
- Participate in the centralization and dissemination of procedures, guides and tools related to WASH activities in France
- Participate in capitalizing on intervention methods and techniques and on the experiences acquired by Solidarités International and other stakeholders for WASH activities (technical sanitation solutions, gray water management, etc.)
- Participate in the drafting of projects and donor reports under the supervision of the zone coordinator
- Participation in the archiving of administrative and programmatic documents
- Participate in the creation of tools (techniques, MEAL, etc.) and their improvements
- Logistical and financial resources
- Participate in the proper maintenance of documentation related to storage (Ex: Stock monitoring, inventory, etc.);
- Participate in the logistics/finance cycle linked to the management of WASH activities (BCI, OFU, etc.)
- Human ressources
- Occasionally, when missions require it, participate in the search for volunteers (identification and selection): briefing and support; administrative management of volunteers (restaurant tickets, signing charter and volunteer document); Volunteer HR planning and coordination during interventions in support of the person in charge of the intervention
- Participate at the end of the contract in the recruitment of the replacement intern (review of the job description, publication, CV pre-selection using an analysis grid, participation in interviews and handover)
YOUR PROFILE
- Studies in development, water and sanitation, project management, environmental health, political science, a scientific profile may also correspond.
- Knowledge of Water, Hygiene and Sanitation and/or knowledge of the humanitarian field is an asset
- Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office pack (especially Excel ) and GIS software (Earth, QGIS);
- Very good analytical and writing skills
- Good synthesis ability
- Proactivity and critical thinking
- Organisation et anticipation
- Social skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Commitment to the principles and work of SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL.
- Permit B
IF WILL OFFER YOU THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
- Position based at the Solidarités International offices at its home base (Nantes) with field travel
- Contract according to student status (internship or work-study)
- Legal bonus of 15% of the hourly social security ceiling in force.
- The bonus is calculated in proportion to the actual hours of presence over the month (on average 1 month = 154 hours, or 22 days of 7 hours/day)
HOW TO APPLY
Do you recognize yourself in this description?
If yes, send us your CV and Cover Letter before 05/15/2024.
Applications containing CVs only will not be considered.
Solidarités International reserves the right to close a recruitment before the deadline of the advertisement. Thank you for your understanding.
And to learn more about Solidarités International: www.solidarites.org
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Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and combat any type of abuse – any act of sexual exploitation, abuse and/or harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or its collaborators and collaborators, harm to persons and/or property, fraud, corruption, undeclared conflict of interest, financing of activities violating human rights – which could be perpetrated within the framework of its interventions. SI has zero tolerance for 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 compensation for participating 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.