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Desired start date: 06/01/2025
Contract duration: 6 months, depending on student status (internship or work-study)
Location: Nantes (office), occasional travel to the field (Nantes and Angers)
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.
Job Description
The Atlantic Zone Program Assistant carries out his/her duties under the authority of the Coordinator of his/her assigned area and the program referents (EHA, Community Mobilization, etc.) of Operations France. He/she works in collaboration with the logistics, EHA and Community Mobilization teams.
ASSIGNMENT
The assistant participates in programmatic monitoring and reporting in support of area coordinators. He/she participates in the design work, technical capitalization and field interventions with program managers.
List of main responsibilities:
Relevance, quality and design of projects
Participate in EHA technical assessment and diagnostic missions and in writing reports under the supervision of the area coordinator in the IDF, Nantes, Lille, Toulouse and Marseille areas and in conjunction with program managers.
Assist area coordinators and program managers in the technical design of activities .
Follow up and monitor the “hotline” technical support to associations and institutions with the EHA coordinator.
Monitoring and operational follow-up
Under the supervision of the area program managers and the EHA coordinator, update the various monitoring and program management tools (in particular monitoring of installations, monitoring of project indicators, updating of the DIAHL platform)
Assist, where necessary, the program managers and the EHA coordinator in operational implementations (installations, maintenance, distributions, etc.)
Assist in the relationship with technical service providers and volunteers assigned to the activities (presentation of activities, technical solutions)
Assist program managers in hygiene kit distribution and hygiene promotion activities
Capitalization
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 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 area coordinator
Participation in the archiving of administrative and programmatic documents
Participate in the creation of tools (technical, MEAL, etc.) and their improvements
Logistical and financial means
Participate in the proper maintenance of documentation related to storage (e.g.: stock monitoring, inventory, etc.);
Participate in the logistics/finance cycle related to the management of EHA activities (BCI, OFU, etc.)
Human Resources
Occasionally, when missions require it, participate in the search for volunteers (identification and selection): briefing and support; administrative management of volunteers (meal vouchers, signing of charter and volunteer document); planning of volunteer HR 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)
IF YOU WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
Position based at the Solidarités International offices of its assigned base (Nantes) with travel in the field
Contract according to student status (Internship or work-study program)
Legal compensation of 15% of the hourly ceiling of the social security in force.
The compensation 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). Compensation: 4.90 euros/hour.
Meal vouchers (60%), transport tickets (50%) covered by the association
– Studies in development, water and sanitation, project management, environmental health, political science, a scientific profile may also be appropriate.
– 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 skills
– Proactivity and critical thinking
– Organization and anticipation
– Interpersonal skills
– Ability to work under pressure
– Commitment to the principles and work of SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL.
– Driving license B
Do you recognize yourself in this description?
If so, send us your CV and Cover Letter!
Applications containing only CVs will not be considered.
Solidarités International 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 finding all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.