Country: Lebanon
Closing date: 26 Feb 2016
Closing date: 2016-02-26
Place of assignment: Beirut, Lebanon (with extensive field travel)
Type of posting: International delegate (subject to applicable labor and tax law)
Time frame: The project is expected to require 6 months of full-time work, divided into shorter missions of 4-10 weeks. Exact working periods will be decided in dialogue with Swedish Red Cross Regional Representative, but contract period will not extend beyond December 31st 2016.
Desired starting date: As soon as possible
Other: Please note that this recruitment is done in cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross and French Red Cross, hence your application may be shared with them.
Background
The Syrian crisis started more than four years ago, and the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon is still increasing. UNHCR latest data from March 2015 estimates that 1,192,280 Syrians refugees live in Lebanon. A quarter of the population is constituted by Syrians escaping the war in their country.
Swedish Red Cross is (SRC) supporting the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) Disaster Management Unit (DMU) interventions in relation to Syria Crisis under a partner framework (MoU) with French Red Cross (FRC), The support is framed by the Lebanese Red Cross Strategy in the country. This strategy aims to respond to the main gaps identified by the LRC in terms of humanitarian assistance:
- Hygiene promotion and community approach.
- Water (existing system, treatment, containers, management, and maintenance).
- Sanitation (latrines, site improvement, waste management).
Security and HR management will be under the responsibility of the SRC Regional Representative.
Job summary
Based in Beirut with frequent field movements under the direct responsibility of the Swedish Red Cross (SRC) Regional Representative and with functional links to the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), the French Red Cross (FRC), the Solid Waste Management Delegate will be asked to:
Take lead in an inclusive dialogue aimed at setting up and defining the strategy for a Solid Waste Management approach in the LRC Disaster Management Unit in accordance with the context evolution and the needs identified at targeted branch levels. The approach will include, but not be limited to:
- Waste separation practices and establish collection points
- Analyze for incinerator options (SRC plastic and paper incinerator)
- Investigate and establish links to private sector waste recycling opportunities.
- Trial for innovation and testing for alternative options
Key duties and responsibilities
Specific tasks include but are not limited to:
- Design, trial and expand on innovative options for solid waste management including waste separation, seek recycling opportunities, testing of incinerator alternatives.
- Develop a plan for technical capacity building of LRC WASH team at the branch level, based on a mix of techniques.
- Be responsible for advising, assessing, planning, implementing and reporting on Solid Waste Management activities with the LRC WASH team in collaboration with the team leader and the local DMC and under the supervision of the LRC WASH PM.
- Assist the Team Leader and the local DMC to establish MoU for partnership on collection and recycling with public/private sector
- Assist the DMU WASH team to create channels for dialogue between the Solid Waste Management response and the affected population, to ensure appropriate technical interventions
- Support the Team Leader and the local DMC to prepare internal and external reporting
Desired profile
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years working experience in Solid Waste Management and project management
- Relevant higher education in Solid Waste Management or Environmental Engineering)
- Strong experience and knowledge in program management cycle (planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting)
- Previous experience in capacity building with a national NGO
- Experience in community mobilization
- Experience in developing hygiene campaigns
- Experience from humanitarian work
- Very good knowledge of English written and spoken
- Knowledge of Arabic and/or French and/or Swedish is an asset
Personal qualities
- Good interpersonal skills and team oriented
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Constructive, flexible and solution focused
- Must be able to handle high workloads and stressful circumstances
- Must be able to live and work under demanding physical and mental conditions
- Must be able to accept the partner vision versus personal vision
As a Swedish Red Cross employee we expect you to share the Red Cross/Red Crescent humanitarian values. RC/RC values diversity and actively work against all forms of discrimination.
How to apply:
Dates and information
To apply, please click on the following link: https://goo.gl/14w6hy.
In selecting candidates Swedish Red Cross use a competency based model and all candidates will be assessed on the above requirements.
Closing date is February 26, 2016. Please note that only applications made through our website will be considered. For more information about the position, please contact:
Malena Rembe, Regional Representative, MENA Region, Swedish Red Cross. Direct phone: +961-76-409 240, e-mail: malena.rembe@redcross.se
Dr. Patrick Fox, Senior Advisor Resilience/Project Leader SanE, International Department, Swedish Red Cross. Direct phone: +46 76 8484653, e-mail: patrick.fox@redcross.se