Country: Lebanon
Closing date: 31 Jul 2016
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The association leads in average 190 projects by year in the following sectors of intervention: food security, health, nutrition, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructures, water, sanitation, hygiene and economic recovery. PUI is providing assistance to around 5 million people in 20 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe and France.
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Humanitarian situation and needs
As the Syrian Crisis is in its fourth year, the number of Syrians seeking refuge in other countries has reached an unprecedented scale. Lebanon is the first host country for Syrian refugees with over 1.2 million refugees registered for an overall population of less than 4.5 million. Prior to this crisis, Lebanon was already hosting half a million Palestinian refugees; the pressure on the Lebanese government and local population is very high.
In April 2015, the United Nations Security Council declared that the international community has to help Lebanon in its efforts to host more than 1 million refugees from neighbouring Syria[1]. The Security Council also expressed concern over border violations including the presence of terrorists and violent extremist groups in Lebanese territory[2]. Since the beginning of March 2015, the government of Lebanon, through the General Security Directorate, is enforcing entry regularization among refugees entering from Syria. The Lebanese government has also asked the UNHCR to stop the registration process hence new refugees and new born babies cannot be registered anymore and refugees that arrived after the 5th of January 2015 have been unregistered. This means it is now much harder for Syrians to enter the country, while those residing in Lebanon are also facing difficulties in renewing their residency or having access to humanitarian aid or public facilities. This situation will place an increased economic strain on the families, and in addition to the expected decrease in basic assistance due to low funding levels, an escalation in negative coping mechanisms (such as begging, child labour, child marriages, sexual services for food/accommodation, petty crime, etc.) might be witnessed.
While Palestinian refugees are settled in camps, there are no official camps for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. On a case by case basis, the government may authorize the establishment of formal tented settlements (FTS). However, Syrian refugees are mainly settled in small shelter units (SSU), collective shelters (CS) or informal settlements (IS). The spill over of the Syrian crisis into Lebanon compounded pre-existing vulnerabilities among the Lebanese society. Refugee populations have in many cases settled in areas inhabited by impoverished and vulnerable Lebanese communities further stretching limited or non-existent sources of income and public services at the local level.
[1] UNFPA Regional Situation Report For Syria Crisis, Issue no. 31, 1-31 March, available on line https://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/documents.php?page=1&view=grid&Org%5B%5D=196 consulted on 22/04/2015
[2] Ibid.
Our action in the field
Since 2012, PUI has been actively involved in the Lebanon emergency response to the Syrian crisis with presence in the North (Akkar), Mount Lebanon and South (Saida) of Lebanon.
In 2015/2016, PUI aims to reinforce the ability of each vulnerable community to become self-reliant and resilient to crisis, through 2 programs:
- Humanitarian Assistance Program: to provide a protection-based humanitarian material assistance and services for the most vulnerable refugees and host communities affected by the Syrian crisis.
- Resilience Program: to develop and strengthen community-level infrastructures and support household-level economic survival and well-being with regards to specific poor and vulnerable groups.
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As part of our activities in Lebanon, we are looking for a Field Coordinator.
The Field Coordinator is responsible for the proper functioning of the Base and the proper implementation of programs developed on that Base.
- Safety: In collaboration with the Head of Mission and with the support of the base security manager, He/She is responsible for the safety and security of the Base.
- Program: He/She is accountable for the efficient implementation of the projects. S/he ensures the coordination between the Support teams (Admin and Log) and the Base Program Coordinator in order to timely and qualitatively guarantee that the objectives and results of the projects are reached. S/He preventively identifies issues, gaps and delays that may impede the correct implementation of the projects and proposes mitigation plans to the HoM.
- Human Resources: He/She supervises all the teams of the Base, composed of national and international staff.
- Logistical, administrative and financial support: He/She oversees the logistical, administrative and financial components of the base for the purpose of program implementation and supports and ensures compliance with the relevant procedures, with substantive support from the Logistics Coordinator (LOGCO), the Administrative and Financial Coordinator and the HR Coordinator of the mission.
- Representation: He/She represents PUI with the stakeholders (such as donors, authorities, International/Local NGOs) and s/he guarantees full coordination with other INGOs on the ground.
- Coordination: He/she ensures proper coordination between the Base and the Coordination Office (Technical Coordinators and Deputy Head of Mission), keeping the Head of Mission always informed of core developments.
- Assessment/ Strategy: He/She understands the needs and humanitarian response and Donors’ strategies, participates in the strategy development and proposes new interventions according to needs identified in his/her field of operations.
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Training and Experiences
Training:
Humanitarian base studies
Professional Experiences:
At least 3 years of experience in projects development/implementation (+1M€ yearly budget);
Experience building national staff capacity;
Strong experience in Budget/Finance Management (cost-efficiency)
Experience working with a variety of donors;
Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methodologies required
Knowledge and Skills:
Project Management skills
Team Management
Ability to represent PUI as per the recommendations of the HoM and ensure an efficient and proactive coordination with other actors.
Software:
Pack Office
Saga is a plus.
Languages:
English is mandatory
French and other / Arabic are a plus.
Proposed Terms
Employed with a Fixed-Term Contract – 12 months
Starting Date: 1st August 2016
Monthly gross income: from 1 980€ up to 2 310€ depending on the experience in international solidarity + 50€ per semester with PUI
Cost covered: Round-trip transportation to and from home / mission, visas, vaccines…
Insurance including medical coverage and complementary healthcare, 24/24 assistance and repatriation
Housingin collective accommodation
Daily living Expenses Per diem
Break Policy : 5 working days at 3 and 9 months + break allowance
Paid Leaves Policy : 5 weeks of paid leaves per year + return ticket every 6 months
To know more about our job offer, look at the complet job description on our website!
How to apply:
Please, send your application (Resume and Cover letter) to Jean-Christophe Ouedraogo, Human Resources Officer for Expatriates at recrutement@premiere-urgence.org with the following subject : «FieldCo–Lebanon».