WASH Coordinator

WASH Coordinator

Solidarites International

Gaza, Palestine

The mission

In response to the attacks of 7 October 2023, the Israeli army launched a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip, beginning with a campaign of air strikes followed by a series of ground offensives that successively hit all the enclave's governorates. The intensity of the fighting, repeated strikes and successive evacuation orders have forced more than 1.7 million people to move, sometimes several times, to sites less directly affected by the fighting. The first displacements towards the south of Gaza, and more particularly the governorate of Rafah where 1.7 million Palestinians were displaced in April 2024, were followed by the displacement of more than 1 million people towards the central part of the Gaza Strip when the offensive on Rafah was launched in May 2024.

Displaced people are living in schools, organised sites and informal sites where it is more difficult to organise assistance. The destruction by the fighting of vital infrastructure, such as health facilities, water and electricity supplies, schools and other public services, is having a major impact on the displaced and host populations.

SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams have been working in Gaza since February 2024. Activities are currently being developed in the governorate of Deir el-Balah, in the centre of the Gaza Strip, where a base was opened in March.

SI teams are implementing WASH activities, which include the installation and rehabilitation of water desalination plants to ensure the production of drinking water, the transport of water to displacement sites by tanker truck, and activities aimed at reducing health risks and improving the living conditions of displaced people through hygiene promotion sessions and the distribution of hygiene kits.

Job description

General objective:

The WASH coordinator contributes to the development of Solidarités International strategy by proposing a sector-based strategy in the field of WASH.

He/she specifically guarantees the quality and suitability of proposed technical approaches and ensures the appropriateness of WASH activities and general SI objectives to the needs of the local populations.

He/she coordinates the project cycle and more particularly the operational monitoring of WASH programs implemented in the intervention country.

He/she contributes to the process of capitalization and the improvement of Solidarités International methods and techniques in the field of WASH.

Main Responsibilities:

• Day to day management of the emergency response.
• Strategic orientation.
• Relevance and quality of projects.
• Coordination, technical support and operational monitoring.
• Capitalization.
• Personnel management.
• Reporting/communication/representation.

The main challenges:

Ability to work and lead a team in conditions of insecurity, high stress and difficult living conditions.

Substantial experience of working in conflict zones, involving team management and high levels of insecurity.

Security constraints:

Security constraints are very high in Gaza, with a context marked by high-intensity military activities including air strikes, land and naval bombardments, as well as risks associated with medium and light infantry weapons. Social tensions are also very high, linked to the war, difficult living conditions and the collapse of economic activity, leading to looting, inter-family dispute as well as criminal acts.

Your profile

Education/academic background:

• BAC +5 in WASH related diplomas
• EXPERIMENT IN THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR: +5 years
• EXPERIMENT ON SIMILAR POSITIONS: 0-2 years

Specific skills and experience:

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Good experience in WASH emergency programming
• Ability to lead the process of program development.
• Experience in accompanying the opening of bases and implementation of hard WASH activities
• Strong networking skill with external entities (donors, clusters, other NGOs).
• Capacity to develop rapid understanding of country humanitarian context.
• Good analytical skills and proactive, solution-oriented approach to 7. Experience in protracted crisis context (being able to switch between short/medium/long term solutions).
• Pack MS Office – excellent mastery of Excel included. GIS desirable.

TRANSVERSAL SKILLS

• Proven experience as an organized team and people manager.
• Strong initiatives and improvisation capacities.
• Capacity to adapt and show organizational flexibility
• Good stress management.
• Important flexibility and adaptability.
• Experience working with SI (or a similar organization) is an asset.
• Prior experience in Palestine would be considered as an asset.

Language:

• Fluent in English, written and spoken. Arabic is an asset.

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