Country: occupied Palestinian territory
Closing date: 30 Sep 2018
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 200 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 7 million people in 21 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe and France.
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Humanitarian situation and needs:
Since 1967, occupation and political stagnation have directly affected the socio-economic situation of the Palestinian population in the West Bank. The movement restrictions policy is severely limiting Palestinians’ access to essential services and markets, and leading to serious and negative impact upon all aspects of their lives, and mainly their livelihoods. The Oslo agreement in 1993 created some hope to bring peace to the region but it quickly showed impossible to achieve for a number of reasons. In 2000, following a visit of Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, on Aram al Sharif, the second Intifada started putting the Palestinian population under heavy pressure. In 2006, following elections won by Hamas but not accepted by the international community and Fatah, Hamas and Fatah clashed in the West Bank and Gaza which resulted in a substantial division of the Palestinian society. A civil war occurred in Gaza for a few days following which Fatah leader in Gaza had to escape the strip. Hamas took over the Gaza strip becoming the de facto authority in charge of that part of Palestine while the PA controls the West Bank.
Since then, three wars between Hamas and Israel occurred (2008-9, 2012 and 2014), the latest – Protective Edge Operation – being the most devastating one with about 2,500 persons killed on the Palestinian side (while about 70 persons were killed on the Israeli side) and more than 18,500 houses destroyed in the Gaza strip generating 100,000 IDPs. As of today, reconstruction hardly started due to political issues mainly including disagreement between PA and Hamas over the reconstruction.
The main features of the Israeli occupation remain in place since 2000 and consequently the humanitarian needs in the oPt have not fundamentally changed for the last decade. Israel continues to impose a blockade on Gaza, amounting to collective punishment of the population and affecting every aspect of life in the Gaza Strip. Livelihoods remained severely constrained by policies that restricted access to the areas with the most viable agricultural and fishing prospects. Access restriction, blockade and the internal divisions result in a limited access to essential services and entrenched levels of food insecurity faced by many Gazans in their day-to-day lives. On the other hand, the WB faces development issues (some people peak about “de-development”) and an increased pressure on the communities in Area C of the West Bank – rise in demolitions, settlers’ violence, no easing on movement restrictions and no progress on the planning and zoning regime. Bedouin and herder communities in particular are affected. East-Jerusalem is also deeply affected by demolitions and restrictions of movement.
Our action in the field:
Since 2015, PUI’s strategy focuses on providing support to populations affected by the coercive environment and subsequent violations of IHL/HR in both the West Bank (WB) and the Gaza Strip (GS). It combined several sectors to prevent the loss of livelihoods and displacements of population as a consequence of protection threats, lack of services (Health, Education, WASH), and lack of access to agricultural lands or job opportunities.
In the Northern West Bank, PUI operates in 3 districts (Qalqiliya, Salfit, and Nablus) with programming in protection, livelihoods and women economic empowerment. In the Gaza Strip, PUI operates in 3 districts (Middle Area, Khan Younis, Rafah, Middle Area & Gaza), including a big part in the ARA Rafah) with programming in emergency response/NFI, protection, WASH, shelter, rural development, access to land and livelihoods, agriculture and heritage protection.
PUI is leading on several issues including settler violence (WB) and the Access restricted Area (ARA) in the GS.
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As part of our activities in Occupied Palestinian Territory, we are looking for a Deputy Head of Mission
The DHoM’s main objective is to ensure the accountability of PUI’s programs in the oPt. The DHoM is expected to contribute to the quality assurance of program implementation across all grants. He/she reports to the Head of Mission, in whose absence the Deputy provides interim coverage.
The DHoM is responsible for cross-cutting programmatic information management, sound design of and overseeing assessments,monitoring and evaluation, and ensuring that information collected is reflected upon, used to improve ongoing projects, and incorporated into consistently high quality grant proposals and reports.
Working under the supervision of the Head of Mission and in close collaboration with the Field Coordinators, she/he will be responsible for developing a global Quality Management Policy, coordinating, computerizing, maintaining and constantly improving the M&E system, ensuring that grant proposals, donors’ reports and internal reports are timely and of a high quality, stimulating a constant learning and capacity building process specifically to strengthen national staff capacities.
Finally, she/he will be a key player in the strategy elaboration upon the Head of Mission leadership and in collaboration with the Field Coordinators, both on programmatic and organizational aspects. She/he will technically manages a team of monitoring and evaluation officers/managers and collaborate closely with the Field Coordinators and with other departments when and as required.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Technical coordination: ensures technical quality and coherence of mission programming
MEAL: develops and monitors MEAL processes, ensures the technical management of M&E teams
Reporting to donors: coordinates the drafting of projects’ proposals and reports
Support to HoM
Training and Experience:
Training: Bachelor’s or Master degree in a field related to Project Management, international development and/or business school
Experience: At least 2 years’ experience in project management / M&E process or a similar position in an international context, and in donor requirements and expectations, particularly ECHO, EuropeAid, OCHA
Software: Strong computer skills, including ability to operate, Microsoft Word, Excel (advanced), Power-Point
Required Personal Characteristics (fitting into the team, suitability for the job and assignment):
Demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation design, applied survey & research, indicator development
Proven capacity for analyzing and synthetizing comprehensive information and technical data
Ability to guarantee effective and timely outputs
Good communications skills for public presentations
Ability to work on own initiative and collaboratively as part of a diverse team and manage a varied workload
Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to the needs of the team and organization
Strong commitment to support/develop capacity of national staff and developing second layer of leadership
Proven management ability and inter-personal skills – team player
Problem solving and leadership skills
Strong & objective interest for the Israelo-Palestinian context: initial knowledge about the history of the conflict and the main tends
Innovation : capacity to propose new visions, new solutions
Ability to work under stress in general, and in emergency situations in particular
Languages:
English required
Proposed terms:
Fixed-term Contract – 12 months
Starting Date: August 2018
Monthly Gross Income: from 2 420 up to 2 750 Euros depending on the experience in International Solidarity + 50 Euros per semester seniority with PUI
Cost covered Round-trip transportation to and from home / mission (travel expenses include visas, vaccines…)
Insurance including medical coverage and complementary healthcare, 24/24 assistance and repatriation
Housing: Monthly allowance
Daily living expenses“Per diem”
Break policy 5 working days at 3 and 9 months
Paid leave policy 5 weeks of paid leaves per year + return ticket every 6 months
For more information on our offer, please look at the complete job description on our website!
How to apply:
Please send your application (Resume and Cover Letter) to Camille Attias, Human Resources Officer for Expatriates, at recrutement@premiere-urgence.org
