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| Shelter Assistant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Herat, |
| Categories | Program, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-08-16 | Close Date | 2022-08-20 |
| Vacancy No | IRW-239-2022 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 2 | Contract Duration | 7 month |
| Education | B. A in civil Engineering | Experience | 2-3 years of experience in shelter project |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | 30000-33000 AF |
About Company
About Islamic Releif world wide Afghanistan: Founded: 1992 Islamic Relief Worldwide – Afghanistan Country Office (IRA) is an international non profitable non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in UK-Birmingham. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. IRA started its humanitarian activities for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Afghan people inside Afghanistan in 1992. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in different fields: Emergency Relief, Agriculture, Health, Education, Engineering and construction, irrigation, and social welfare
Job Description
Job Summary:
Under the supervision of Shelter Engineer, the shelter assistant will be responsible for the implementation of Shelter project in Herat. The main purpose of this position is day to day implementation of the Shelter Projects including shelter upgrade/repair cash for rent and durable solutions and to work closely with community’s/ and local authorities for repair/construction of shelters infrastructures shelter upgrade/repair and cash for rental shelter solution at community level. Ensure quality of construction materials works and service and monitor safety of the workers by using safety tools in construction site
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Have understanding of all programs’ goals objectives implementation plan and expected result / output.
- Responsible for assessments; project planning implementation and monitoring of cash for rent and shelter activities.
- Contribute actively to project planning implementation quality control and monitoring of construction activities
- The shelter assistant is responsible of estimating the quantities should be aware of local and regional market and should conduct market survey.
- Organize/contribute to technical assessments related to shelter (Cash for rent shelter upgrading and construction of permanent shelters etc.) and other construction activities technical documents (design and BOQ).
- Inspect and monitor shelter construction and other infrastructures
- Report any changes in the design and contribute to alternative solution.
- Responsible for all the phases of the Shelter school and cash for rent including but not limited to; beneficiary selection project planning field assistant project implementation and evaluation.
- Responsible for quality construction of Shelter activities in communities and in target areas.
- Monitor construction activities regularly and within the agreed timeframe.
- Responsible for raising PRs and distribution of hygiene materials.
- Work under the direct supervision of Shelter officer/Coordinator for field-based activities and community mobilizations
- Organize and contribute to activities for achieving deliverables required in the project log frame.
- Produce reports regularly as per the project requirement.
- Be willing to travel throughout the districts and other provinces this is primarily a field position and will require physical activity in a range of demanding natural environments and conditions.
- Ensure the inclusion of cash-based interventions and marked based programs in country and area-based strategies and their implementation across and within IRW’s core competencies
- Provide an enabling environment for the implementation of cash-based interventions including multi-purpose cash assistance emergency cash responses
- Any other related tasks assigned by the supervisor
Job Requirement
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
- Masters level qualification in Civil Engineering is preferable
- 2 to 3 years of experience in the field of humanitarian.
- Good capacity building and management skills, including human resource and financial management, communications, and intercultural cooperation skills
- Strong knowledge of MS office and Engineering software
- Good oral and written communication skills in Dari or Pashtun language.
- Must have knowledge of key humanitarian principles and other international laws and Sphere Standards
- Good English language written, and oral communication skills are required
Submission Guideline
Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following link:
https://www.jobs.af/jobs/shelter-assisstant
The closing date for accepting applications is 20 August 2022.
Please clearly state the Vacancy Announcement number and title of the position you are applying for in the subject line.
Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be called for written test/interview.
Note: The written test/interview will be on rolling basis due to the urgent need of the position the written test/interview may take place before the closing date of the post/s.