Position:  Shelter Project Assistant

Department: Project_ Implementation_ Unit

Hierarchy: Shelter Project Manager

Number of positions: 2

Location: Semera and Abala, Afar with frequent field travels

Start Date: February 2022

Background on ACTED

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context.

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced and committed team player to fill the Shelter Project Assistant Position in Afar, Ethiopia.

Position Profile:

The Shelter Project Assistant, under the operational guidance of the Shelter Project Manager, will be responsible for ensuring proper implementation of ACTED’s Shelter Project, In Kind Assistant for the most vulnerable displaced populations in Afar Region, Ewa and Abala woredas. The project assistant suport  effective and timely completion of activities, delivery of quality outputs and achievement of outcomes with maximum impact for beneficiaries.  

Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries

The Shelter Project Assistant is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities with which we work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner. Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about ACTED programme objectives, activities, and methodologies. This is the responsibility of every ACTED staff member.

Duties and Responsibilities for the Position

• The shelter Assistant supports the implementation of Shelter/NFI distribution under the direction of Shelter Project Manager and in collaboration with other actors.

General Programming & Operations:

• Assist all distribution processes, including distribution of shelter, non-food and food items and other as required.
• Ensure that correct information is collected for each beneficiary and ensure that records of distribution are correctly maintained.
• Mobilize the IDP communities and affected host populations to ensure their full participation in the project / program activities.
• Facilitate awareness raising activities with other partner organizations and disseminate information about services available for IDPs and affected host communities.
• Disseminate and share information with Persons of Concern (vulnerable persons) on their rights and access to services
• Maintain good relations with local implementing actors, local authorities and other international and local stakeholders in the field
• Assist in maintaining excel database to ensure that statistics and other reports are produced on a timely basis.
• Assist in identifying key persons in villages (Imam, other key persons such as women with influence) who can mobilize the community and support the implementation of the program.
• Assist in preparing and conducting meetings with community representatives and members in the intervention areas.
• Assist in individually and collectively identifying the strengths and weaknesses of village committees and propose appropriate solutions.

Reporting

• Prepare weekly and monthly plans & reports to Shelter Project Manager.
• Provide the Shelter NFI Officer with relevant documents and information.
• Communicate, exchange information and co-operate with relevant internal departments.

Job Requirements

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering & any related field with technical background on shelter construction.
• 2 years work experience with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and/or displaced population is a very strong asset.
• High knowledge on NFI distribution and its processes
• Willing to adhere to and implement the ACTED rules
• Good inter-personal and conflict resolution skills, able to work under pressure and manage personal stress
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with staff, beneficiaries, duty bearers and other stakeholders
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Access and Microsoft Outlook
• Prior experience working in IDP displacement locations
• Ability to work independently
• Fluency written and spoken fluency in English and Afar at must

How to Apply

Application Procedure:

Qualified Ethiopian national persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single document i.e. with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page, detailing three work related referees and contacts to ethiopia.jobs@acted.org and received on or before 5.00PM on 11th  January 2022 with the subject line “Shelter Project Assistant Semera or Abala, Afar, Ethiopia”

Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage. Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitments. ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programs from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.