Sub-National WaSH Cluster Lead in SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL

TERMS < strong>JOBS:

• Placework: office at the address in the city of Dnipro, possible business trips to other regions
• Contract: fixed-term employment contract (according to Ukrainian legislation)
• Typeemployment< /strong>:full-time employment
• Salarysalary: 3165 EUR gross (Before taxes are deducted, paid in hryvnias, according to the monthly rate of the bank of the European Commission)
• Additional: holiday 31 calendar days, paid family leave, life insurance

Either please send your resume and > coverletter in English < /strong>language according to the resume submission form.

Finaldeadline < Submission of applications: November 15, 2024. >

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL launches the external recruitment.

PRESENTATION OF THE ORGANIZATION < /u>

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL(SI) is an international humanitarian NGO which, for more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly involved in the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the first cause of death in the world, SI's interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of ​​food security and livelihoods . Present in around twenty countries, SI's teams - 2000 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers - work with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.

Solidarites International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all types of abuse – all acts of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and /or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of SEAH.

Solidarites International is an equitable employer committed to finding all forms of discrimination. SI will never ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.

DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION

Under the line management of the Field Coordinator in Dnipro and the technical supervision of the National WASH Cluster Coordinator (Kyiv), the Sub-National WaSH Cluster Lead will be responsible to facilitatete the coordination of WASH activities in his/her area of responsibility which includes Dnipropetrovska, Donetska, Kharkivska, Kirovohradska, Luhanska, Poltavska, and Zaporizka districts (‘Focus Area”). In particular, the purpose of this position is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by WaSH actors of the sub-national cluster. The Sub-National WaSH Cluster Lead will be an employee of SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL, however, the individual will work impartially, serving the needs of all members of the Sub-National Cluster for East Ukraine. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Organize and facilitate regular coordination meetings and information sharing efforts to help ensure effective coor-dination among all humanitarian WASH partners in the Focus Area districts. This includes organizing regular multi-lateral and bilateral meetings, developing meeting agendas, sending meeting minutes, and following up on agreed-upon action points
• Develop and support implementation of a Sub-National WaSH Cluster strategy
• Promote and support the use of agreed-upon WaSH Cluster tools, standards, and guidance for conducting surveys and assessments
• Alert the National WaSH Cluster Coordinator of any Sub-National WaSH Cluster needs or gaps
• Support coordination of assessment processes, including identification of need for assessments, multi-cluster initial rapid assessments (MIRAs or ISTs), humanitarian needs overviews (HNOs), etc. 
• Provide regular inputs to Cluster reporting efforts, and raise key issues to the National WaSH Cluster and/or other relevant coordination bodies. Request needed support from the National WaSH Cluster when required
• Conduct mapping of current and potential actors in the area of responsibility – including government, national and international organizations, as well as institutions and private sector agencies. Promote appropriate participation of these organisations in the Sub-National WaSH Cluster
• Be the focal point for WaSH response plans and operations within the Focus Area districts for OCHA and the ICWG
• Develop and facilitate implementation of contingency and preparedness plans for the Sub-National Cluster as re-quired, under the guidance of the National WaSH Cluster Coordinator
• Ensure mapping of warehousing and emergency material supply capacities at district level, and communicate bot-tlenecks and gaps to the National WaSH Cluster
• Promote effective links between the WaSH Sub-Cluster with other Sub-National Clusters in East Ukraine and with OCHA, including in the areas of Health, Food Security and Livelihoods, Nutrition, Shelter, Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), Protection, and Education
• Promote integration of WaSH in cross-cutting issues such as Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), human rights, HIV/AIDS, age, gender and environment, utilization, and participatory, people-centered and community-based approaches in humanitarian planning, implementation, and monitoring
• Promote gender equality by ensuring that needs, contributions and capacities of women and girls as well as men and boys are addressed
• Draw lessons learned from past activities and provide inputs to the National WaSH Cluster for revising strategies and action plans accordingly, and identify potential capacity gaps to be addressed by the National and Sub-National WaSH Cluster
• Undertake regular monitoring visits to all Focus Area districts, following the WaSH Cluster monitoring framework (encourage peer monitoring where appropriate)
• Coordinate and promote the development of partner and local authorities’ capacity for WaSH emergency program implementation by regularly conducting capacity gap analysis (supported by the National Cluster)
• Liaise with the National WaSH Cluster to help ensure the capacity for WaSH emergency response is enhanced based on the mapping of available capacity (and gaps)
• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of cluster partners and local authorities on emergency WaSH response
• Support cluster partners in identification of core advocacy concerns, including resource requirements, and communicate those to the National WASH Cluster
• Facilitate gathering feedback from beneficiaries to help ensure that responses are focused on affected populations, and that humanitarian WASH actors are aware of and use the AAP as well as participatory and community-based approaches in their planning, implementation and monitoring

ACCOUNTABILITY:

• SI Field Coordinator in Dnipro as line manager, complying to security measures and any other relevant requirements
• National WaSH Cluster Coordinator who will ensure the post holder has all necessary support and guidance
• WaSH Cluster participants, who will in turn ensure that they deliver on their agreed minimum commitments (see IASC Reference Module for Cluster Coordination at Country Level)
• Information management team who will support in line with their terms of reference
• Sub-national inter-cluster coordination bodies established by the HCT/UNOCHA
• Affected populations through agreed mechanisms
• To SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL who is the hosting NGO of this position and will support this posting logistically. The post holder will have to follow SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL Internal Staff Regulations including security guide-lines and procedures where not otherwise agreed between the UNOCHA WASH Cluster and SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL

PROFILE FORSAKEN:

• Studies: Technical diploma or certificate related to Water/Sanitation/Public Health or Building/civil engineering
• Experience: Experience on humanitarian project management, partnerships and relations with National/Local Authorities. Experience on working in INGO or Local NGO. 
• Language : English – C1, Uranian – B2
• IT:  MS Excel and Word programmes, including preparation of reports tables, charts, graphs and presentations.
• Qualification:
• Understands the rationalebehind Humanitarian Reform, its main components, and recent developments including the Transformative Agenda. 
• Understands, uses and adapts the tools, mechanisms and processes developed as part of Humanitarian Reform.
• Commitment to Humanitarian Principles and Principles of Partnership.
• Commitment to the WaSH Cluster and independence from the employing organization.
• Technical competences 
• Understands key technical WaSH issues for the cluster to enable engagement with cluster participants; and to understand their cluster-specific information management needs.
• Soft skills: Strategic thinking and action. Communicability, leadership qualities, the ability to establish relationships with a wide range of people and institutions. Analytical skills in the framework of ensuring the quality development of the WaSH program and contextual analysis

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Place of work: office at the address: Dnipro, possible business trips to other oblast’s
• Contract: fixed-term contract (according to Ukrainian legislation) 
• Type of employment: full-time
• Salary: 3165 EURO gross (Before the taxation, paid in UAH according to the monthly rate of the bank of the European Commission).
• Additionally:  paid vacation 31 calendar days, paid family leave, life insurance

Thank to send your application with cover letter in English

Application closing date: November 15, 2024.