Project Technical Assistant

Job Description

Position: Project Technical Assistant

Contract duration: 4 months

Location: Gaza

Starting Date: ASAP

Background on ACTED

ACTED is an international NGO registered in France. ACTED’s vocation is to support vulnerable populations affected by wars, natural disasters and/or economic and social crises, and to accompany them in building a better future. ACTED started its activities in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in May 2007. ACTED is currently implementing projects covering multiple humanitarian / development sectors, funded by of a variety of international donors, which aim at protecting vulnerable households and strengthening civil society actors across the oPt. ACTED oPt offers a dynamic, rigorous and knowledge-oriented working environment.

Country Profile

In the occupied Palestinian territory, ACTED is both committed to humanitarian assistance and long-term development. ACTED strives to strengthen the economic capacities of cooperatives in rural areas, consolidate civil society organisations, and provide emergency assistance to the most vulnerable, rural communities in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. ACTED currently seeks Project Technical Assistant to support the implementation of its project in Gaza.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision and guidance of the project supervisor and under the overall supervision of the Gaza senior office manager, the Project Assistant will have the following duties and responsibilities:

Assists the Project Supervisor and all the team to achieve the assigned activities (including activities indicator) within the timeline.

Ensure field work complies with project working plan and timeframe.

Participate in Preparing the project documents (including periodical reports, BoQ's, monitoring forms and attendance sheets, etc.)

Assist project supervisor in establishing/maintaining beneficiary database with up-to-date information and tracking of beneficiaries’ progress and challenges.

Propose solutions and improvements relating to project progress.

Support the supervision of Shelter/WASH projects’ activities implemented within partner’s premises for quality and report and encountered challenge to project supervisor.

Reporting of field activities to Project Supervisor (data entry, materials delivered, work achieved, beneficiaries’ attendance, obstacles and constraints) taking into consideration reporting requirements and monitoring and/or evaluation tools and indicators.

Support organization of the meetings, trainings and awareness sessions with the beneficiaries, and in collaboration with local partners.

Additional tasks may be requested from the employee within the scope of the project framework.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering or any other relevant field.

Minimum 2 years field experience in working and following up implementation of emergency and livelihoods interventions in the Gaza Strip

Knowledge in humanitarian/emergency and/or development programming is a plus.

Ability to work in a team and under pressure

Fluency in reading, writing and speaking Arabic and intermediate level in English.

Very good knowledge in Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.

Ability to handle multiple assignments & meet deadlines with willingness to travel to the field independently.

Willingness to improve skills and knowledge.

Valid Driving license (with clean record) is compulsory.

Job Details

Job Title Project Technical Assistant

Deadline 17 - Oct - 2021

Location Gaza Strip

Job Type Full time

Position Level Mid Career

Salary N/A

Degree Bachelor's degree

Experience 2 Years

Category Engineering

Application Instructions

Interested candidates are invited to send CV, Cover letter and three references (in English) no later than October 17th, 2021 to: ([email protected]), indicating the position (Project Technical Assistant) in the subject line.

The selection committee will review all applications as they are received.

All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described above, and those unable to meet these requirements will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. No telephone inquiries will be received.

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