ASSISTANT FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR

GVC (Gruppo di Volontariato Civile) is a non-profit non-governemental organisation working in Palestine since 1992.
In the frame of the project “Improving living conditions in the South-Central West Bank by improving accessibility to safe water in marginalized areas”, funded by ECHO (Humanitarian Aid department of the European Commission), GVC invites to apply for the position of:
 

Start date:4th of September 2011
Contract duration:5 months
Contract Type:Part time (2/3 days a week)
Intervention area:Hebron Governorate (Base: GVC office in Hebron with often travelling in the Yatta area)
Main project activities:The recruited person will cover a project component focusing on subsidised water distribution to the beneficiaries. 

Job description
The assistant will implement the non-technical activities of the project under the supervision of the Project Manager and the Water Distribution Co-ordinator and in strict co-operation with the project staff.
In particular, s/he will focus on the implementation of the following activity:
1-Oral interpretation: from Arabic to English, and English to Arabic, during interviews with beneficiaries, between expats and local staff and projects related activities.
2-Written translation: translation of written Arabic into written English and vice versa (forms, letters, reports, etc.)
3-Supporting the PM and WD Co-ordinator in the organisation and implementation of water distribution;
4-Supporting the WD Co-ordinator in managing and supervising the recovery funds system in partnership with local partners;
5-Supporting the Water Distribution records creation and elaboration of beneficiaries information water demands, coupon, cash;
6-Database entry and management, extracting analysis, outputs and spreadsheets

When required by the project s/he will work with the following additional tasks:
-help organise and implement campaigns of information aimed at introducing project activities and their goals to the final beneficiaries;
-keep contacts with institutions, partners and other actors, for issues related to contracts or agreements with GVC;
-assist in the organisation of meetings and calls for tender;
-supporting the project documents archiving;
-screen and distribute incoming correspondence and communications.

Required qualifications
-excellent knowledge of written and spoken Arabic and English
-organisational, communication and reporting capacity
-knowledge in the use of MS Word and Excel
-good knowledge of the southern areas of the Hebron Governorate
-experience in humanitarian actions, preferably in the water sector
-ability to travel throughout the project sites to visit the project sites

Preferable:
-experience in working with international NGOs

Qualified candidates are requested to send their detailed CV in English to
[email protected] and [email protected]

The deadline for the application is Monday, 28th August 2011. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.