Community Supervisor

Preliminary Job Information

Job Title : Community Supervisor (2 POSITIONS)
Country & Base of Posting:OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, GAZA OFFICE
Contract Duration: 4 MONTHS - FULL TIME
Starting Date     ASAP
Salary    According to the GVC terms of employment for local staff

General Information on the Mission
Context
GVC – Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, is a non-governmental, secular, and independent organization, founded in Bologna in 1971. We are active in international development aid projects with complex action strategies: from humanitarian aid to populations suffering from conflicts and natural disasters to reconstruction, hygiene, and food security; from rural development to education, to the protection of women's and children's rights.
In over forty years of activity, GVC has operated in all parts of the world, carrying out thousands of projects. We collaborate with public institutions, cultural associations, cooperatives, and Italian and European NGOs, organizing seminars, conferences, exhibits and festivals, laboratories in school and training courses for teachers. We produce educational materials and carry out communication activities on sensitive issues such as differences, human rights, women's issues, sustainable trade, and biodiversity.

BACKGROUND: since 1967, occupation and political stagnation have directly affected the socio-economic situation of the Palestinian population. The movement restrictions policy are severely limiting Palestinians’ access to essential services and markets, and leading to serious and negative impact upon all aspects of their lives, and mainly their livelihoods.
Palestine is a sui generis case for aid delivery and cooperation, due notably to the occupation and the fragmentation of the territory. Efficiency and performance of development cooperation continue to be challenged by the Israeli occupation of Palestine, in all sectors NGOs are involved in. Palestine is divided into the Gaza Strip (under the control of de facto authorities not recognised by the international community), East Jerusalem (a de facto annexation by Israel also not recognised) and the West Bank (over which the Palestinian Authority (PA) has entire control only on Area A, i.e. 18% of the West Bank). The PA has therefore only a very limited authority, both in terms of territory and legal jurisdiction.

The situation of the PA remains challenging, with the persistence of a systemic fiscal crisis and crisis of political legitimacy following the suspension of the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2007 and the absence of national elections subsequently. In July 2013 direct talks were resumed between Israelis and Palestinians in the context of the Middle East Peace Process with the ambitious aim of achieving -agreement on all final status issues within nine months. The failure of the peace talking and the operation “Protective Edge” leaded to a more tense escalation, for which international NGOs are challenged to respond with innovative and sustainable cooperation strategies.

GVC’s Development Strategy in the Country
The consolidation of the PA institutional infrastructure open to foster democratic participation of civil society, through the improvement of representative processes and the implementation of specific effective tools to promote dialogue. These criteria should lead any kind of intervention, preparing both decentralized institution and civil society to better advocate for a final recognition of Palestinian statehood.
GVC focuses strategically on 4 main sectors for its development program, namely:
-Food Security
-Local Development and Governance
-Integrate Water Resource Management 
-LRRD: Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development

 

Job Description

Tasks and Responsibilities

In the framework of a UNICEF funded project, GVC is aiming at providing humanitarian response to improve the basic water, sanitation and hygiene conditions of the most vulnerable people in the Gaza Strip. As a part of this project, GVC - Gaza Office is currently looking for a qualified candidate to carry out the following tasks and responsibilities:
-Supervising the Filed Mobilizers according with the action plan developed by GVC staff.
-Coordinating, closely with the Field Mobilizers and partner CBOs, the daily implementation of the project in the field.
-Participating in the implementation of the pre WASH needs assessment, including conducting beneficiaries’ home field visit and data filling/elaboration in coordination with GVC IT Manager in a daily basis.
-Supervising on the implementation of the project hard components including drinking water distribution, cesspits vacuuming, installation of wastewater HHs connections, distribution of hygiene and cleaning kits and other items.
-Ensuring the quality of all provided works and supplies in the field.
-Ensuring accuracy, reliability and relevance of data collected in the field.
-Assisting in the coordination for the hygiene promotion campaigns.
-Reporting to the Technical Coordinator any problem rose during the implementation of the assessment and the work in general.
-Preparing activities progress reports on regular basis including achievement of project indicators.
-Attending all the required meetings at GVC and/or partner CBOs office.

Report to
-Project Manager
-Technical Coordinator
-Field Coordinator

Accountable to
-Project Manager

Works in Coordination with
-Area Manager
-Project Managers
-Field Coordinator
-Administrative Officer
-Hygiene Promoter
-Community Mobilizers

Duty Station
Gaza Strip

Core and Functional Competences

Required Knowledge
-Minimum university degree in the field of WASH, social science or any relevant field.
-Minimum of 3 years of experience in related field.
-Solid experience in data collection and assessment methodologies.
-Good knowledge and experience of activities monitoring and evaluation.
-Good knowledge about the WASH situation in the Gaza Strip.
-Good knowledge and extensive practice in gender approach.
-Previous experience with the international and local NGOs.

Required Personal Characteristics and Skills
-Computer skills, in particular MS Applications.
-Fluency in reading, writing and speaking in both Arabic and English.
-Ability to work under pressure.
-Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks while fostering quality, team spirit and positive working relationships with colleagues.
-To display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability, with qualities of patience and diplomacy.-To demonstrate integrity by modelling the NGO’s values and ethical standards.
-Excellent communication skills and ability to properly represent GVC.




 

Application Procedures

-Interested candidates should send their CVs along with a cover letter, both in English, to
 

[email protected]

no later than 18/07/2016. Please indicate the reference “CS/Gaza-2016” in any correspondence. Only the short listed candidates will be considered. 

-Due to the urgency to fill the position, GVC reserves the right to recruit a candidate before the above mentioned deadline.



 

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