Office asst. Date entry

Position : Office asst. Date entry
Position open:  1 – full time

Contract :Temporary employment contract up to  1 years (renewable)
According to Palestinian Law and Tdh-it international standards

Contracting authority :Palestinian Medical Relief (in partnership with Tdh-It)

Project     Psychosocial and nutritional support to preschool-age children and their siblings in Gaza Strip
Closing date:     18th  July 2010 14.00 (+2GMT)
Location:     Gaza City, Gaza Strip


Partnership Background:

Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) is a grassroots; community- based Palestinian health organization. PMRS was founded in 1979 by a group of Palestinian doctors and health professionals seeking to supplement the decayed and inadequate health infrastructure caused by years of Israeli military occupation. It is non-profit, voluntary, and one of the largest health NGOs in Palestine. PMRS is national health programs emphasize prevention, education, community participation, and the empowerment of people.
Terre des hommes Italy is a nongovernmental organization, member of the International Terre des hommes Federation, working in Palestine since 20 years and in Gaza since 2008. Terre des hommes Italy assists 100,000 children and 400,000 people with 70 projects in 22 countries.

PMRS and Tdh-It are implementing partners in Psychosocial and nutritional support to preschool-age children and their siblings in Gaza Strip (phase 2) after the successful experience of phase 1.

The project

The Psychosocial and nutritional support to preschool-age children and their siblings in Gaza Strip is the follow up of a similar intervention implemented in 2009/10 by the Partners. The project is funded by Echo – European Commission Humanitarian Aid with 12 month duration, is implemented in 22 Kindergartens and surrounding areas in East Khan Younis and West Rafah.


Background  Degree, bachelor
Experience  Working experience of 1 year at least.
Other relevant experience:  e.g. volunteering, etc.
Competencies    Beyond what required in the ToR the capacity of working in team and coordinate different tasks
Language skills     English Language (written, spoken) is positively valued
Contextual competencies     in managing relations within organizations, capacity of execute multiple task, result oriented. Communication Skills are essential.
Language Skills        Fluent in English (written, spoken)
Technical Skill    Perfect knowledge and handling of the Office package Ambient Windows (other packages are also valued): Access, Excel, Word, PPT

T.o.R.
-Support the project manager, the project coordinator and the office teams in managing, coordination, producing documents, reports, databases, supporting documents, relative to the different activities undertaken in the Project. Have daily exchange with the teams on the field about the data produced.
-Coordinate and support the database management produced by the teams;
-Monitoring of the data entry and its correctness with the source of data and with the standard required by the PM and PC;
-Data entry of the several databases and/or forms produced;
-Follow up the feedback received from the expert directly or through the project management
-Translation and interpreting upon request of training/follow up sessions and in any other required occasion;
-Translation of working documents/reports/lists/beneficiaries lists produced by the project;
-the design and management of databases if required;
-coordinate with the other Tdh-It team and staff both at office and field level

Beside the specific tasks the Office Asst should carry out his/her duties actively practicing team work and planning methodologies, so to maximise the impact of the TDH activities on the field.

 

Application Procedure:

Please send your complete application form as attachment to send to by email to
[email protected] with cc to [email protected]

Other annexes (e.g. supporting letters or others documents) must be scanned and attached to the same mail.
Please indicate in the subject line of your email either one of the following (it is not possible to apply for more than one position):

Application may be also submitted by hand both in hard and softcopy (application only in hard copy will not be accepted) at the Project office.

PMRS- Tdh-It, Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italy, ECHO Project office
Abu Ghalion Building 2, n° 601, 6th floor, Hamed Orbi st., Gaza City
T/F +972(0)82868278
Office working hours:  9.00 to 14.00 hours Sunday to Friday.

Application must be sent by 14.00 hour (+2GMT) of the 18th July 2010.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted