Project relevance, quality and design

• Develop, revise and update needs assessment tools according to the specific context, the evolution of the humanitarian situation and affected people living conditions and threats.
• Ensure that needs assessment data collection, treatment and analysis take into high consideration key cross-cutting issues such as Protection Mainstreaming. Gender, People with Specific Needs and Humanitarian Access.
• Ensure that SI shelter activities are tailored on needs-based intervention and the assistance delivered is timely, adequate, safe, and accessible/inclusive and effectiveness in terms of impact on people living conditions.
• Ensure that the modalities of intervention match with key contextual requirements, humanitarian access constraints and respectful of the humanitarian principles, with a focus on the Do Not Harm.
• Contribute to define SI shelter strategy in his/her area of intervention and contribute to the annual programming by proposing new activities.
• Ensure the respect of SI procedures, cluster recommendations and international standards (Core Humanitarian Standards, Sphere Guidelines etc..) as well as donors’ qualitative requirements.
• Develop SI shelter strategy in the region by the promotion of new sectors of interventions, new geographical areas, alternative modalities of intervention as well as by the use of innovative and technological solutions to improve the quality and the effectiveness of the impact of delivered assistance.
• Ensure that activities monitoring and reporting respect SI and donor’s requirements and deadlines, in collaboration with the Deputy Hub Director , Hub Director and the MEAL team.
• Contribute to the development and elaboration of new proposals for the targeted area of intervention.
• Contribute to SI country strategy development and to the lessons learnt and capitalization exercises.
• Participate in building the SHELTER teams’ abilities with respect to techniques or new methodologies

Needs Assessment and Shelter management

• Ensure planning and implementation of needs assessment.
• Ensure primary and secondary data collection, treatment and analysis in close collaboration with Deputy Hub Director, MEAL team and the coordination mechanism.
• Ensure that Shelter activities are designed on needs-based evidence and the modalities of intervention are adapted to the context to ensure a safe, rapid, inclusive and adequate assistance to targeted communities;
• Ensure that beneficiaries targeting criteria match with local vulnerabilities and priorities as well as they respect the humanitarian principles, international and cluster standards and the Do Not Harm.
• Ensure adequate and timely communication and coordination with local authorities and targeted communities to ensure that SI needs analysis, targeting and activities are well understood and accepted.
• Anticipate programs and support resources requested for a smooth response in targeted locations by punctual report of needs to the field coordinator, in accordance with SI internal deadlines.
• Ensure the monitoring and reporting on activities in accordance with SI internal procedures, deadlines and templates as well as donors’ requirements.
• Ensure that the Shelter/NFI response is delivered in accordance with SI technical standards, clusters technical requirements and donors’ recommendations.
• Ensure that planned and implemented activities all along the program management cycle (needs assessment, design of the response, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation) take into high consideration the key cross-cutting commitments in the matter of Protection Mainstreaming, Gender, People with Specific Needs and Accountability to affected people.
• Contribute to establishing assessments

Capitalization:

• Use the capitalization tools proposed by Solidarités International,
• Participate in the centralization and distribution of procedures, guides and tools linked to the Shelter activities
• Capitalize on intervention methods and technics and on the experiences acquired by Solidarités International and other participants in the Shelter activities,
• Write handover report before the end of contract and send it to the appropriate counter parts in mission and HQ.

Personnel management  

• Participate in validating the hiring of national technical staff for activities.
• Define the prerequisites for opened shelter positions together with the administrative department; adapt existing job descriptions if required.
• Identify and pass on any training needs for shelter teams
• Set up technical training depending on shelter operational needs and identified training requirements.
• Manage and support the team under his/her responsibility.
• Lead work groups and thematic meetings.
• Evaluate and assess the performance of colleagues under his/her direct supervision.
• Ensure adherence to security regulations by personnel under his/her supervision.

Reporting / communication / representation /Implementation

• Pass upward to the relevant persons any information on the security situation or on any event that could impact Solidarités activities and the safety of the teams.
• Draft shelter activities reports and any annexes relating to specific activities for the financial donor reports and/or amendments.
• Propose a technical approach and a financial, human and logistical scope for the programs to be implemented
• Write the technical annexes and chapters (including the logical framework) for the proposals
• Ensure that all reports are delivered on time and in the correct format.
• Ensure internal communication, coordination and collaboration with the overall team. Ensure inter-sectorial efforts by close coordination with the WASH team.
• Maintain a local operational communications network and good relations with local and government authorities, financial donor representatives, SNFI cluster and other international agencies.
• In his/her assignment area, represent Solidarités International’s at meetings or forums concerning shelter activities.
• Represent the organization when asked and/or delegated to do so.
• Reply to the country office and headquarter information requests regarding specific needs
• In close collaboration with the field coordinator and country office programs and support departments, contribute to the elaboration of the administrative documents (MOU, handover, etc.) to be jointly signed with government authorities, communities or partners.
• Plan activities and activity cycles for SHELTER (hiring, purchasing, etc.) in the light of established objectives
• Plan and supervise the SHELTER program implementation he/she is in charge of, being sure to meet deadlines and adhere to predefined technical specifications
• Suggest any adjustments to be made to the SHELTER activity depending on contextual and indicator developments

Mission and Objectives:

The Shelter Program Manager is in charge of develop and implement SI Shelter activities in the his/her area of intervention, including needs assessments, monitoring and reporting. The overall objective of the position is to ensure that SI humanitarian response is designed on needs-based evidence; it is safe; rapid; inclusive/accessible; adequate and accountable as well as respectful of SI procedures, clusters recommendations, international standards and the humanitarian principles.

He/she is in charge of supervising the operational teams allocated to his/her program.

He/she guarantees the proper execution and the quality of the implemented program and, if applicable, suggests adjustments or developments to ensure its relevance.

Position requirments:

• Bachelor or Masters degree in related field (civil engineering, architecture, etc.)
• Formal training and qualifications in civil works
• Ability to plan, review and follow up rehabilitation works
• Ability and experience in supervising a consultancy (retroffiting works)
• Experience in project cycle management (budget, HR, supply, activities planning, reporting, capitalization…) specifically for Shelter programmes (rehabilitation,...)
• Ability to develop needs assessment, analyze data and provide recommendations
• Remote management
• Autonomous, organized, ability to prioritize and to work under pressure 
• Team player, positive dynamic and problem solving capacities 
• Capacity to guide the team for negotiations with local authorities and communities and ensure project quality
• Capacity to coordinate with other departments and partners to ensure project quality
• Ability to operate safely and effectively in a security sensitive environment
• Strong understanding of humanitarian sector (including cross cutting issues, humanitarian coordination...)