Shelter Coordinator - Beirut

ROLE PURPOSE: The post holder will be responsible for the supervision Shelter activities, including team coordination, liaising with support departments, monitoring, reporting, needs assessment, inter-agency coordination; In close coordination with the Shelter PM, S/he will contribute to shelter strategy development, providing technical guidance to field-based teams, ensuring that high-quality activities are implemented in a timely manner, developing proposals and securing funding for programming.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Shelter Program Manager

Reporting to: Shelter Officers

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Shelter Programming

- Represent SCI in Shelter working groups, and coordination meetings particularly at local level and coordinate closely with external actors, local authorities and other sectors of SCI.

- Supervise assessments and beneficiary identification. Liaise with refugees’ communities and ensure adequate information, communication, sensitization, mobilization, feedback collection.

- Plan and manage distributions of Shelter and NFI materials, in kind or through vouchers.

- Plan and manage complex Shelter program involving negotiation with landlord and local authorities, civil rehabilitation works, conditional cash transfers, technical monitoring.

- Closely coordinate with logistics to ensure that the shelter program receives all necessary operational support, including supply chain, transportation, communication, premises etc.

- Coordinate with finance to ensure close financial management of shelter programs.

- Take responsibility for shelter component of grants, including monitoring of achievement Vs targets, monitoring and reporting.

Technical Support

- Provide technical leadership for civil rehabilitation works, evaluating in details rehabilitation needs of shelter.

- Provide technical support for construction activities of SCI’s other programming sectors.

- Take initiative to propose adjustment of activities depending on evolution of needs and standards agreed across the sector, taking into account vulnerability and technical criteria.

- Ensure quality of shelter materials delivered and civil rehabilitation works.

- Conduct regular trainings for staff to build skills and capacity.

Monitoring and Evaluation

- Contribute to the development of registration and M&E tools, based on project indicators, as well as databases, and ensure Shelter team has a solid understanding of all tools.

- Ensure quality of data collected and support the team for data analysis.

- Ensure that all required project indicators are measured by field teams and evaluated.

- Lead and conduct needs assessments to guide strategy development.

Strategy and Proposal Development

- Lead and conduct needs assessments to guide strategy development

Other

- Prepare sitreps, internal reports and donor reports as required.

- Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES:

- Degree in Engineering or similar field

- Strong experience of humanitarian shelter programming; experience in cash and voucher programming is essential (Not less 12 months in a similar role)

- Demonstrated experience in managing a team in a humanitarian context

- Excellent time management skills

- Strong experience in field work and community mobilization; and in training groups of beneficiaries

- Fluency in written and spoken English

- Strength in interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Previous experience of liaising with the UN, national and donor governments and NGOs as advantage

- Flexibility and willingness to change work practices and hours, and capability to work in insecure environment 

- Available and willing to travel throughout Lebanon