Site Improvement Officer

Major Duties and Responsibilitie Assessment         Participate in beneficiary selection Support on site monitoring of activities Communicate any further assessment needs identified Assist Shelter and NFI officer in needed paper work   Community Liaison Ensure community acceptance by professional approach to construction work Ensure community comprehension of Medair activities Ensure distribution of materials and tools to community Establish and maintain good communication lines with municipality and local leaders Establish and facilitate community groups within each ITS  Site Improvement-  Construction and assembly Assist Engineer in scheduling work activities Assist design and facilitate site planning activities Supervise daily workers from the community Mark out work to be done on site and monitor progress Ensure correct payment to daily workers Take deliveries of materials and equipment Work on procurement with logistics  Other duties as assigned Communication Work closely with project manager and engineer Liaise constantly with local communities on site Assist in translation as needed. Communicate implementation problems or issues to project manager. Communicate closely with community mobilisers   Reporting Participate in the generation of the final reporting of the project via post implementation analysis.  Establish worksheets to update records and monitor activities Ensure organized and updated records Be prepared to present information or reports on project activities upon request to project manager    Quality and Financial Management Work within Medair’s recognised procedures in the area of finance and quality management   Logistics Work within Medair’s recognised procedures for logistics and work with logistics staff to ensure items are procured, transported, stored, managed and accounted for correctly     Person Specification and Competencies Strong working knowledge of English and Arabic. Ability to use basic IT programmes. Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and other programmes,AutoCad, is desirable. Self-motivated Ability to work with others to produceworking solutions. Team-player with good interpersonal skills Willing to support others and share workloads Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels  Creative, open-minded, flexible, self learner Ability to adapt communication strategies for different situations Able to solve problem and work with others to come up with practical solutions Strong communication, particularly verbal Ability to translate between spoken Arabic and English Ability to empower and encourage stakeholders to work together Ability to working within hostile environments and deal with conflict