Shelter And Non Food Items Technical Adviser (National)

ROLE PURPOSE: The Shelter & NFI Technical Advisor (TA) is a member of Save the Children Lebanon’s Beirut-based Program Development and Quality (PDQ) Team. The TA’s role is to provide technical oversight of sector field teams; provide strategic leadership; support field-level implementation and technical capacity building; lead PDQ components of proposal development; and lead sector representation of the Save the Children Lebanon at national-level. Save the Children Lebanon is in the process of nationalising the Shelter & NFI Technical Advisor position as part of a Country Program wide succession plan. As such, the successful applicant will work alongside the current international TA during a handover period before taking full control of the role. This handover period is intended to ensure continuity and sufficient capacity building is provided.   KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: The following roles and responsibilities are to be completed in collaboration with the Program Development and Quality (PDQ) Team and Operations Team (including field-level), as appropriate.   1.     Strategic Planning and Leadership Develop and maintain national level SCL sector strategy, results framework and targets Lead the development of a sector partner strategy Lead sector components of SCL research agenda   2.     Program quality and standards Develop and maintain technical tools, guidance and documentation Develop and maintain technical capacity building plan and materials and implement appropriate Develop and maintain appropriate sector technical standards Support shelter sector monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) exercises Lead the completion of sector analysis and research Compile regular quantitative and qualitative reports and sector summaries   3.     Proposal Development and Resource Mobilisation PDQ-lead for sector proposal development Develop and maintain standard “off-the-shelf” Concept Notes, including logical-frameworks (log-frames), narratives and budgets for main sector approaches Collaborate in the development of integrated multi-sector “flagship” Concept Notes and pilots Lead sector liaison point for Save the Children International member back-stops. Responsible for regular sector briefings and updates   4.     Support to Program Implementation Support field-level implementation of activities. Support sector-specific procurement, as appropriate Support performance management of sector field teams Support donor reporting   5.     Advocacy and Representation Lead representation of Save the Children Lebanon at national-level sector-specific forums, as appropriate (e.g. Working Group, Core Groups, Technical Task Forces, etc.) Support the sector field teams to represent Save the Children Lebanon at field-level Sector focal-point for Media, Advocacy and Communications (MAC) activities Sector lead for external publications   QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Essential Minimum 3 years’ professional experience Previous NGO experience Education to MA/MSc/MEng or equivalent in engineering, construction, architecture, urban-planning or related field Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity Excellent communication and influencing skills A high level of written and spoken English and Arabic Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy The capacity and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances. Commitment to the aims and principles of SC Lebanon. In particular, a good understanding of its mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support   Desirable Experience or knowledge of working for humanitarian shelter agencies Experience of program design and review