Winterization & Site Mapping Officer

I. PRESENTATION OF THE ORGANIZATION   Solidarités International is a French humanitarian organisation present in Lebanon since March 2013. The mission aim to improve the living conditions of Syrian refugees in northern Lebanon and to reduce the health risks that they are facing in the following regions: Tripoli 5 districts (Minieh-Denniyeh, Zgharta, Batroun, Koura, Becharre) and Akkar This position will be based in the following program: ……………………………………………………………………….   II. MISSION CONTEXT As the Syria Crisis is in its fifth year, humanitarian needs inside Syria and in neighboring countries continue to rise. Given the regional instability, the Lebanese political deadlock and poverty, the population influx has put Lebanon under severe strain. As Lebanon has maintained an open border policy, and with more than 1,000,000 refugees registered with UNHCR, one out of five residents in the country is now a refugee. Due to the recent closure of the borders with Syria, no massive new comers’ influx has been reported in Lebanon since the end of 2014. In order to address the immediate needs of both Syrian refugee and Lebanese host families affected by the Syria crisis, SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) has launched in March 2013 its operations in North Lebanon, in T5 and Akkar. Responding to the most essential needs of the populations affected by the Syrian crisis, SI intends to improve their living conditions and enhance their livelihood. Thus, with support from ECHO and UNICEF, SI’s interventions in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis will be to identify the most vulnerable and referral system through coordination with international partners, local NGOs, municipalities and affected communities. SI will also provide integrated WaSH and Shelter response to the whole population of the informal settlements, small shelter units and collective shelters. SI will provide access to safe water, hygiene materials, appropriate sanitation facilities, improved weatherproofing, and site improvements. SI will also ensure site management of the informal settlements and collective shelters. SI will finally provide livelihood assistance to vulnerable households. To meet the most basic needs, SI will provide support to most vulnerable households through Unconditional Cash Assistance to bridge shortfalls between incomes and expenditures. SI will target the most vulnerable refugees regardless of status, based on standardized vulnerability criteria as defined by the cash working group. The country coordination is based in Beirut, while 2 operational bases in Lebanon are located in the North, Tripoli and Halba, in Akkar.     III. RESPONSIBILITIES Objective 1: Mapping of informal settlements in T5 Activities/Main duties: -Introduce the IS mapping to the targeted community and other stakeholders -Identify new informal settlements in T5 -Conduct a paper survey including data about the site’s location, population and contact information -Conduct a computer based survey on ArcGIS which requires an establishment of the site’s location on the application and attribution of data collected -Ensure that the name and code assigned to the site through the mapping are visible to all stakeholders   Objective 2: Winterization Activities/Main duties: -Introduce the winterization project to the targeted community and other stakeholders. -Conduct an ODK based winterization questionnaire, and identify the eligible individuals in the household. -Fill a paper survey used for back up for each site assessed       IV. REQUIREMENTS   Background: Social work Professional experience: Previous experience in the humanitarian field Personal qualities & soft skills: Strong social and communication skills                                      Languages: English - Arabic IT skills: Excel – Tablets & Android applications – Maps -