Chief Field Infrastructure and Camp Improvement

Provides leadership for the Infrastructure and Camp Improvement Programme (ICIP) in the Field; sets plans, activities, priorities, and workflows; establishes, revises and oversees the implementation of policies and procedures; ensures UNRWA requirements are addressed and followed and ICIP services to the refugees are delivered efficiently and effectively;

Oversees and promotes a multidisciplinary urban development overall planning and implementation that impact positively on the lives of refugees at large and particularly in the camps; enhances community participatory approaches, in close consultation with DICI and in coordination with external stakeholders, including municipalities, local authorities, other community based organizations and NGOs, in order to ensure coherence and complementarity of interventions and  consistency with UNRWA approved strategic approach and national urban development plans;

Leads the preparation of the Programme’s strategy at the field level,  contributes substantively to the Programme’s strategic planning at the Agency level and leads the planning of related activities, including budget management and advocacy and introducing innovative approaches for establishing partnerships and  funding of the ICIP interventions;

Performs the duties of the Director of Works (the Engineer under FIDIC contracts); provides overall contract administration oversight and central reviews to confirm satisfaction of all contract obligations and reducing contractual risks and liabilities of the Agency particularly in managing variations and claims; certifies the validity and accuracy of bills of quantities and financial interim and final accounts for work executed;

Supervises plans for environmental health services in the Field and initiates and oversees new solid waste management plans in the camps; supervises other environmental health related services, including water quality control and well development, where applicable.

Provides high level and overall supervision on  planning, design and construction of Agency facilities as well as environmental infrastructure, including those designed/supervised by external consultants, including water supply, wastewater, storm-water, roads, shelters and maintenance works in the Field, as applicable; arranges for the appointment, briefing and control of consultants in coordination with DICI;

Writes and submits overall progress reports for the Programme in the Field; oversees preparation of other reports for internal use and for submission to external parties to the Agency such as donors and refugees; oversees preparation on results-based management reports and achievement of objectives of the Programme through analysis of indicators and trends; represents the field in external relevant meetings, and provides briefing as required;

Oversees management of the human resources of the department, including work assignments, performance and coaching; supervises staff capacity development and training, ensuring that ICIP staff are equipped with the necessary competencies to perform their duties effectively, efficiently and ethically; responsible for facilitating individual excellence along with team excellence, ensuring that the work allocated is matching to the team members skill set; ensures better communication within the team and that the road-map is clear to all; ensures that everyone gets proper feedback on their performance and the teams’ performance, good work gets the recognition it deserves and supports;

Makes sure that the Agency protection standards and other standards are streamlined within the Programme operations in the Field, including those dealing with safety of the built environment and its inclusiveness to accommodate people with disabilities, making sure all the time of gender related requirements and cultural dimensions.

Performs such other duties as may be assigned.