General Description of the Programme:
GOAL been in Haiti since the devastating earthquake in January 2010 and has since then developed a programme portfolio targeting affected communities and supporting resilience building at household and community level. GOAL’s programmes have so far been in both the urban and rural contexts, in Port au Prince and Gressier, respectively. While continuing its support to the infrastructures, water and sanitation needs of vulnerable families affected by the earthquake, GOAL is transitioning to a much longer-term programming approach linking relief and recovery to development through an integrated community-led development programme approach.

GOAL is anticipating the funding for a 42-month urban planning and development program in five targeted neighborhoods in Jeremie. This program, funded by the European Union, is in line with GOAL’s integrated community-led model and will include urban planning, in line with CIAT methodology; infrastructure repair/construction, in line with the Build Back Better approach; livelihoods/Income Generation Activities as well as support community-managed DRR, for the global objective of building more resilient communities.

General Description of the Role:
The Infrastructures and DRR Manager will be responsible for leading the design, contracting, and construction of all the infrastructures interventions, within the framework of the urban development plan that will be designed during the first year of the programme. He/she is also supporting with the development of strategic partnerships with relevant public bodies (MTPTC, UCLPB, MDE…) and to participate in the participatory planning workshops as a technical adviser. He/She will participate in the studies and preliminary assessments
He/she works in close collaboration with the Urban resilience program manager for defining the technical feasibility of the projects identified in the, and is in charge of designing, planning and supervising the implementation of the public works in a duly timetable, following-up with site engineers during the construction phase.

Specific deliverables include:
1. Participatory selection and technical design of the infrastructures works, within the participatory workshops held in the neighborhoods, in accordance with the MTPTC standards;
2. Development of a framework agreement with MTPTC and municipal authorities of Jéréemie detailing their participation in the program implementation and monitoring;
3. Liaison with all the relevant authorities to obtain the legal authorizations for the works planed;
4. Elaboration of the terms of references for a technical study for disaster mitigation works, in collaboration with GOAL DRR specialist, and ensuring that the content of the study is in line with the program expectations;
5. Design of call for tenders and selection of applicants for the infrastructural works, in accordance with GOAL procurement procedures;
6. Mobilization and capacity building of the Community contracting groups, and set up of a clear and transparent system for the implementation of the small scale infrastructural works by the communities
7. Collaborate with the community liaison team for the set up and capacity building of the Infrastructures management committees to be created in each neighbourhood;
8. Elaboration of the weekly planning of the infrastructures and DRR team and close monitoring of the activities progress and quality;
9. Regular check of the technical folders for each infrastructure and each house, to ensure that they are completed properly and compliant with the program and donor requirements;
10. Preparation of all technical reports, plans, and analyses relevant to the present programme for internal and external use;
11. Collaboration with GOAL Program support team, for informing on a regular basis the activities indicators tracker and ensuring that all the intervention are properly geo-localised.
12. Elaboration of a procurement plan with the program coordinator and the logistic team, and ensuring continuous anticipation of the procurement needs of the activities under his/her responsibility
13. other tasks and activities as requested by Urban resilience program manager (EU)
14. Line manage 2 engineers and 2 community liaison assistants

Qualifications/Person Specifications (Requirements):
1. Fluent French/Creole speaker, English is a plus
2. A relevant university degree in Civil Engineering and/or contruction
3. Minimum 5 years of experience working in civil engineering/ reconstruction works with a minimum of 2 in an INGO at a management position
4. Significative experience in DRR related projects; knowledge of the Build Back Better approach a plus
5. Proficiency with AUTOCAD is required
6. Proven mastery of cartography and Geographic Information Systems, including related design software (Adobe Illustrator, ArcGIS, etc.) is desired
7. Knowledge of the legal framework for reconstruction and urban development in Haiti
8. Strong writing skills and ability to write quality activities progress reports
9. Proven project management skills, including budget, activity and data management
10. Strong analytical and strategic planning skills, creative approach to problem solving
11. Experience of liaising with other agencies and government officials.

General terms and conditions

GOAL has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Child Protection Policy, which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from exploitation. GOAL also has a confidentiality policy ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of GOAL, acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organisation without authority, except in the normal execution of duty. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to these policies any job offer made is also subject to police clearance. GOAL is an equal opportunities employer.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

Du Lundi au Vendredi, avec possiblité de travailler les samedis au besoin, de 07:30 Am à 4:00 Pm

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Les Candidatures à Jeremie sont vivement encouragées. Seuls les candidats preselectionés seront contactés pour la prochaine etape.