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Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The association leads in average 140 projects by year in the following sectors of intervention: food security, health, nutrition, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructures, water, sanitation, hygiene and economic recovery. PUI is providing assistance to around 4 million people in 22 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Caucasus and Europe.

 

Humanitarian situation and needs:

As the Syrian Crisis is in its fourth year, the number of Syrians seeking refuge in other countries has reached an unprecedented scale. Lebanon is the first host country for Syrian refugees with over 1.2 million refugees registered for an overall population of less than 4.5 million. Prior to this crisis, Lebanon was already hosting half a million Palestinian refugees; the pressure on the Lebanese government and local population is very high.

In April 2015, the United Nations Security Council declared that the international community has to help Lebanon in its efforts to host more than 1 million refugees from neighbouring Syria[1]. The Security Council also expressed concern over border violations including the presence of terrorists and violent extremist groups in Lebanese territory[2]. Since the beginning of March 2015, the government of Lebanon, through the General Security Directorate, is enforcing entry regularization among refugees entering from Syria. The Lebanese government has also asked the UNHCR to stop the registration process hence new refugees and new born babies cannot be registered anymore and refugees that arrived after the 5th of January 2015 have been unregistered. This means it is now much harder for Syrians to enter the country, while those residing in Lebanon are also facing difficulties in renewing their residency or having access to humanitarian aid or public facilities. This situation will place an increased economic strain on the families, and in addition to the expected decrease in basic assistance due to low funding levels, an escalation in negative coping mechanisms (such as begging, child labour, child marriages, sexual services for food/accommodation, petty crime, etc.) might be witnessed.

While Palestinian refugees are settled in camps, there are no official camps for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. On a case by case basis, the government may authorize the establishment of formal tented settlements (FTS). However, Syrian refugees are mainly settled in small shelter units (SSU), collective shelters (CS) or informal settlements (IS). The spillover of the Syrian crisis into Lebanon compounded pre-existing vulnerabilities among the Lebanese society. Refugee populations have in many cases settled in areas inhabited by impoverished and vulnerable Lebanese communities further stretching limited or non-existent sources of income and public services at the local level.

[1] UNFPA Regional Situation Report For Syria Crisis, Issue no. 31, 1-31 March, available on line https://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/documents.php?page=1&view=grid&Org%5B%5D=196 consulted on 22/04/2015

[2] Ibid.

Our action in the field:

PUI is engaged in a large-scale emergency response operation all over the country of Lebanon with regards to Shelter/Wash infrastructures, education/PSS, Protection and Primary health cares.The sudden increase of assistance required within the year 2013, together with increasingly limited resources, obliged the humanitarian community to focus efforts on optimizing the impact and cost-effectiveness of assistance.

The reduction in Basic assistance to refuges and the non(start of resilience programme targeting host populations is bring specific difficulties and PUI has positioned itself very strongly in the humanitarian operation as one actor that lobby and advbocate for the need to maintain the basic services even if and when the stabilisation / rsilience programmes start to be implemented.

As part of our activities in Lebanon, we are looking for a Head of Mission.

The Head of Mission is responsible for the smooth functioning and the development of the mission and the overall relevance of the mission into the humanitarian needs and context in Lebanon and the region (link with the regional office based in Amman).

• Safety & Security : S/he is responsible for the safety & security of the mission.
• Programmes: S/he coordinates the teams and ensures that the programmes implemented on the mission are properly carried out. S/he also monitors needs and suggests new operations and development tracks for the mission.
• Human Resources: S/he ensures that the mission is adequately staffed and supervises the teams (defining objectives, follow-up).
• Logistical, administrative and financial monitoring: S/he ensures that logistical and administrative practices in place respect PUI procedures and formats and are in compliance with donors’ rules and regulations
• Medical and technical monitoring: S/he ensures that medical and technical practices respect PUI’s procedures and formats and are in compliance with PUI’s operational framework and policy.
• Representation: S/he represents the association in its relations with partners, donors,the media and different authorities.
• Relations with Headquarters: S/he ensures that information is properly circulated between Headquarters and the field and ensures that due dates are respected.

 

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Expérience

Training:

Project management

Education in Agriculture/Watsan /Public Health/Other

Financial Management

Human Resource Management

Logistics and Security

Professional Experience:

Humanitarian

• 5 years of humanitarian experience in project co-ordination and country management.
• Successful experience in expatriate team management and multi-sector programmes.

International

Technical

Knowledge and Skills:

Excellent writing skills

Team management

Project management

Detailed knowledge of the donors (OFDA, ECHO, UN agencies, EuropeAid, AAP…)

 

Langues parlées

English and french are mandatory

Other (to be specified)