Vacancy at Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) established in Birmingham, UK in 1984. Islamic Relief has a consultative status (special category) with the economic and Social Council of the United Nations is full member of British Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND) and a signatory to the code of conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief. It seeks to promote sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities through relief and development programmes.

Islamic Relief Indonesia is part of Islamic Relief Worldwide which has been working in Indonesia since 2003. Islamic Relief Indonesia provides service and support to the communities in mandate areas, based on the MoU with Department of Home Affairs. There are some initiative sectors under Emergency and Development program such as Shelter, Water and Sanitation, Health and Nutrition, Livelihood, Orphans, Education, Marines Fisheries, and Disaster Preparedness and Response. Through these sectors, Islamic Relief Indonesia plays significant role in alleviating the suffering and poverty of the world's poorest people.

Islamic Relief Indonesia seeks to hire committed and experienced person for the following:

Position: Construction Engineer
Base: Banda Aceh Office - NAD

Overall Responsibility:

The Construction Engineer will oversee the implementation of best practises. S/he will make compile reports to include best practices which will enable IRW to not only track progress, challenges, but also assess program impact on the target population.

S/he will develop a consultative forum within IRI with a view to capture all applied and intermediate technologies and best practises in construction related programs.

S/he will offer a platform of sharing best construction practises to the benefit of IRI programs.

The engineer will develop a comprehensive network within IRI and work with respective colleagues sector heads or their designates where construction programs are being implemented.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Develop IRI consultative construction forum

2. Develop a peer interaction and sharing construction forum to discuss challenges and solutions

3. Establish and maintain a 'user-friendly' monitoring system to track indicators for project

4. Network with construction and shelter forums to articulate best practices for housing, schools, health facilities, environment friendly techniques.

5. Reach out to organisations that deal with the vulnerable groups the aged, disabled (physically and visually) with a view to incorporate their needs in IRI constructions.

6. Collect and document case studies for the purpose of fund raising and awareness creation.

7. Develop effective construction systems to be incorporated in various field operations.

8. Create a performance improvement culture in construction related programs that allows adequate interaction and research.

9. Work with program staff to develop appropriate objectives, indicators and tools to measure effects of interventions and identify ways to provide local feedback of results.

10. Periodically and regularly carry out real time monitoring and evaluation of construction programs. Provide instant feedback.

11. When called upon, conduct needs assessments with a view to incorporate observation into strategic plans and proposals.

12. Work with project heads to establish specific performance plans with clearly defined and adequately detailed indicators for constructions under review share the same with relevant country heads.

13. Whenever called represent Islamic Relief to local and international NGOs, Government authorities and other institutions as is necessary.

14. Develop standard operating procedures for all constructions ( SOP)

Person Specification:
Experience/Education:

• Relevant civil engineering qualification.
• Five years minimum experience in an overseas assignment
• Five years minimum experience in responsibility for reconstruction or rehabilitation project management
• Working and/or living outside your home country
• Capacity to work under pressure
• Computer literate with fluency of using Microsoft Word, Excel, internet and email packages
• Experience of communicating and representation with a range of people, organizations and cultures, Problem solving from different angles, allowing for an integral vision of situations.

Skills

• Self-starter who is able to work collaboratively across functional areas to achieve organization and personal performance objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct/oversee evaluations, reviews, assessments, etc.
• Experience in the evaluation of development projects using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Flexible
• Knowledge and practical understanding of and ability to work within both relief and development NGO contexts.
• Proven record of effective management
• Ability to work in a team
• Good IT skills
• Communication skill and report writing
• Problem solving
• Research

Language:

• Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Disposition:

• Flexible & Patient
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as a part of a team
• Sympathetic with aims & objectives of Islamic Relief
• Empathy with & understanding of the basic teachings and values of Islam.
• Sensitive to local customs
• Ability to work in a stressful environment

Physical:

• Energetic and able to operate in situations which may be arduous
• No serious illness

If you meet the above requirements kindly send your detailed CV with recommendations from 3 referees, (one of them your immediate former employer) to: hrislamic@islamic-relief.or.id
Please put the job title and your name in subject of your email. Early applications are encouraged.

Closing date: 25 March 2012