• Job number: SRH05598

ABOUT THE JOB

General objective:

Context and security understanding and management. Mission resources and staff management. Overseeing of operational portfolio. Orientation of SI strategy in Yemen. Representation and negotiation with humanitarian partners, authorities and donors.

The main challenges:

Yemen continues being one of the biggest humanitarian crises worldwide, with more than 4 M IDPs and above 20 M people in need of humanitarian aid. Conflict has stabilized along frontlines although with regular flares up and no renewal of a truce. SI operates in frontline areas with difficult access and security confitions. The magnitude of the mission has grown, reaching for 2024 a forecast of around 20 M EUR and 200 staff, with 3 field bases and a mobile emergency response team. The management of a significant and diverse operational portfolio in such a big mission is complex, considering moreover the foreseen decrease in humanitarian funding and the yet-to-materialize buy-in by development ones, which will require strong representation and negotiation skills.

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Ensure leadership in the development of the priority organizational deliverables of the Mission for the first half of 2024 (gender balance, cost-efficiency, supply chaing reinforcement)
• Ensure the integration of the new set up in Coordination and support roll out of the new EPR strategy of the Mission (through the Emergency Coordinator)
• With support from Grants/Programmes, lead in the development of new programming opportunities, especially on the resilience end

YOUR PROFILE

Education / academic background:

BA minimum

Specific skills and experience:

Experiment in the humanitarian sector : + 5 years

Experiment on similar position : 3-4 years

• Knowledge of humanitarian programming
• Strong knowledge of security management
• Strong team management skills
• Advanced analytical skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Advanced communication and negotiation skills and capacity to work under stress

Language:

• Fluency in written and oral English mandatory
• Arabic an asset

SI WILL OFFER YOU

A salaried position:
According to experience, starting from EUR 3740 gross per month (3400 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and a monthly Per Diem of USD 750.

SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Breaks: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of 7 working days every three months (with a USD 850 break allowance, allocated by Sl). To these breaks periods, SI grants one (1) additional rest day per month worked.

Insurance package: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which refunds all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.