Job Title :   FIELD OFFICER

Country & Base of posting   :  OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, NORTH OFFICE 

Reports to :   FIELD COORDINATOR

Creation/Replacement    :  CREATION – 3 MONTHS CONTRACT

 

 

General Information on the Mission

 

Context

 

GVC – Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, is a non-governmental, secular, and independent organization, founded in Bologna in 1971. We are active in international development aid projects with complex action strategies: from humanitarian aid to populations suffering from conflicts and natural disasters to reconstruction, hygiene, and food security; from rural development to education, to the protection of women's and children's rights.

 

In over forty years of activity, GVC has operated in all parts of the world, carrying out thousands of projects. We collaborate with public institutions, cultural associations, cooperatives, and Italian and European NGOs, organizing seminars, conferences, exhibits and festivals, laboratories in school and training courses for teachers. We produce educational materials and carry out communication activities on sensitive issues such as differences, human rights, women's issues, sustainable trade, and biodiversity.

 

BACKGROUND: since 1967, occupation and political stagnation have directly affected the socio-economic situation of the Palestinian population in the West Bank. The movement restrictions policy are severely limiting Palestinians’ access to essential services and markets, and leading to serious and negative impact upon all aspects of their lives, and mainly their livelihoods. 

Palestine is a sui generis case for aid delivery and cooperation, due notably to the occupation and the fragmentation of the territory. Efficiency and performance of development cooperation continue to be challenged by the Israeli occupation of Palestine, in all sectors NGOs are involved in. Palestine is divided into the Gaza Strip (under the control of de facto authorities not recognized by the international community), East Jerusalem (a de facto annexation by Israel also not recognized) and the West Bank (over which the Palestinian Authority (PA) has entire control only on Area A, i.e. 18% of the West Bank). The PA has therefore only a very limited authority, both in terms of territory and legal jurisdiction.

The situation of the PA remains challenging, with the persistence of a systemic fiscal crisis and crisis of political legitimacy following the suspension of the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2007 and the absence of national elections subsequently. In July 2013 direct talks were resumed between Israelis and Palestinians in the context of the Middle East Peace Process with the ambitious aim of achieving -agreement on all final status issues within nine months. The failure of the peace talking and the operation “Protective Edge” leaded to a more tense escalation, for which international NGOs are challenged to respond with innovative and sustainable cooperation strategies. 

GVC’s development strategy in the country

 

The consolidation of the PA institutional infrastructure open to foster democratic participation of civil society, through the improvement of representative processes and the implementation of specific effective tools to promote dialogue. These criteria should lead any kind of intervention, preparing both decentralized institution and civil society to better advocate for a final recognition of Palestinian statehood. 

 

GVC focuses strategically on 4 main sectors for its development program, namely:

 

-Food Security

-Local Development and Governance

-Integrate Water Resource Management  

-LRRD: Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development 

Job Description

 

Tasks and Responsibilities

 

-To facilitate community based activities and support the field work for project implementation, particularly to take an active role in field and office related activities.

-To work closely with other staff members, partners and other relevant stakeholders for activities implementation, such as assessments/studies, trainings, scheduling and leading meetings, workshops, etc.

-To conduct regular field visits to coordinate, implement and monitor agriculture component activities and collecting data in accordance with the projects needs

-To organise and conduct filed surveys and assessments, and to support both social and technical work at field level.

-To document methods, good practices, experiences and results from the targeted communities and partners.

-To provide inputs on project information and documentation (including stories, photos, articles, etc.) to GVC Communications Officer. 

-To submit regular activities work plans and reports in consultation with the Field Coordinator and the Area Manager.

-To perform any other additional duty on request of his/her supervisor

 

Accountable to

 

-Area Manager

 

Works in coordination with

 

-Area Manager

-Field Coordinator

-Project Managers

-Technical and Social staff

 

Duty Station

Tubas. Frequent travels in West Bank 

 

 

Core and Functional Competences 

 

Required knowledge and skills

 

-A university degree or equivalent in the field of Social Development

-Minimum of 2 years of relevant working experience in related fields 

-Understanding of Project Management.

-Previous work experience with international NGOs will be preferred.

-Valid and clean driving license

-Very Good command in spoken and written English 

-Computer skills, in particular MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook

 

Required Personal Characteristics

 

-Ability to initiate and maintain good relationships with partner organisations and national authorities including building professional relationships with senior decision-makers and influencers / leaders.

-Team spirit and positive working relationships with colleagues.

-Ability to work under pressure. 

-Demonstrates integrity by modeling the NGO values and ethical standards.

-Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

-Treats all people fairly without favoritism

 

Application process

 

Starting date:    As soon as possible (3 months position)

Application:     Interested candidates should send their CV to:

gvcpalestina@gvc-italia.org

 

 

please make sure to mention the position name (Field Officer).

Application deadline:    1rst of May 2016