YEMEN - WASH Project Manager (M/F) - AL MOKHA (SRH06048) Yemen
About the mission
SI opened its mission in Yemen in 2017, establishing its coordination in Aden. Since then, SI expanded the geographical scope of its intervention, and established offices in Al Mokha, Taizz and Marib, and operational presence in Hodeidah, Lahj, Dahle, Abyan, Shabwah, and Hadramout Governorates. The mission has a forecasted budget of about 21M Euros for the year 2024. It operates from Aden, where the coordination is based, and 4 operational field bases located in Taiz, Marib and Al Mokha with Emergency team also stationed in Aden. The mission is composed of approx. 20 expatriates and about 150 national staffs. Objectives for the mission for 2024 is to build on its Emergency Response capacity to expand in hard-to-reach areas and develop qualitative interventions responding to emergency and protracted needs, while enhancing resilience.
SI is currently undertaking 11 different projects in Yemen, financed respectively by the ECHO, BHA, UN-OCHA, CDCS, SDC, DUTCH MOFA, CIAA and DG INTPA. SI implements emergency and resilience WASH programs with activities of water trucking, rehabilitation of water network, construction of emergency latrines and showers, distribution of hygiene kits, hygiene promotion, and cleaning campaigns. Under its FSL portfolio, SI distributes unconditional, multi-purpose cash to IDPs and host communities, support the livelihood component by supporting in Income Generating activities. SI has been one of the first humanitarian actors to access the West Coast and remains as of today positioned in hard-to-reach areas close to the frontline of Marib, Hodeidah and Maqbanah. SI aims at maintaining this positioning and further expanding its presence.
General objective:
The Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Project Manager is in charge of implementing and achieving the objectives defined in the proposals. He/she is in charge of supervising the operational teams allocated to his/her program.
He/she guarantees the proper execution and the quality of the implemented program and, if applicable, suggests adjustments or developments to ensure its relevance.
The main challenges:
Humanitarian funding in Yemen is reducing and being further streamlined. Positioning in frontlines and good program follow up becomes insufficient to guarantee mission's sustainability for West Coast. For this reason, the programmatic structure of the Mission requires major investments into strategic areas that can allow the Country program to evolve: key investments for development of concept notes and proposals towards development donors; integration of other actors/sectors through strategic local and international partnerships; enhancement of program quality and innovation.
Priorities for the 2/3 first months:
1- Lead and follow closely the implementation of the 3 ongoing projects in the base.
2- Steer the development of key investments, studies and concept notes for kickstarting new programmatic approaches mainly in the livelihood sector and towards different donors.
3- Reinforce integration of priority crosscutting elements: Protection mainstreaming, environment/CC.
Security constraints :
The situation is complicated in Al Mokha but slightly more stable/secured than other governorates of Yemen. The situation is less predictable closer to the frontlines. Overall, the main risks are: Unexploded ordinances, Carjacking Ammunition Explosions, shelling, armed operations, Road Accidents and Crossfire.
There are strict security rules and a curfew.