For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter.

After providing emergency aid, our humanitarian teams accompany the most vulnerable families and communities until they recover their livelihoods and self-sufficiency, to enable them to deal with the challenges of an uncertain future with dignity.

SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is particularly committed to fighting water-related diseases, the primary cause of death in the world today. Drawing on their expertise, our teams develop and carry out aid programs in the fields of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the essential domains of food security and reconstruction.

In 2014, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams, comprising 188 international and 1742 national employees. The association is directed by Jean-Yves Troy.

Founded by Alain Boinet and presided by Edouard Lagourgue, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is a non-profit organisation under the French 1901 charities law. An annual general meeting is held each year, and the charity has a Board of Governors and a steering committee.Goal / Purpose

The local Internship program is one of SI's strategic focus on enhancing sustainability of programming through localization approach. Localization is also a growing focus of the Humanitarian Response Mission in Northeast Nigeria.
Besides internship program, other localization measures pursued by SI include initiatives to reform WASH Management committees to be able to manage water and sanitation facilities more effectively, linkage of the WMCs to local service providers for sourcing of first line repair services and parts, more structured collaboration with Local WASH authorities, and increased partnerships with local NGOs.
Through the local internship program, fresh graduates from local academic institutions in the Northwest shall be exposed to on job training opportunities in their fields of academic study through field and desk instruction, enabling them to acquire their first on-job experience in the humanitarian sector, hence positioning them to compete for start level positions within humanitarian and WASH sector agencies in general.
The Intern shall be based at SI field Office in Ngala, Monguno or RRM unit in Mainduguri and shall learn on the job by performing duties comprising water supply, sanitation, and hygiene promotion and at the level of Watsan and Hygiene Officer.
The Team Leader shall deploy and shuffle the interns under their charge to be able to cover 40% of their time on water supply, 30-35% sanitation, 20% on Hygiene Promotion and 5-8% on induction, assessments, and reporting.
All subsectors shall entail engagement with WASH Management Committees (WMC)

List of Main Tasks
Setting up the Activities / Control and Supervision.

Implementation of Water and Sanitation Activities:

Conduct technical field assessments of water supply and sanitation facilities new / existing.
Prepare water supply and sanitation design packages (Computation, Drawings, BOQ, Narrative)
Supervision of water supply and sanitation construction works-daily workers and contractors
Training Daily workers.
Water Quality treatment and monitoring.
Operation and Maintenance follow up of water supply and sanitation facilities.
Coordination with WASH Management Committees.

Implementation of Hygiene Promotion Activities:

Hygiene Promotion assessment; KAP (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice) survey
Training Community Hygiene Promoters
Preparation of Information Education, Communication (IEC) materials.
On job learning on supervision and training of Community Hygiene Promoters (CHP).
Oversee Non- Food Items (NFI) distribution.
Cholera prevention and response activities- real or simulation – CATI Technique.

Administrative Activities:

Raise material requisition to the Team leader.
Prepare weekly sitrep to Team Leader.
Archiving Means of Verification (MoV) documentation
Other relevant duties assigned by WASH Team leader.
Organizational Chart Position (Reporting and Functional Relationships)

Line Manager: WASH Team Leader

Coordination with: WASH Team, Admin Team, Watsan/Hygiene Officers from sister agencies.

Profile

Personal Status: A Nigerian (IDP or Host, female or male) and resident of Ngala, Monguno or Maiduguri MMC / Jere LGAs; Has no working nor prior internship experience with other organization.
Successful candidates should be able to join the program at the SI office within their LGA of residence on 3rd October 2023
Professional experience: Candidate should have no working or prior internship experience.

Personal Qualities:

The candidate should prove possession of a basic smartphone or computer tablet;
Good English language communication skills (oral and written); Competency in the local language(s) spoken within the LGA;
Highly motivated, self-driven and resilient.
Willing to work in security sensitive and diverse multi-cultural contexts; Women are highly encouraged to apply.

Technical Competences

Graduated from a local University (B.Sc or Diploma) in 2019-2023 in Civil Engineering, Water Engineering, Geology or Public Health Engineering or Environmental Health related discipline. (A Degree or Diploma Certificate shall be presented as proof of graduation).
HND / B.Sc graduates shall posse an NYSC Certificate (or excemption certificate).
Proficiency in computer and IT (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, email, Zoom, skype).

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