Job Description

• Job Title: SMC assistant
• Deadline:  06/06/2024
• Duty Station: Based in Sana'a - Amran
• Project Sector type: CCCM 
• Probationary Period: Three months
• Project Donor: NRC

About YGUSSWP

YGUSSWP is an independent, nonprofit organization that was established in 2011 and started operating at the time of the beginning of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. YGUSSWP has been working tirelessly and a high-quality performance at implementing the humanitarian sectors such as Shelter NFIs/ESKs, WASH, Protection, livelihoods, Health, FSAC, CCCM, Education, and Nutrition. 
YGUSSWP upholds its main programmatic objectives to providing immediate and life-sustaining assistance, strengthening the protective environment, and reducing displacement-related risks and vulnerabilities by promoting self-reliance at both the household and community levels.

For more information about YGUSSWP, please visit our website at: https://ygusswp.org/

Functions and Duties:

• Gathering new displacement data and monthly reports from IDPs hosting sites representatives.
• Follow-up sites representatives regarding to monthly report.
• Monitoring and evaluation work on IDP hosting sites management and coordination
• Gathering of humanitarian emergency cases data and submitted them to his supervisor.
• Assistance CCCM Coordinator in all his administrative duties.
• Work on all administrative matters for IDP hosting sites representatives.
• Collect complaints and suggestions data within the SMC.
• Compile regular reporting from partners on their activities in the sites
• Conduct and oversee regular data collection, including on service availability and standards in the sites
• Participate in assessment and data collection exercises as needed
• Ensure information is shared back with partners and communities
• Field visits to conduct ongoing data collection process with beneficiaries' households and other stakeholders and ensure data collection is conducted on time and on accordance with the data collection plan.
• Plan and execute needs assessments, baseline, midline and endline assessments including enumerator training and oversight.
• Act as focal point for the beneficiary response loop, including complaints.
• Work with project staff to build capacity in data collection and quality control..

Partners coordination and service monitoring

• Support coordination with all humanitarian partners and stakeholders working in the sites, on a day-to-day basis.
• Monitor service provision at site level using agreed tools, including through observation, conducting assessment, and collecting input from community members.
• Record and report data in a timely and accurate manner.

Community Participation and Representation:

• Organize regular meetings with community groups and committees, ensuring participation of women, youth, and marginalized groups, taking minutes of meetings and attendance sheets.
• Support organization of trainings to community committees, humanitarian agencies, and community members, on topics including on protection, fire response, and CCCM.

Communication with Communities and Accountability:

• Conduct Communications with Communities (CwC) activities in the sites, including regular outreach to the community and information campaigns, supported by daily workers as needed.
• Support community mobilization efforts or information campaigns of community representatives or other humanitarian agencies as needed.
• Implement Complaints and Response Mechanisms (CRM) activities in each of the sites: receive complaints, make referrals and ensure feedback is received, and ensure good data management.

Information Management:

• Conduct regular data collection, including on service availability and standards in the sites.
• Submit timely and accurate reports and data.
• Participate in assessment and data collection exercises as needed.
• Ensure information is shared back with partners and communities.

Protection Mainstreaming:

• Promote participation and representation of women, youth, people with specific needs, and marginalized groups in all site activities and partner activities.
• Support vulnerable persons including through referral to protection partners, and
• support vulnerable persons at specific events (e.g., distributions, registration).
• Ensure confidentiality is respected in all activities.
• Timely reporting of problems and challenges in the sites to project Manager.
• Timely reporting of security and safety incidents or risks to project Manager.
• Any additional task as requested by the line manager.

Job Requirements (Qualification and Experience):

1.    Preferable experience as SMC and has implementation position in an NGO.
2.    Excellent verbal communication skills.
3.    Excellent team-working skills.
4.    Flexible, with the ability to cope with stressful situations.
5.    Good written communication skills.
6.    Good computer literacy, including use of smartphones and MS Office (Word and Excel).
7.    Good verbal and written English skills are of benefit.
8.    Knowledge of multi-sectoral humanitarian response including Experience in CCCM or Protection programming is of benefit.

Required Languages:-  Arabic - English