Libya – An Administrative and Finance Advisor 243 views0 applications

Starting date : September 2019Duration of Mission: 6 monthsLocation: Benghazi and Al Kufra, LibyaPremière Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a Humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilian victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by addressing their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The association leads on average 200 projects per year in the following sectors of intervention: food security, health, nutrition, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructures, water, sanitation, hygiene and economic recovery. PUI is providing assistance to around 6 million people in more than 22 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Europe.Find out about our history and values

Humanitarian situation

Crisis contextAfter more than forty years in power, the revolution of 2011 put an end to Mouammar Kadhafi’s reign. Libya has been ever since confronted to a challenging political instability due to the state breakup. Since 2014, a new civil war has been underway. In this context, the country is divided between different military and political forces. This instability has a strong impact on the Libyan population’s living conditions. It reduces day after day its access to essential services.In 2019, thousands of persons remain displaced in camps across the country while some went back to their household. These persons, displaced or “returnees”, are facing a high level of vulnerability. Simultaneously, numerous refugees, asylum seekers and migrants fleeing authoritarian regimes or poverty are passing through Libya. Some of them are into the hands of human traffickers before risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea.Recurrent armed conflicts, political instability and economic collapse have led to a complex humanitarian crisis. The United Nations estimate 823,000 persons are going to need humanitarian assistance this year in Libya (OCHA, HNO 2019).Thus, after eight years of crisis and instability, access to essential services remains largely limited, in particular for the most vulnerable persons. Première Urgence Internationale has identified an extremely concerning situation in terms of psychosocial disorders and access to healthcare. To a great extent, the former is due to the persisting conflict and the dysfunction of basic services. The latter is explained by infrastructure destructions, breaks in drug supplies and a shortage of medical material and qualified human resources.In the Southeast of the country, the tensions between the Tebu and the Zway tribes seriously affects the health system and the access to basic services. Tribe communities, when they are a minority in the area, are suffering from segregation in most of Al kufra’s institutions, including health care facilities. This occurs in a context of underdevelopment and poverty that exacerbates the impact of the conflict on the population in the region. Indeed, this area has been suffering, even before the conflict, from a poor investment from the central government. However, few information are available on this area and its humanitarian needs due to a poor, if not almost inexistent, presence of NGOs.

Our actions in the Field

In this context, Première Urgence Internationale intervenes for the improvement of both Libyan and migrant populations’ living conditions. Since the Libyan mission implementation in 2017, Première Urgence Internationale has been developing access to primary healthcare and psychosocial assistance in Benghazi and its surroundings.In the framework of quick impact projects, our teams have led the restoration of three healthcare centers as well as the refurbishment of the import control Agency and of the Al Jala hospital’s emergency service. In addition, our five mobile clinics have been providing primary healthcare activities in the region of Benghazi. They provide free support for primary, maternal and child healthcare, chronic disease treatment and access to psychosocial support. PUI has also led healthcare activities in migrant detention camps located in eastern Libya. Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in general are caught in a vice. On one hand, being victims of discriminations, they face difficulties to access essential services. On the other hand, they are compelled to live hidden from human traffickers.This year, in partnership with other organizations, PUI launched a two-year project whose objective is to improve Libyan healthcare authorities’ capacities to treat chronic diseases, specifically in terms of personnel training and disease prevention.Besides, Première Urgence Internationale has extended its intervention to the water, hygiene and sanitation sector. First, by restoring a pumping station in a district of Benghazi. Our teams also organize regular distributions of hygiene kits to families living in camps and precarious accommodations.Furthermore, in 2018, PUI conducted an exploratory mission in the Al Kufra region (south-east Libya) in order to identify the specific needs of this isolated area and develop an adapted humanitarian response.Click here for more information about our response to the crisis.

As part of our actions in Libya, we are looking for a Administrative and Finance Advisor based in Al Kufra and Benghazi.The Administrative and Finance Advisor will be in charge of providing support, mentoring, guidance and capacities building to ensure the correct functioning of the Admin/Finance/HR department in the mission. He/she will ensures that all PUI administrative and finance procedures and policies are well implemented and followed at the field level, in order to provide optimum program support.He/she ensures a strong focus on the capacity building on the two bases in Libya, stepping back when relevant, and reporting to the Coordination team. The Administrative and Finance Advisor will ensures consistency between the two bases in Libya regarding the admin tools and processes implemented.At the end of her/his mission, the objective is for the national admin teams to be autonomous and fully in charge of their department with a deep knowledge of all Admin procedures and with a strong capacity to implement them on daily basis.

Main responsibilities

• Capacity Building: He/She ensures a technical support to Admin/Fin/HR team in the bases. He/she provides on weekly basis technical trainings, and daily technical advises to increase capacities of the team.
• Human Resources: He/She supervises the on-site activities related to administrative and human resource management, ensure the respect of the procedures and HR management tools in the bases in accordance with labor law regulations in Libya and HR policies of PUI.
• Administrative and Financial Support: He/She oversees administrative and financial questions at the site, and ensures compliance with relevant procedures, with substantive support from the mission’s Administrative and Financial Coordinator (AFC). He/she oversees all aspects related to finance and cash flow management in the bases, including budgetary and accounting elements.
• Reporting: He/she centralizes and reports information to Admin Coordination team regarding all financial, administrative, legal and Human resources matters on the bases in Libya.

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Training and Experiences

Training: Financial/accounting management . Human Resources ManagementExperiences: At least, one experience on a similar position.Knowledge and skills: Knowledge of PUI proceduresLanguages: English and Arabic mandatory.Software: Excel compulsory

Proposed Terms

• Fixed-Term Contract: 6 months
• Starting date: September 2019
• Monthly Gross Income: from 1 980 to 2 310 Euros depending on the experience in International Solidarity + 50 Euros per semester seniority with PUI
• Cost Covered: Round-trip transportation to and from home / mission, visas, vaccines…
• Insurance: including medical coverage and complementary healthcare, 24/24 assistance and repatriation
• Housing: collective accomodation
• Daily living Expenses (« Per diem »)
• Break Policy : 5 working days at 3 and 9 months + break allowance

• Paid Leaves Policy : 5 weeks of paid leaves per year + return ticket every 6 months

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