Country Director

Solidarit s International (SI) (Israel)

ABOU THE MISSION :

SI operates across the Gaza Strip and intend to develop operations in the West Bank, with a field base in Deir El Balah. The organization works to improve access to safe drinking water by rehabilitating or installing reverse osmosis units, distributing water via tankers and water points, and deploying mobile systems to pump water from existing wells. It also monitors water quality, provides hygiene kits to the most vulnerable households, promotes good hygiene and water management practices, and implements pilot activities in home gardening.br> At the end of 2024, SOLIDARIT S INTERNATIONAL strengthened its rapid response capacity by creating a specialized Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) team, which has already been deployed during new crises and will be extended to the West Bank.br> The organization s work relies on strong partnerships with local Palestinian organizations such as UFA and MA AN. Its institutional and financial partners include CDCS, Choose Love, ECHO , Alth mis, and OCHA

GENERAL OBJECTIVES : The Country Director is Solidarit s International s official representative of the organization in a country. S/He is in charge of the smooth running of the mission. S/He proposes mission strategy, according to the geopolitical and humanitarian context, and ensures its implementation once it has been validated. S/He monitors projects, ensuring that they are progressing in accordance with the Solidarit s International charter and complying with internal and contractual procedures. S/He mobilizes the material and financial resources necessary for the programs to run effectively and supervises the administration of these resources. S/He coordinates the teams in place and ensures the security of the personnel an operation of the organization in the mission. S/He is the direct liaison for Solidarit s International s HQ.

ISSUES AND SPECIFIC CHALLENGES : The mission operates in a complex and fast-evolving environment, with significant Security and access constraints, which required a strong involvement of the CD and a close follow up of the situation, as well as a constant communication with the field bases. The mission is still in a development phase, even though the base in Gaza is well organized the coordination office remained to be structured, and operations in the West Bank developed.