Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 19 Oct 2018
Location: Global, with up to 40% of time in the field
Ref: HS&SA/IPD-HD-/0818
Contract: Permanent
Salary:£27, 509. 60 per annum (pro rata) – Expatriate or £34,387 per annum (pro rata) – UK National
Closing date: 19th October 2018
Islamic Relief Worldwide is currently looking for a Shelter Advisor to develop a shelter strategy based on an understanding of IR’s current and past shelter related work, working with CRS, managing a long term shelter partnership with CRS and strategic engagement with the Global Shelter Cluster.
The successful candidate must have or be:
· Extensive experience in the shelter sector including working in emergency response operations in difficult, challenging environments using different languages – experience in the Middle East/Arabic countries an advantage
· Excellent writing and speaking skills in English and Arabic
· Good knowledge of current shelter policy issues and the international humanitarian context
· Construction/design management
· Sound knowledge of community based shelter and appropriate humanitarian quality standards.
· Extremely high standard of communication and interpersonal skills
Pre-employment Checks:
Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:
· screening clearance
· proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
· receipt of satisfactory references
Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.
Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief
(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)
Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer
How to apply:
If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s values and mission, please apply by downloading the application pack under the relevant role on our website http://www.islamic-relief.org/all-jobs/ and forward the completed form to Recruitment@irworldwide.org by the closing date.