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Descripción	THE ROLE Street Child is calling for individuals hoping to gain valuable experience in the development sector by undertaking a voluntary Engineering Ambassador role in Nepal. Street Child has identified that out of school children is one of Nepal’s main development issues, particularly impacting children in marginalised communities. Street Child is currently working on a series of projects in Nepal to rebuild schools and WASH facilities in areas severely affected in the 2015 earthquake, to ensure all children in these areas have the opportunity to access quality education in a safe and secure environment. This placement is a unique opportunity to make a critical hands on contribution to enabling out of school children in Nepal, who have been affected by a major natural disaster, to access a meaningful education. Street Child offers placements of four to twelve weeks based at field sites, supporting our work in Nepal and the work of our partner organisations. Working alongside the Street Child of Nepal team, key responsibilities will include – ? Provide engineering and project management services, applying best practices, standards and innovative technologies that comply with relevant standards and benchmarks. ? Coordinate with all stakeholders including government authorities, implementing partners, community stakeholders, contractors and manufacturers from inception to completion of construction projects to ensure alignment on project design and delivery. ? Conduct technical assessments of needs, selection of target communities and facilities to be constructed through surveys, interviews and observational site visits. ? Contribute towards analysis of proposed projects with respect to technical feasibility and provide appropriate recommendations to inform decisions. ? Assist with the preparation of bills of quantities, cost estimates and disbursement schedules within the limits of allocated budgets. ? Assist with logistics and central, district and site levels ensuring proper and timely procurement and delivery of materials. ? Contribute to the design and deliver training and support for engineers and technical supervisors, as well as community stakeholders in safe and secure construction. ? Monitor project implementation and provide technical support to implementing partners to strictly follow construction codes, ensure alignment with Government of Nepal standards, and assure structurally sound delivery using standard checklists. Street Child of Nepal 1 ? Collect data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting on outputs to facilitate consistency of information presented to stakeholders This is a wonderful opportunity for you to learn about the development sector and disaster response through an immersive experience, and to make a lasting contribution to the organisation and its aim to offer educational access to out of school children all over the world. THE ORGANISATION Street Child started in 2008, with one location, 100 children and 4 social workers. Since then Street Child has become a dynamic charity with an immense reach in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and has helped thousands of children find a more positive life away from the streets and created educational opportunities for some 35,000 children. During the Ebola crisis, Street Child supported close to 18,500 orphans with humanitarian aid and rehoming support. Through empowering children by giving them the chance to go to school – and giving their families the wherewithal to keep them there – Street Child is one of the most impactful charities working in the region today. Nepal represents one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, ranked 145th occurring to the UN Human Development Indicators. Following the devastating earthquakes in 2015, Street Child expanded its operations into Nepal to assist local partners to re-establish education in some of the country’s worst affected communities. The education sector was severely affected with 7000 schools completely destroyed or significantly damaged and close to 31,000 classrooms completely destroyed. Throughout Nepal, approximately 1 million children were out of school as a direct result of the earthquake. Following the earthquake, Street Child built 40 TLCs and is currently working alongside UNICEF and SPF to construct a further 180 school structures and WASH facilities across some of the worst impacted areas in Nepal. As an Ambassador, you will be part of an exciting stage of the organization’s growth, and will be working closely with the Street Child of Nepal team and partner organizations to support the delivery of a series of projects assisting some of the communities most affected by the earthquake and ensure these communities are more resilient to future natural disasters.
Perfil	QUALIFICATIONS ? A degree in engineering, or currently completing final year, with a strong academic record ? Excellent technical and verbal communication skills ? Professional and diligent in presentation and conduct ? Independent and capable of proactive work plan management with minimal support ? Flexible, adaptable and able to thrive in a start-up environment ? Thoughtful, resourceful, reflective, and eager to learn ? Culturally responsive and respectful ? Keen interest in understanding and contributing to the development sector
Adecuado para	Adultos
Subcategorías	Acción Humanitaria, Captación de fondos, Comunicación
Aficiones/Pasiones	Escritura, Viajes
Competencias que adquirirá el voluntario	Analizar y resolver problemas, Flexibilidad, Organización y planificación, Comunicación interpersonal, Diplomacia y “saber estar”
Municipio	Ámbito Provincial
Tipo	Puntual :esta oportunidad no requiere de un compromiso continuado, puedes realizar una colaboración esporádica con la organización
Dedicación	Más de 16 horas mensuales. Lunes ,Martes ,Miercoles ,Jueves ,Viernes ,Sabado ,Domingo. Horario: Mañanas ,Tardes.
Fecha límite de inscripción	10/12/2016
Nº de vacantes	10

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