The Main Responsibility
•    Undertake technical assessments of occupied and unoccupied shelter units (unfinished buildings and partially damaged homes), schools (primary and/or secondary), and the assessment for beneficiaries shelter needs in informal settlements and host communities; prepare bills of quantities for rehabilitation that meet minimum standards in line with the Shelter and Education Working Group’s guidelines and Sphere standards.
•    Develop engineering/structural designs using AutoCAD and other relevant software of the building, or parts therefore, to be rehabilitated/constructed which will be included in the scope of the works.
•    Participate in procurement committees, in particular by conducting technical reviews of quotations and bids received.
•    Participate in identifying partially damaged structures (schools and shelter units) to be rehabilitated that can be done so safely, so as to ensure the safe structure integrity of buildings in question while also ensuring reconstruction, demolishing, decommissioning and debris management is in line with local regulation and best practice.
•    Review technical assessment and BoQs prepared by the facilitators
•    Ensure all BoQs, price estimates and technical assessments are treated as confidential documents and shared only as appropriate as Concern’s procurements guidelines. 
•    Ensure the views and needs of relevant beneficiaries (home-owners, landlords and resident families) are incorporated into technical assessments and BoQs.
•    Participate in the resolution of any conflicts that may arise between the contractor and other stakeholders (in the case of schools with local education committees and for shelter units with the home-owners, landlords and resident families) as required.

Oversee construction and rehabilitation of shelter units and schools 
•    Ensure that all construction and rehabilitation works are carried out in a safe and responsible manner; ensuring the contractor complies with best practices to ensure safe and responsible construction sites including adherence to Concern’s internal guidelines on Health and Safety in WASH and Construction and, if applicable, agricultural rehabilitation projects.
•    Oversee interventions for shelter activities in informal settlements and host communities. 
•    Conduct daily/regular site-monitoring visits to assess and supervise the progress and quality of construction activities; ensure adherence to agreed standards and processes; highlight any issues and examples of good practice through regular reports to the Structural Engineer Officer and the Shelter team.
•    Provide technical input in the general supervision, progress of construction activities and control of quality of materials and workmanship.
•    Prepare all the supporting documentation for payment to contractors.
•    Produce daily and weekly progress reports on the construction activities.

Technical support to WASH and Education teams
•    Provide technical assistance to the WASH team in civil engineering works required for ongoing water station/network/tower rehabilitation activities, in line with the WASH and Shelter Clusters’ minimum standards
•    Provide technical assistance to the education team in terms of school rehabilitation to ensure to meets INEE minimum standards


Other duties
•    Adhere to the standards of conduct outlines in the Programme Participant Protection Policy and Concern Code of Conduct.
•    Support and promote the standards outlined in the Programme Participant Protection Policy and Concern Code of Conduct to their team, partner organisations and beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment.
•    To contribute to the establishment of preventive measures to reduce the potential for abuse in Concern programmes
•    Support Concern’s work in Syria by undertaking other tasks as appropriate and required.

Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and Syria Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.