Head of Planning and Building

Syria

Construction/Installation/Repair - Environment / Geology - Engineering

Not Specified

- To lead and strengthen a cadre of architects, planners, engineers, social scientists and community mobilisers within the organisation to contribute to AKAH’s Habitat initiatives to achieve improved Quality of life of the target population across Syria.
- Lead and coordinate with the respective teams for implementation of Housing projects, Infrastructure, AKDN institutional buildings, Water, Sanitation, Environment, renewable energy and climate change related programmes.
- Provide leadership and direction to the structural engineering department to ensure structural risk assessment and implementation of risk mitigation projects based on analysis of hazard vulnerability risk assessment (HVRA) data, nationally and internationally accepted quality standards of assessment, design and implementation.
- Engage with relevant organisations and institutions working on issues related to the built environment to ensure "state of the art" knowledge and influencing donor and government policies
- To manage the budget; financial planning and feasibility; plan, design, coordinate, detail and deliver projects of high quality.
- Support in identifying traditional and non-traditional fund raising opportunities. Develop revenue models and innovative finance mechanisms for affordable housing finance in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
- Conduct surveys to determine the types of habitat-related needs to be addressed in planning or provide technical support to others conducting such surveys.
- Ensure well thought through and coordinated relocation and/or resettlement of the vulnerable communities when required
- Oversee and conduct land use planning, use principles of land economics and sustainable development models to propose appropriate development programmes to fulfil habitat needs of the target population.
- Oversee and conduct regional and urban/ rural planning exercise to develop guidelines and plans for Habitat development.
- Ensure that the designs, plans and location of any new housing projects in urban areas are technically sound with regard to safety, resilience and locations
- Ensure the designs and structural plans of large-scale rural and urban structural risk mitigation projects are thoroughly vetted and approved in a timely manner. This would include the construction of AKDN schools and clinics.

Motivated, well networked, physically fit and ability to face challenges. Subscribes to the ethos of AKDN . Willing to travel extensively

A new agency, the Aga Khan Agency for the Habitat (AKAH), works to ensure that people live in physical settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters, that residents who do live in such high risk areas are able to cope with disasters in terms of preparedness and response, and that these settings provide access to social and financial services that lead to greater opportunities and a better quality of life. The new agency merges the activities of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services, with its prize-winning water and sanitation programmes and low-cost habitat products, such as smoke-free stoves; the humanitarian arm of AKDN, FOCUS, which promotes disaster mitigation and resiliency and intervenes after disasters; the AKDN’s Disaster Risk Management Initiative, which focuses on disaster preparedness in remote areas; and the environment- and habitat-related activities of the Aga Khan Foundation, including the Prince Sadruddin Fund for the Environment and the Foundation’s highly regarded rural support programmes.

Sep 27, 2020

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