Job Title: SMC assistant
Deadline :  30 - 01 - 2026
Duty Station: Based in Amran 
Project Sector type : CCCM 
Project Donor: NRC  

About YGUSSWP 

YGUSSWP is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 2011, coinciding with the onset of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Since its establishment, the organization has been committed to delivering high-quality humanitarian assistance across multiple sectors, including Shelter (NFIs/ESKs), WASH, Protection, Livelihoods, Health, FASC, CCCM, Education, and Nutrition. YGUSSWP’s core mission is to provide immediate, life-saving support, enhance protective environments, and reduce risks and vulnerabilities linked to displacement, while promoting self-reliance at both household and community levels.

For more information about YGUSSWP , please visit our website at http://YGUSSWP.org

About job 

The SMC Assistants will be responsible for coordination and service monitoring, community participation and representation, communication with communities and accountability, participation in information management of the sites through conducting regular data collection, including on service availability and standards in the sites, submitting timely and accurate reports and data, participation in assessment and data collection exercises as needed and most importantly he/she will ensure to mainstream protection in all aspects of the implemented activities. 

Functions and Duties:

Partner coordination and service monitoring

• Support coordination with all humanitarian partners and stakeholders working in the sites, on a day-to-day basis.
• Monitor service provision at site level using agreed tools, including through observation, conducting assessment, and collecting input from community members.
• Record and report data in a timely and accurate manner.

Community Participation and Representation:

• Organize regular meetings with community groups and committees, ensuring participation of women, youth, and marginalized groups, taking minutes of meetings and attendance sheets.
• Support organization of trainings to community committees, humanitarian agencies, and community members, on topics including on protection, fire response, and CCCM.

Communication with Communities and Accountability:

• Conduct Communications with Communities (CwC) activities in the sites, including regular outreach to the community and information campaigns, supported by daily workers as needed.
• Support community mobilization efforts or information campaigns of community
• representatives or other humanitarian agencies as needed.
• Implement Complaints and Response Mechanisms (CRM) activities in each of the sites: receive complaints, make referrals and ensure feedback is received, and ensure good data management.

Information Management:

• Conduct regular data collection, including on service availability and standards in the sites.
• Submit timely and accurate reports and data.
• Participate in assessment and data collection exercises as needed.
• Ensure information is shared back with partners and communities.

Protection Mainstreaming:

• Consider gender, protection, in all aspects of activities.
• Promote participation and representation of women, youth, people with specific needs, and marginalized groups in all SMC and partner activities.
• Support vulnerable persons including through referral to protection partners, and
• support vulnerable persons at specific events (e.g., distributions, registration).
• Ensure confidentiality is respected in all activities.
• Support site assessment / committee formation / training to community by YGUSSWP Shelter/Infrastructure and WASH teams, as needed.
• Timely reporting of problems and challenges in the sites to project Manager .
• Timely reporting of security and safety incidents or risks to project Manager.
• Any additional task as requested by the line manager.

Job Requirements (Qualification and Experience):

1.    Preferable experience in a project implementation position in an NGO.
2.    Excellent verbal communication skills.
3.    Excellent team-working skills.
4.    Flexible, with the ability to cope with stressful situations.
5.    Good written communication skills.
6.    Good computer literacy, including use of smartphones and MS Office (Word and Excel).
7.    Good verbal and written English skills are of benefit.
8.    Knowledge of multi-sectoral humanitarian response including Experience in CCCM programming is of benefit.

Required Languages:

• English.
• Arabic