Water Supply And Sanitation Field Officer

General objective Under the direct supervision of the Water Supply & Sanitation Supervisor, the Water Supply & Sanitation Field Officer is responsible for the qualitative, quantitative and timely implementation of the Water Supply & Sanitation activities. He/she directly implements the hardware activities (water supply, sanitation, plumbing, masonry) or with the help of beneficiaries, daily workers or contractors. Responsibilities and tasks  Activities implementation - Carry out the technical assessment, design and implementation of the Water Supply and Sanitation activities; - Respect the planning, design and required quality of the works (technical specifications, cost estimation and methodology); - Carry out signature of formal contracts for the implementation of works with beneficiaries, owner and local authorities and explain clearly its terms to all the parties to ensure its well understand; - Ensure that all measures have been taken and rules followed to ensure security on-site; - Give an expertise and contribute to the improvement of activities through critics, analysis and suggestions; - Support and participate to the other activities of the WASH team when required (distributions).  Assessment, monitoring & evaluation of activities - Assess regularly the WASH situation and determine population needs; - Collect any relevant information from the communities and partners; - Collect and monitor the results of the Water Supply & Sanitation activities.  Community mobilization - Relation/negotiation with the community for the activities and free community participation; - Check the contractors' interventions are achieved regarding the requirements of the contract; - Supervise the community’s members; - Manage and organize the community participation on-site.  Logistic & administration - Ensure the follow-up and the proper use of materials and tools used during on-site works; - Manage the supply of materials to the work site in collaboration with logistics department.  Reporting - Collect all information and written/orally reports on the progress of Water Supply & Sanitation activities on a daily and weekly basis; - Report immediately any delay, problem or other relevant information to the Water Supply & Sanitation Supervisor; - Communicate with the other sectors to homogenize the methodology and the conditions of intervention.