PHP Officer

Oxfam in Lebanon is implementing Humanitarian program in South Lebanon  to respond to the needs of the Internal Displaced People (IDPs), returnees, and communities affected by the War.

This position will be part of an integrated Humanitarian programme in the South  Lebanon. The WASH component will include both public health engineering and public health promotion activities with the aim of providing comprehensive WASH assistance to vulnerable persons. This position will work in with local authorities  and host communities to ensure community engagement with hygiene activities and practices.

Programme Implementation:

• Support and conduct assessments and baseline studies to identify WaSH-related health risks and priorities.
• Provide direct management and oversight over the PHP activities executed by Oxfam directly and by the implementing partner.
• Participate in the selection and conduct regular meetings and trainings for the community focal points.
• Conduct consultations with community groups and project stakeholders.
• Participate in the drought campaign initiated by the WaSH Sector and include the recommendations in the activities and sessions conducted.
• Help identify key hygiene practices to be addressed and carry out appropriate activities to promote safe practices.
• Implement PHP activities awareness activities and events including hygiene campaigns, distributions of non-food items and supporting the design, implementation and monitoring of Information, Education and Communications (IEC) materials.
• Together with the team, ensure regular contact with the beneficiaries is maintained in target areas including IDPs representatives, community members, with particular attention to vulnerable groups.
• Prepare and facilitate community consultations on project activities, and ensure this information is used to inform project activities and approaches.
• Provide technical resources and support needed to complete activities, including reviewing the quality of the hygiene promotion work and ensuring the activities stay within assigned schedules.
• Reflect on programme experience to contribute to PHP /WASH learning reviews and actively participate in the programme quality meetings.

Programme approach:

• NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and ensure these are applied in the implementation of PHP activities, including raising awareness and building the capacity of Oxfam staff on these standards and how to action them.
• Ensure accountability to beneficiaries, designing and implementing regular, transparent and two-way communication with Oxfam’s beneficiaries and key stakeholders, including IDPs representative.
• To support the mainstreaming ofgender into all activities including the introduction of mechanisms to enable women to participate in decision making around public health engineering issues.
• To support Safe programming, Protection and MEAL mainstreaming across all interventions.

Management

• Directly manage Public Health Promoters Assistants and Volunteers, as applicable,

Coordination

• As requested, participate in WaSH field-based meetings with other stakeholders, and coordination and communication with municipalities and Water Establishments.
• To report regularly, verbally and in writing to the Project Manager.
• Participate in the Sector WaSH meetings.

Your commitment to Oxfam

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles