Field researchers for the “Observatory of The Post-Beirut Blast Recovery”

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. ABOUT ACTED

ACTED has been active in Lebanon since 2006 operating mainly in the North and Beirut and Mount Lebanon governorates of Lebanon. Since 2013, ACTED has been implementing household and community-level programming in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and the North supporting public service delivery, support to civil society and social cohesion. ACTED has been on the ground responding to the Beirut Explosion since August 5th and is currently implementing large scale response programs in affected areas in terms of shelter rehabilitations, cash support, protection programming, support to damaged businesses, and support to restore public services.

2. About BUL

The Beirut Urban Lab is a collaborative and interdisciplinary research space. The Lab produces scholarship on urbanization by documenting and analyzing ongoing transformation processes in Lebanon and its region's natural and built environments. It intervenes as an interlocutor and contributor to academic debates about historical and contemporary urbanization from its position in the Global South.

3. Responsibilities

-Gather and record information about neighbourhoods according to a provided template and a defined methodology, through field visits and observations;

-Map property titles, map public and open spaces, follow-up and coordinate from the ground-up the work on the field;

-Complete and report the collected data through desk research;

-Organize, attend, participate to and report on four community meetings, team meetings and discussions in neighbourhoods affected by the blast.

-Help identify potential urban interventions in neighbourhoods according to guidelines developed by BUL

-Report field progress regularly to the head researchers at BUL, and discuss findings with them;

-Help draft and comment on a field report produced bi-monthly and a final report at the end of the work. The report template will be provided by BUL.

4. Knowledge, skills

-Fluent in Arabic, with excellent written and verbal English skills and the ability to work in an international context

-Excellent interpersonal skills and external relations;

-Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail;

-Strong written expression and basic computer skills;

-Independent, adaptable, flexible and hard working.

-Qualifications and Experience

-Master in Urban Planning, Urban Design, or Urban Studies degree

-Proven experience in architecture or surveying;

-Prior fieldwork experience is a plus