Senior Field Officer

Background ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 4 000 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development. Our teams in the field implement some 380 projects in 34 countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion. Assignment The Senior Field officer is in charge of supervising the day to day implementation of the public health program.  The field officer will work under the supervision of the WASH Program Manager to ensure that targets are reached in their area of intervention for improving WASH systems to mitigate public health issues in the target communities. Functions   The Senior Field Officer will be responsible for coordinating the field officers within the designated area of intervention to ensure timely implementation of project as per program guidelines. The Senior Field Officer will both directly undertake the following tasks and supervise the completion of the following tasks through the field officer team to ensure smooth operations and quality of interventions; Preliminary community consultations, with local residents and local authorities Formation of WASH committees and coordination with ACTED hygiene promotion teams for training of committees Coordination with the local community and ACTED technical team to develop participatory solutions for community level WASH issues; Liaise with logistics department; Coordinate and oversee beneficiary outreach through the dedicated field officer team; Ensure that project documentation is properly compiled by the field officers, maintain proper records and provide daily and weekly report to supervisor; Notifies Program Manager in case of any problem or obstacle in the field; Inform relevant ACTED focal points of any security threats or incidents in the field; Skills required -          Experience in outreach or community work -          Strong communication skills -          Experience in supervision/management of staff -          Experience working with local authorities -          Experience in logistics is preferred -          Experience in supervising construction works is an asset -          English or French language skills necessary