WASH Emergency Field Officer - Tyre

Action against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women, and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation. 

In Lebanon, the Syrian crisis continues to generate political, social, and economic pressure due to the war in Lebanon and keeps more than 1.5 million refugees in a situation of increasing vulnerability. In this environment of political, economic and social uncertainty, our teams have maintained their high levels of humanitarian response and aid to Lebanon. Likewise, our interventions have been maintained in the Bekaa and northern areas, as well as in the south of the country, with a special focus on working in partnership or in consortium with other organizations and on institutional strengthening of the relationship with both donors. institutional, such as with local authorities and entities.  

WE WORK IN LEBANON AGAINST COVID-19 

• Focusing on Syrian refugee population and Lebanese host communities,  
• mobilization committees, 
• isolation centers,  
• municipalities and service providers. 
• Conducting training for health personnel.  
• Distributing disinfection and dignity kits.  
• Installing latrines for people with specific needs in Aarsal.  
• Carrying out channel cleaning to ensure proper drainage. Distributing water through tanker trucks.  

The WASH Emergency Field Officer will be responsible to: 

Under the supervision of WaSH Emergency Supervisor and the support of the WaSH Program Manager, the WaSH Emergency Field Officer is responsible for the daily technical planning, supervision, monitoring and reporting of the Emergency related field activities. The work includes conducting WaSH assessments, distribution of kits, awareness sessions and supervision of WaSH facilities construction in both informal settlements and collective shelters. The field officer to ensure proper coordination with contractors, municipalities, other authorities and related ACF departments. The position requires extensive fieldwork and movement between several worksites in all levels of the COVID-19 pandemic and emergencies; and flexibility and willingness to adapt her/his tasks and job description to the requirements of ACF as humanitarian organization to respond to any humanitarian crisis.
Objective 1: Follow up day to day implementation of WaSH activities (60%) 

• Liaises with the WaSH Program Manager and Supervisor to plan and implement water and sanitation activities in the field (Assessments, Distributions, Sessions, Supervision). 
• Ensuring understanding of the different needs of the women, men, girls, boys and PwSN in the communities, on water and sanitation and coordinating with the local partners on best and complementary implementation. 
• Follow up the construction and rehabilitation work of different water and sanitation facilities with the help of WaSH Engineer. 
• Support in ensuring the quality and quantity of material at field according to agreed plans and BoQs. 
• Support the elaboration and dissemination of hygiene promotion materials, 
• Identify the most appropriate hygiene promotion/C19 related messages regarding the target population. Write clearly and understandable message. 
• Mobilize the community to change behaviour regarding hygiene practice and C19 prevention and control. Creation and follow up WASH Committees and their performance in the Informal Settlements. 
• Ensure that the projects activities are well coordinated with relevant governmental sides (local authorities) and non-governmental sides (RRTs, INGOs and NGOs working in same operation area). 
• Preparation of weekly work plans according to the implementation plan. 
• Participation in Rapid Response Teams (RRT) under ACR AoI, carrying out all related task as a WaSH partner in all levels of the pandemic. 

Objective 2: Monitoring, coordination and communication (30%) 

• Prepare and submit all WaSH field reports to the WASH Program Manager. 
• Monitor and report all WaSH activities in the field ensuring there is compliance with plans and Action Against Hunger standards. 
• Monitor water and sanitation facilities acceptance and beneficiary satisfaction in Coordination with Meal team 
• Responds to and records beneficiary WaSH technical feedback and complaints at field level. 
• Collect, organize, and develop all data, files, and documents. 

Objective 3: Data collection and reporting (10%) 

• File, document, and report work progress to his/her line manager on weekly basis 
• Regular reporting of work progress to the Deputy Program Manager. 
• Report possible problem or conflict during the activities. 
• Report the use of materials and possible improvement. 

Objective 4: Security 

• Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols. 
• Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan 

Objective 5: Support humanitarian activities of Action Against Hunger 

• Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities. 
• Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities. 
• Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work 

Requirements:

• Technical Diploma in WaSH related fields, and/or any related field with at least 2 years’ experience.
• Knowledge in plumbing, water supply and sanitation supply systems. Technical training in implementation of basic water networks, sanitation, and water quality testing. And/or ?Experience in hygiene promotion, work with local communities, children and vulnerable people, experience in community mobilization and participation.
• At least 1-2 years of experience in WASH project. Proven experience in capacity building, WaSH soft activities or similar activities. Reporting capacity, organized and rigorous personality, availability/learning capacity ?Ability to work in a team, interpersonal qualities, and diplomacy, flexible with respect to job priority – Agrees with the principles and objectives of ACF. ?Previous experience on COVID-19 prevention and sensitization activities as an asset

Action Against Hunger – Lebanon seeks to promote gender equality and is committed to empowering women to participate effectively in their communities, we strongly encourage women to apply.

We Strongly encourage people with disabilities to apply.

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