Public Health Engineer Officer (South)

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Public Health ENgineer Officer

Programmes

 

 

 

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

 

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

 

 

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

 

 

 

Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty.

About oxfam

 

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

our teamTo reduce public health risks and contribute to a life with dignity in Lebanon through the construction of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.job purpose

 

Oxfam in Lebanon is implementing emergency program to respond to the needs of the affected people by the water in Saida, Tyre, Nabateih and other areas in South Lebanon. The appointed person will support the provision of water and sanitation services and the construction and rehabilitation of WaSH facilities, water pump stations, ensuring they are completed to the agreed specifications and within the agreed project timeframes, as well as ensuring maintenance of built facilities and participating in assessments as required. The public health engineer is also expected to work closely and effectively with the Oxfam WaSH partner organisation ensuring technical staff have the needed capacity to deliver in high quality.

 

 

 

core details

Location:

Based in Beirut (frequent travel to Saida, Nabateih, south Lebanon)

Internal Grade:

D2

Division

International

Job Family:

Programme

Contract type:

Fixed Term – 4 months

This role reports to:

Public Health Officer – Senior PHE Officer

Staff reporting to this post:

Public Health Engineer Assistants, as applicable.

Annual budget           for the post:

No direct budget holder responsibility but contribute to budget planning and monitoring.

Key relationships/interactions:

Other Project Staffs, Partner Staffs

Screening checks:

All successful candidates will be screened through Refinitiv World-Check One to comply with counter terrorism and financial sanctions regulations.

 

 

key responsibilities

 

Technical

Programme Implementation

• Conduct WaSH assessment to houses, collective shelters, water and sanitation system to identify the needs and prepare Term of References and Bill of Quantities.
• Ensure daily site supervision adheres to agreed specifications and method statements, maintaining comprehensive documentation for monitoring and reporting purposes.
• Provide direct management and oversight of PHE activities, including rehabilitation and construction of sanitation and water facilities, monitoring water trucking, rehabilitation of water system infrastructure, support in distribution.
• Support implementing partners to ensure high quality WaSH activities by providing technical backstopping and trouble shooting.
• Source and provide technical resources and support needed to complete scopes of work, including reviewing the quality of the work completed, the adherence to health and safety standards and ensuring the work stays within assigned schedules and cost targets.
• Ensure regular contact with the beneficiaries in target areas, including representatives of community, wider community members, and vulnerable groups.
• To liaise closely with the Public Health Promotion (PHP) Team throughout implementation stages of the Public Health Engineering Programme.
• To ensure that all programmes take gender issues fully into account. This includes the introduction of mechanisms to enable women to participate in decision making around public health engineering issues.
• With the guidance of the PHE Senior Officer and response coordinator, ensure that health and safety monitoring is incorporated into all daily site supervision activities.
• To produce compliance reports, establish a database and contribute to the close out of nonconformance. 
• Contribute to the generation of PHE 'lessons learnt"during the project.

 

Programme approach:

• To be familiar with and abide by international humanitarian standards, including the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and ensure these are applied in the implementation of PHE activities, including raising awareness and building the capacity of Oxfam staff on these standards and how to action them.
• To be familiar with and abide by the Oxfam partnership principals and approach.
• Ensure accountability to beneficiaries, designing and implementing regular, transparent and two-way communication with Oxfam’s beneficiaries and key stakeholders.
• Reflect on national and international WASH programme experience to contribute to PHE /WASH learning reviews and actively participate in monthly programme quality meetings.
• To support the mainstreaming of gender 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

• Direct Management of Public Health Engineer Assistants, as applicable
• Provide overall day to day support and management of the PH Engineers Assistant and volunteers where applicable including performance management and supporting implementation partner’s staff during field work.
• Ensure that all members of the works supervision team contribute to maintaining a positive relationship with contractors, Partner staff, beneficiaries and other key stakeholders.

 

Coordination

• As requested, participate in WaSH field-based meetings with other stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate internal and external representation, sharing regular reports to the Senior PHE officer.

 

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

 

 

 Person specification

How this will be assessed?[1]

Note to candidates: Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organisational values and attributes at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our code of conduct. We encourage candidates to read and understand our code of conduct here.

 

 

Shortlisting

 

Interview

 

Technical Test

 

 

 

Key Organisational Attributes

 

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Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.

Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.

Commitment to undertake Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adherence of relevant policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

 

Organisational Values

 

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Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions

Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen

Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences

 

 

 

Essential - Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications & Competencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Civil or Mechanical degree qualified (or other relevant qualification) and have a strong background working with in the construction environment, ideally working with Lebanese’s construction companies and detailed knowledge of setting out procedures, dimensional drawings, and site supervision procedures. Experience could substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa.

 

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Min 2 years of relevant experience as a Site Engineer/office

 

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Min 1 years of experience in working with INGO or NGO.

 

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Team and site project management experience.

 

 

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The ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for particular situations. Diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial and, on occasions possibly senior government levels is important.

 

 

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Good written and spoken English and spoken Arabic

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Previous work with INGO or NGO.

 

 

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Professional skills in CAD.

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Professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

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Desirable

 

 

 

 

The post holder should be at ease in working with local communities.

 

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Well-developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situations.

 

 

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[1] Whilst we make every effort to indicate how the candidates will be assessed against a criterion, this is subject to change and may be influenced by the quality of applications.