Operation Assistant-Wash Bekaa

Interested Applicants shall visit the below link & apply accordingly: https://careers.wvi.org/jobs/lebanon/water-sanitation-and-health-wash/op... PURPOSE OF POSITION: To provide ensure effective and quality delivery of World Vision’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) project interventions in the Bekaa; to coordinate daily with project beneficiaries to support their WASH needs; to coordinate with daily community WASH focal points through training, mentoring, and follow-up to ensure that they can manage their own community’ WASH needs; to supervise project-hired contractors. The WASH Assistant will ensure proper implementation of WASH activities at the field level and actively work to ensure that the project beneficiaries’ water, sanitation, and hygiene needs are effectively being met. Project Implementation 60% Identify, assess, and respond to WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) needs among Syrian refugees’ families residing in tented settlements Supervise the delivery, distribution, and implementation of (WASH) interventions in tented settlements Supervise the delivery of the water trucking and desludging services and report any failure to deliver or any potential issue or complaint related to the quality of the service. Collect and review the “means of verification” (MOV) sheets Conduct household spot checks for service delivery quality. Conduct chlorine tests and collect water samples for testing in the appropriate way. Follow up on the solid waste collection in the informal tented settlements and report any potential issue or failure to collect the solid waste. Conduct WASH items distributions and make sure the distribution goes as planned. Conduct WASH needs assessments, WASH technical assessments and distributions. Document and report on conducted activities to ensure that needs assessed are being effectively responded to and that interventions are being documented Educate people about key aspects of water and sanitation in a culturally appropriate manner Ensure all work is carried out as per the community needs and project standards Identify and assess public health and hygiene risks and needs Capacity Building Forging relationships with people in the community in order to get the message across. Provide active and ongoing technical oversight to “WASH community mobilizers”. Monitor the WASH issues within target communities through the ‘WASH community mobilizers’, as well as directly through spot checks and assessments. Mobilize, motivate and encourage potential leaders to talk to their fellow community members about good water and sanitation practices. Develop trust, tolerance and co-operation among community members. 15% Assessing Risks 5% Identify and assess public hygiene, water and sanitation risks and needs Report areas of concern to the WASH (Water and Sanitation Hygiene) Operations Officer Networking 5% Collaborate with a number of other agencies, including local authorities and international aid workers during the implementation of WASH programs. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Bachelor’s degree in a WASH-related field (Preferred: Public Health, Nursing, Teaching, etc.) or a Bachelor’s degree in another field with 2 years complimentary WASH experience (e.g. plumbing). Relevant Experience in relief project implementation or relevant experience in a job with transferable skills (e.g. nursing, plumber, teaching). Excellent organizational and time management skills. Good written and oral communication skills (English & Arabic) Ability to monitor work of project-hired contractors Proven ability to build capacity of partners/ stakeholders through formal trainings and informal job shadowing and mentoring Good interpersonal skills Must have cross-cultural sensitivity, problem solving and negotiation skills. Must have a genuine concern to help the community members Good team building skills; a creative, innovative, and adaptability personality. Ability to cope and work under pressure. Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural and difficult / sensitive contexts. Ability to spend 100% of job in the field Ability to review and write reports and manage data effectively Has strong knowledge of core principles of Children Rights, Participation, Do No Harm, as well as Children in Emergencies minimum standards. Has strong knowledge about WASH distribution 90% field work, 10% office work Position requires availability and willingness to work outside regular office hours occasionally. Position requires willingness and ability to continue to function during a crisis situation, including during a World Vision response to a manmade or natural disaster.