Wash Officer

General duties and responsibilities:   The Water & Sanitation Engineer will be responsible for assisting the organization in the implementation of WASH activities in the Aarsal area (Baalbek district) and specifically support the international WASH Expert with the overall technical field support for the planning and coordination of water, sanitation and hygiene activities in the project sites in the Aarsal area (Bekaa), in accordance to the allocated resources and timeframe.     Responsibilities/duties: Assist the international WASH expert in designing, organizing, planning, following up and supervising all the technical field activities of the project regarding WASH; Under the supervision of the international WASH expert, liaise and coordinate all the technical activities in the field with the local authorities, the water bureau, the community representatives and other agencies engaged in the WASH sector across the project sites. Contribute to identify in the field new interventions in the Water & Sanitation sector through regular need assessment; Participate to sectoral coordination meetings at local and national level when requested by the international WASH expert; Under the supervision of the international WASH expert, organize, manage and supervise the WASH operations in the field and provide needed technical support to the team; Under the supervision of the international WASH expert, provide support in negotiating, supervising and coordinating eventual contractors and suppliers of the WASH items; Supervise and monitor the hygiene promotion activities in the field; Collect, analyze and interpret all technical data concerning the WASH activities to support the drawing of reports as required by the international WASH expert; Assist the water quality testing procedure and transportation (bacteriological and chemical quality); Under the supervision of the international WASH expert, identify and report on eventual training and technical support needs to the field teams and of local water authorities; provide technical input to prepare or adapt sketches and design of civil and hydraulic works for the execution of WASH works, as required by the project and according to the instructions of the international WASH expert and the guidelines of the humanitarian sector working groups Prepare or revise bill of quantities and construction plans related to the construction works In general, provide technical input to the international WASH expert to prepare or revise the technical documentation in every tender dossier Report to and discuss with the international WASH expert any technical issues of the field activities which may have a direct impact on the general implementation of the project or of the organisation’s activities in the area Develop a certain degree of autonomy in managing the field teams and issues related to the daily implementation of the activities Supervise the execution of the WASH works directly and provide technical guidance and expertise to the team and the manpower (casual workers) in charge of the works Assist - with inputs deriving from the experience developed in present and past projects - the international WASH expert in the decision-making related to the daily implementation of the WASH project components in the field Provide input to prepare reports on her/his activities as per the PM’s and TC’s requests Keep herself/himself up-to-date on sector working groups’ and local authorities’ news, reports, recommendations, requirements, etc. Quickly react to changes - of any kind - in the field and its context in which the project activities are being implemented, inform the senior management about them and contribute to finding proper adjustments Accomplish any other task not here listed if necessary to the projects achievement.