Shelter Response Officer

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1 - Response to Emergency and Acute Unmet Needs:

• Ensure the delivery of identified services and programming under the different response modalities (Emergency, Acute Unmet Needs, and Protection Response Plans) to the highest quality and standard
• Conduct multi-sectoral needs assessment to identify needs and plan for a multi-sectoral integrated response;
• Ensure Action Against Hunger WASH/Shelter response is aligned with technical humanitarian standards and coordinated with other departments and organizations
• Apply a protection lens throughout the process in order to detect protection needs and refer to the appropriate actor (either within ACF or external referral)
• Provide daily oversight of response modality service delivery directly at the field level, ensuring correct compliance with means of verification and reporting
• Communicate and coordinate with communities, municipality focal points, and other relevant field level actors on the daily implementation of tasks.
• Work with other Action Against Hunger team members to provide accurate and timely assistance to identified participants in the programme

Objective 2 - Delivery of hard components under the Protection Response Plans:

• Work with the CPA teams to support in the design of the Protection Response Plan hard components related to WASH and Shelter (including site improvement)
• Tailor and define the method of response for individuals, households, and communities specific and contextual needs.
• Deliver WASH and Shelter activities under the Protection Response Plans
• Communicate with sector partners implementing in the area to ensure appropriate planning and coordination in the delivery of assistance

Objective 3 - Field Monitoring and Reporting:

• Following the weekly and monthly planning for the programme team, report back accurately on field level activities to the Emergency Response Advisor
• Identify and report possible problems, conflicts, or contextual changes to the Emergency Response Advisor, proposing solutions where possible and pertinent
• Monitor the evolving context and flag any potential protection concerns to the PM and advocacy coordinator
• Monitor and track all field activities and deliveries, ensuring compliance and control is provided.
• Alongside the Community Workers conduct data collection regarding the project and the potential beneficiaries.
• Alongside the MEAL department, facilitate regular monitoring and evaluation activities for the field activities.

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

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

Training/ Education:

Engineering degree, Technical Diploma of engineering or related field.

Technical specific knowledge:

• Experience in emergency shelter assistance and site improvement
• Manage the collected data of the assigned shelter projects and interaction
• Undertake technical shelter condition assessments preparing all necessary paperwork
• Knowledge in Protection core concept
• Ability to manage multiple tasks covering different objectives simultaneously to a high quality
• Knowledge of direct community work with vulnerable or at-risk communities
• Knowledge of participatory approaches and Community Empowerment an advantage

Previous experience:

• Two years’ experience working in a related field of expertise.
• Experience in the humanitarian sector in a similar position

Personal requirements:

• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to manage stress effectively
• Ability to manage time and priorities well
• Clear communicator with excellent inter-personal skills
• Ability to work with a degree of autonomy on set tasks

Languages:

• Fluent Arabic
• Fluency in written and spoken English

IT and specific systems:

• Windows domain
• Compulsory expertise in Excel
• ODK

Mobility:

Based in Zahle with frequent travels to Arsaal and frequent presence in the field  

Our remuneration package:

We offer immediate incorporation to a dynamic international network with the following remuneration package:

• Salary range from USD1,257  to USD 1,566 gross per month according to the candidate’s previous experience (based on the standard list of Action Against Hunger - Spain).
• Salary progression based on the annual development appraisal.
• LBP 8,000 daily transportation allowance on working days
• Social security registration and NSSF family allowance if eligible
• Complementary health insurance for you and your dependents
• Work accident insurance
• Life insurance (after 3 months of contract)
• School allowance for your children if eligible as per the official decree 
• 1.5 days of paid holidays per month
• Approx. 18 days per year of public holidays
• Many training opportunities