Senior PHE Officer

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To reduce public health risks and contribute to a life with dignity for People affected by the war (I
DPs and returnees) in South Lebanon through the construction of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. This position will be part of the South Program in Nabatieh and South of Lebanon. The WaSH component will include both public health engineering and public health promotion activities with the aim of providing comprehensive WaSH assistance to vulnerable persons. The appointed person will support the provision of water and sanitation services and the construction and rehabilitation of WaSH facilities, ensuring their implementation 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 senior public health engineer is also expected to work closely and effectively with WaSH partners and South Lebanon Water Establishment technical staff.

• The position will represent Oxfam in our areas of operation and be responsible for supervision of the efficient delivery of activities, including ensuring a high quality of construction work and ensuring that strict health and safety procedures are always adhered to. The selected candidate will be a key member of the site supervision team, which will consist of site engineers, tradespersons (masons and plumbers etc), and maintenance staff.
• The position may be requested to carry out assessments of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and prepare recommendations and BOQ’s for required construction, repair or rehabilitation works.
• The position is expected to work effectively with the Oxfam WaSH partner, ensuring technical staff have the capacity to deliver in high quality. The selected candidate will be the key member of the public health engineering team to laisse with and support the partner engineer/s.
• The position will be expected to directly manage a team of PHE Officers / Assistants, ensuring oversight of daily work activities and performance objectives and capacity building.
• The role will involve at least 60% presence on project sites, irregular work patterns and volumes.
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