Action against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation.

In Lebanon, the Syrian crisis continues to generate political, social and economic pressure due to the war in Lebanon and keeps more than 1.5 million refugees in a situation of increasing vulnerability. In this environment of political, economic and social uncertainty, our teams have maintained their high levels of humanitarian response and aid to Lebanon. Likewise, our interventions have been maintained in the Bekaa and northern areas, as well as in the south of the country, with a special focus on working in partnership or in consortium with other organizations and on institutional strengthening of the relationship with both donors. institutional, such as with local authorities and entities.

The WaSH Field Officer- Water Quality will ensure that emergency response activities and routine operations are implemented within the agreed timeframe, meet the required quality standards, and follow the implementation approach outlined in the project proposal, logical framework, and work plan.

POSITION SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND TASKS:

Objective 1: Ensure the effective implementation, monitoring, and quality control of WASH activities, with a particular focus on water quality monitoring and field-level operational support (60 %)

Lead and implement water quality monitoring activities, including water sampling, field testing, laboratory coordination, analysis, and reporting, to ensure the safety and quality of drinking water.
Monitor and supervise water trucking activities, ensuring compliance with approved water sources, agreed quantities, delivery schedules, and quality standards.
Monitor and supervise desludging activities, ensuring proper service delivery and compliance with technical requirements and safety standards.
Provide operational and field support during WASH-related distributions, ensuring proper preparation, implementation, monitoring, and documentation.
Ensure proper collection, management, and reporting of field data and supporting documents related to WASH activities.
Report field challenges, technical issues, and identified risks to the line manager and contribute to identifying appropriate corrective measures.

Objective 2: Data collection, Reporting, and Archiving. (40 %)

Collect, verify, and compile data related to WASH field activities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely submission
Prepare and maintain field monitoring reports, water quality testing records, distribution reports, and other relevant activity documentation.
Ensure the proper scanning, filing, organization, and archiving of hard and soft copies of WASH-related documents.
Regularly update monitoring tools, databases, and tracking sheets to ensure accurate and up-to-date project information.
Follow up on missing or pending documents and coordinate with relevant team members to ensure proper documentation and timely reporting.
Ensure the confidentiality, traceability, and accessibility of project records in accordance with ACF internal procedures.

Objective 3: 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 4: 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.

Objective 5: Gender & Safeguarding

Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy.
Knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policy.

Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.