WaSH Coordinator

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

The WaSH Coordinator will be responsible for the design and follow up of the WaSH Country Strategy, following the Nutrition Security Framework and overall mission strategy. Furthermore, she/he supports the assessment, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of current and future Action Against Hunger WaSH programs in Lebanon, as well as liaising with external stakeholders (Partners, Donors, and local authorities) and representing Action Against Hunger in the country. He/She will ensure the technical relevance of WaSH interventions according to Action Against Hunger and Country priorities, upon agreement with the Country Director.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Objective 1 :  (30%) Understanding and analyzing the Water and Sanitation sector in Lebanon and define priorities of intervention according to the Countries’ strategic priorities, the humanitarian community sector guidance and Action Against Hunger principles of action, while representing the organization in the country.

  • Collect and analyze primary and secondary data from different sources related to the WaSH sector in Lebanon, especially focusing in the South Lebanon and Bekaa
  • Identify the needs of the most vulnerable populations and the design and implementation of relevant needs assessments
  • Propose cost-effective and high-impact responses to identified needs
  • Proactive participation in the implementation and revision of Action Against Hunger’s Lebanon WaSH strategy
  • Design and develop WaSH projects in coordination with other technical departments if required, administration and logistics departments
  • Ensure the technical relevance of Action Against Hunger projects, by providing expertise, assertive and efficient inputs to each program
  • Initiate and represent Action Against Hunger in relevant external coordination meetings (Technical Working Groups, national and local authorities, and WaSH partners)
  • Ensure effective communication with stakeholders involved in WaSH (data sharing and brainstorming) and with local authorities involved in project definition and/or implementation
  • Analyse and suggest effective operational partnerships and oversight on the quality of implementation and monitoring of programmes

Objective 2: (30%) Ensure quality and equity control, follow up and monitoring

  • Ensure quality, pertinence, innovation, efficiency, effectiveness and multisectorial of the WaSH programs and interventions
  • Participate in the development of technical and innovation tools related to WaSH projects (Monitoring tools, Technical requirements, ToRs for consultants and evaluators, ad hoc reports, capitalization reports ) in direct relation with Programme Manager, Country Director, MEAL Coordinator and Head of Base
  • Participate in workshops and ad hoc meetings related to WaSH areas of intervention and provide minutes of meetings
  • Review, update and edit documents produced by the WaSH team

Objective 3: (20%) WaSH team support and capacity building

  • Participate in the recruitment and assess the capacity of the team, suggest and conduct trainings, and propose new recruitments whenever required
  • Support to the team through coordination meetings and capacity building initiatives
  • Identify the WaSH team training needs and propose training plans to the staff and HR

Objective 4: (20%) Support project implementation, follow-up and monitoring and conduct internal evaluations of project quality

  • Define program implementation modalities and methodologies, from emergency relief to long term actions (including, but not limited to technical specifications, identification of partners, liaising with external service providers, work plans, financial requirements and procurement plans with the Admin and Log Dept.)

  • Analyze the appropriateness, adequacy and potential impact of all interventions based on known contexts and needs

  • Suggest, support and develop evaluations and reports linked with the ongoing projects to be shared with supervisory staff

  • Identify, jointly with the wash team, program constraints and problems during implementation, propose solutions and support implementation

  • Support for the effective implementation of WaSH programs, developing monitoring and reporting tools and efficient use of resources in close coordination with administration and logistics

Objective 5: 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 6: 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.

 

PROFILE

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Hydrology, Civil Engineer, or WaSH related areas

Expertise in Water, Waste-Water, Hygiene, and Engineering

At least 5 years of experience in the WaSH sector, and experience in the Humanitarian Sector

At least 3 years of experience in the Humanitarian Sector and in External coordination and representation

Fluency in English is compulsory; Arabic is recommended ; Spanish and French are a plus

Fully proficient in MS-Office, Outlook and Skype, familiarity with GIS and ODK is an asset

Competences : Motivation, Team Work, Strategic Vision, Effective Communication, Organizing and Planning, Adaptability and Flexibility, Innovation and Creativity, Analytical Capacity

 

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