WASH PM

1. Purpose

CARE established its presence in Lebanon in 2006 and has been responding to the Syrian Crisis since late 2012. Among CARE’s key imperatives is putting people it serves first through implementing cutting edge programming in areas it operates. CARE currently carries out activities in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Akkar, North Lebanon, South Lebanon, and the Beqaa Valley. CARE implements both emergency and development projects contributing to livelihood, food security, protection, gender, shelter, and water, sanitation and hygiene. It targets the most vulnerable people and populations, both host communities and refugees. Over the course of 7 years, it has supported more than half a million beneficiaries.
 
In Lebanon, CARE’s program strategy for the upcoming years will focus on strengthening and expanding its emergency response and capacity to provide basic assistance services while pursuing development projects in areas of food security and livelihood support, gender and protection. CARE intends to maintain its presence in all areas of Lebanon.
 
CARE Lebanon has scaled up rapidly over the past few years and today it has about 90 staff members, with more than 15 different local/international partner organizations. 90% of the team is composed of national staff, with a symbolic number of international members.

2. Reporting Lines

Director of Programmes

3. Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Assessment
•    Provide water, sanitation and hygiene sectoral leadership and expertise in the assessment.
•    Conduct initial rapid assessment of current situation in collaboration with local health workers and affected population; determine priorities and immediate activities and resources i.e. more detailed assessment versus need to address immediate WASH problems.
•    Represent CARE to stakeholders and Governmental and non-Governmental agencies for the purposes of the WASH aspect of the assessment.
•    Assess in-country resources, human, material and financial for response with relevant staff and agencies.
•    Lead in the production of a practical, good quality assessment report.

Programme Design
•    Define aims and objectives of the overall WASH program.
•    Select and design water systems including source selection (ground water, surface water), abstraction, storage, treatment and distribution for new systems and/or the rehabilitation of old systems.
•    Select and design the most appropriate form of sanitation system (to include excreta disposal, vector control, solid waste disposal, drainage) taking full account of local conditions, resources, customs and cultural norms.
•    Select and design, in collaboration with other actors a suitable hygiene promotion strategy.
•    Wherever possible consider options for delivery of WASH activities through cash and markets-based mechanisms.
•    Ensure that issues of protection, gender, livelihoods, DRR and environmental impact, operation and maintenance and sustainability are factored into the program design.
•    Ensure Sphere 2018 standards both qualitative and quantitative are considered and any departures documented. 
•    Develop letters of intent, concept papers, budgets and proposals in respect of the above.

Response Management and Implementation
•    Plan and manage WASH program in a phased and prioritised manner with full consultation and co-ordination with CARE staff and other agencies both governmental and non-governmental.
•    Ensure gender is fully considered throughout the project cycle, using CARE’s WASH Minimum Commitments tool to guide this. 
•    Organise with the Logistics Team materials and support needed for all activities. 
•    Design and develop appropriate supervisory, monitoring and evaluation systems for WASH interventions.

Information and Co-ordination
•    Provide regular updates to Team leader and team on progress, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing.
•    Represent CARE to governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with the Team Leader.
•    Represent CARE in WASH Cluster activities.
•    All staff members understand and abide by the CARE Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) / Child Protection (CP) Policy. All Staff must sign the relevant Code of Conduct. Staff are required to report any suspicions of exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people via established internal mechanisms. All staff must adhere to CARE’s zero tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and abuse of children. 

Human Resources and Administration
•    Coordinate and/or implement training and briefing of CARE staff and stakeholders on WASH issues.

4. Qualifications / special skills or knowledge

•    People Skills: Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and international staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
•    Communication Skills: Well developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of CARE. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.
•    Integrity: Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to CARE's core values and humanitarian principles.
•    Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
•    Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.
•    Work style: Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem solving skills. 
•    Knowledge and skills: knowledge of CARE policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct. Requires general finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
•    3 – 5 years humanitarian aid experience.
•    Multiple language skills desirable.

b. Experience: 

3-5 years humanitarian aid experience in the WASH sector applied in emergency response operations.

c. Academic background:

Bachelor degree in one or several of the following areas: Environmental health engineering or relevant WASH specialisations 

d. Languages: English and/ or Arabic are the working language of CARE International.

Knowledge of other languages is an asset.

5. Other contract elements

Benefits: Social security/Health Insurance & Transport allowance.
The direct supervisor reserves the right to adapt this job description at any time during employment according to needs. 
Any extension of this contract is dependent on performance review and funding availability

6. PSEA and Child Safeguarding Policies

CARE International in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
CARE International in Lebanon and its employees and stakeholders abide by the CARE International Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Safeguarding Policies.