Emergency Field Officer -Upon Donor Validation

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. 

· Under the supervision of the Head of Project, the Emergency Field Officer is responsible to implement and monitor WASH/Shelter/FSL and Basic Assistance (BA) and follow up with beneficiaries

· Identify and respond to Emergency and implement activities at collective shelters and community level for Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) and affected population in the red zones

· Communicate with local stakeholders to facilitate coordination of response inside and outside Action Against Hunger Areas of Intervention

· Ensure WASH/Shelter/FSL and BA response is aligned with ACF strategy and Inter-Agency Sector standards

· Ensure the smooth implementation, monitoring, and reporting of field activities under the guidance of the Head of project

Objective 1: Response to WASH/Shelter/FSL and BA Emergency related activities (60%)

• Ensure the delivery of identified services under the different response modalities with  the highest quality and standard
• Conduct multi-sectoral needs assessment to identify needs and plan for a multi-sectoral integrated response (WASH/Shelter/ FSL and BA)
• Ensure Action Against Hunger (WASH/Shelter/ FSL and BA) response is aligned with technical humanitarian standards, sector guidance,  and coordinated with other departments and organizations
• Visit the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and affected people in the targeted locations to deliver food kits as per sector guidance
• Assess the IDPs for the provision of Emergency Cash Assistance and collect the necessary means of verification as needed.
• Deliver WASH activities for IDPs in close coordination with sector and Disaster Risk Reduction Unit (DRR)
• Apply a protection lens throughout the process in order to detect protection needs and refer to the appropriate actor 
• 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: Quality monitoring of the activities, needs analysis and adapting approaches, accountability (20%)

• Ensure that the activities and approaches are consistent and relevant to reach programme objectives, and report to the technical manager any deviation
• Identify deviations and needs not covered and proposed adaptations to programme activities
• Ensure proper quality monitoring of the interventions, including collaboration with MEAL Department
• Identify good practices and those that need improvement propose suggestions to adapt the program tools accordingly
• Monitor and track all field activities and deliveries, ensuring compliance and control is provided

Objective 3: Reporting and archiving (10%)

• Submit weekly and monthly reports.
• Ensure proper, accurate and timely archiving of all the means of verification of the project and other technical project documentation (soft and hard copies)
• Ensure proper documentation of challenges, lessons learned and best practices

Objective 4: Coordination and referral monitoring (10%)

• Assist in the maintenance of regular liaison, collaboration and coordination with other actors at the field level and with (WASH/Shelter/ FSL and BA) departments  internally
• Support in the maintenance and functioning of a proper coordination and referral system with ACF departments and organizations/entities working in the area (referral mechanism…)
• Ensure proper communication of the hotline and feedback mechanisms

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 any other  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 7: Gender & Safeguarding (cross-cutting)

• Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy.
• Knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policy.
• Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work

Qualifications:

• Knowledge in Cash based program Knowledge in food security Knowledge in water supply and sanitation supply systems. Manage the collated data of the assigned shelter projects and interaction Ability to manage multiple tasks covering different objectives simultaneously to a high quality Knowledge of direct community work with vulnerable or at risk communities
• Two years’ experience working in a related field of expertise. Experience in the humanitarian sector in a similar position
• 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
• Fluent Arabic, Fluency in written and spoken English Good skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and good skills in smart phones

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.