Shelter Water Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist

ROLE PURPOSE: 

As a member of the PDQ team, the Shelter and WASH Specialist will support the technical advisor in ensuring quality technical support for WASH & Shelter programming in SC Lebanon. This involves various tasks such as program implementation support, capacity development, curriculum analysis, and partnership management.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 

Level 3 :  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Reports to: Program Quality & Impact Adviser

Budget responsibility: No

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Technical Support to Field Level Program Implementation. 

• Disseminating approved SOPs, guidelines, and technical protocols to WASH & Shelter field staff.
• Monitoring field implementation for compliance and offering necessary support.
• Revising and guiding adaptation of SOPs, guidelines, and technical protocols as needed.

Capacity Development: 

• Conducting capacity needs assessments for WASH & Shelter programming.
• Designing capacity building plans for staff and partners aligned with program goals.
• Delivering trainings and other capacity development approaches.
• Monitoring progress and recommending enhancements.

Curriculum and common approaches analysis and contextualization.:

• Developing SCI materials and approaches in collaboration with the team.
• Reviewing and enhancing materials for accuracy and relevance based on team and community collected feedback.
• Supporting the development of intersectoral tools in coordination with other thematic technical advisers and team members

Partnership management and national coordination.

• Establishing and maintaining partnerships with NGOs/CBOs and national governance structures.
• Representing SC in national coordination platforms and technical task teams when relevant
• Serving as a liaison with the related ministries and task force
• Collaborating with relevant government agencies on tools and standards development.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning.

• Supporting monitoring and evaluation activities with a focus on learning outcomes.
• Conducting field visits to ensure program quality benchmarks are met.
• Supporting coordination and quality assurance of evaluations and research initiatives.
• Strategy, Advocacy and Communications Support. Working with the PQI Adviser and other relevant SC Units, this role covers:
• Assisting in the development of CO strategies.
• Supporting advocacy efforts for Shelter, WASH, and Climate change.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/construction/shelter-related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English; French is an asset.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Required

• Minimum 6 years of relevant technical experience, including 3 years in humanitarian shelter/WASH.
• 2 years of experience in capacity building design, management, and delivery.
• Advanced reporting, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of climate/DRR policies and Government of Lebanon procedures.
• Substantial emergency preparedness and response experience.
• Supervisory, training, and coaching abilities.
• Assessment, proposal writing, and project cycle management skills.
• Experience in developing and managing shelter & WASH projects in fragile contexts.
• Advocacy and relationship-building with governments and donors.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and coaching skills.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work in diverse environments.

Desirable:

• Experience working at community level with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Prior experience as a Master Trainer and/or in capacity building or coaching of teachers.
• Prior experience in a similar position with a local or international NGO.
• Experience working with multi-grade/multi-level classes.
• Ability to synthesize and develop high-quality knowledge products from diverse data sources including programmatic materials and tools; outstanding gender analysis skills 
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships across cultural and organizational boundaries with internal and external stakeholders, and managing through influence
• Works collaboratively with team members to drive forward progress
• Comfortable working independently with little supervision, as well as with receiving and accounting for direction and engaging as part of a dynamic team.
• Computer literacy including Internet, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

Equal Opportunities 

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.