Water Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Technician

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE

Save the Children Lebanon is implementing a large and varied Shelter and Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) program to meet the needs of the refugees and host communities in Lebanon.

The WASH Hygiene Promotion (HP) Technician will deliver WASH related intervention in the field, and is responsible to conduct hygiene awareness through household and community visits, and distribution hygiene materials, 

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

Level 3 – the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) 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: WASH HP Officer

Staff reporting to this post: WASH Volunteers

Budget Responsibilities: N/A

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Programme implementation/management

• Conduct evaluation and assessment at field level (with partners or internal to SCI on Hygiene Promotion, and Wash or multi-disciplinary approach)
• Implementation of components of the Water Sanitation and Hygiene activities related to Hygiene Promotion in Beirut and Mount Lebanon in consultation with the WaSH Officer
• Respond to enquiries, needs and challenges that arise that are related directly or indirectly to their field of work
• Conduct regular visits to beneficiaries, collective shelters, schools or informal tented settlements (ITs)
• Attend and support distributions including preparing distribution lists, material needed, obtaining signatures and actively coordinating with safety and security
• Conduct needs assessments and update biodata logs on excel, kobo, survey 123
• Conduct service assessments and coordination to provide required services abiding within SCI and wash policies
• Planning and implementation of community events, working with community committees and key stakeholders
• Actively present during service provision to ensure policies and safety measures are being applied and obtain signatures / feedback from service providers and/or beneficiaries 
• Provide daily/weekly reports, as requested
• Contribute to data entry for activities such as HP sessions, distribution, community events, water trucking/desludging 

Programme design/development

• Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of activities by collecting appropriate data from selected beneficiaries, using pre-made questionnaires
• Conduct regular site visits to supervise and/or monitor progress and quality 
• Conduct Post Distribution Monitoring
• Conduct awareness sessions on Save the Children’s Feedback Mechanism System, and encourage its use 
• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Perform such other responsibilities as agreed with your line management.

General 

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Perform such other responsibilities as agreed with your line management.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Diploma or degree in Public Health, Nursing, or Engineering or other related field.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Work experience in nursing, public health or related fields (1 years’ experience minimum) 
• 1 year of experience in field work and community mobilization
• 1 year of experience in conducting training and sensitization sessions for communities and beneficiaries
• Computer skills (specifically Excel – MS Offices, Kobo/survey123) 
• Strength in interpersonal, communication and presentation skills 
• Ability to write weekly and monthly report
• Well organized
• Commitment to and understanding of SC aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches

Desirable

• Ability to take initiative where appropriate to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work;
• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organization itself;
• Excellent contact and diplomacy to manage relationship in tensed situation

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

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.

Fraud Prevention

The role holder is expected to uphold high standards of integrity and transparency, and will have access to financial, operational, or programmatic resources that require strict compliance with SCI’s Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy. This includes responsibility for preventing, identifying, and reporting any suspected fraud, corruption, or misuse of resources in the course of their work.

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.

Job Info

• Job Identification: 15893
• Job Category: Programme Operations
• Posting Date: 03/18/2026, 07:32 PM
• Apply Before: 03/24/2026, 10:59 PM
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Locations: FO – Beirut