WASH & Rehabilitation Officer (Roster), Aleppo, Syria

WASH & Rehabilitation Officer ( Roster) /12371

Duration : 6 Months Start date : 01-Nov-2026

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The WASH & Rehabilitation Officer is responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring WASH and infrastructure rehabilitation activities in Aleppo, ensuring they meet Action Against Hunger, donor, and humanitarian standards. This role involves conducting needs assessments, preparing technical documentation, supervising works, and ensuring quality compliance in collaboration with contractors, local authorities, and other stakeholders. The officer also supports integrated program delivery, contributes to proposal development, and ensures cross-cutting themes such as protection, gender, and community engagement are incorporated into projects. By coordinating with internal teams and external partners, the position aims to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and resilient infrastructure for targeted communities while upholding ACF's code of conduct and safeguarding principles.

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1: (To ensure successful implementation of WASH activities according to ACF and humanitarian agreed standards and protocols, as well as to validated plans, budget, and timeframes)

• Conduct assessment and identification of communities WASH and infrastructure priority needs as directed by the line manager.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiary sites/units most in need and explore and assess new and better ways to assist.
• Ensure adherence to the program implementation plan as agreed with local authorities and agencies, and in line with validated plans, budget, and timeframes.
• Provide data and information necessary for development of project concept notes and proposals.
• Contribute to the supervision of specific project (s) budget forecast and follow up and participate in the design of new budgets.
• Preparation of projects technical documents (Bill of quantity, drawings, technical specifications etc.) and ensures its accuracy and quality.
• Assist in developing works packages for contractors: BoQs, technical specifications and special conditions on the contracts.
• Ensure timely implementation and monitoring of WASH project activities.
• Ensure quality and quantity of goods and services received from contractors/suppliers and that these are compliant with contract, sector, ACF and donors' standards
• Ensure that the implementation of WASH and Infrastructure activities are being done as agreed with local authorities and agencies and in line with validated plans, budget, and timeframes
• Contribute to preparation of weekly and monthly work plan.
• Supervise and carry out the implementation of WASH and infrastructure activities, including but not limited to rehabilitation of shelter, rehabilitation and upgrading of WASH infrastructure, sewerage system, irrigation, distribution of NFI, hygiene kits etc.
• Carry out documentation and archiving all documents related to WASH and Infrastructure activities, in your area of responsibility.
• Contribute to the implementation of the log/kit forms and procedures relating to the supply chain, procurement, transport/movement.
• Identifies, and anticipates in a timely manner, potential risks and issues and advises mitigating measures to the WASH Team Leader, field coordinator, and the WASH team/ partner.
• Assist the WASH team leader and field coordinator in supporting key stakeholders to continuously identify and improve operational processes relevant to project implementation.
• Ensure the implementation of cross-cutting themes (gender mainstreaming, protection mainstreaming, conflict-sensitivity, and environmental sustainability) is integrated in the WASH portfolio under the guidance of the WASH team leader, FC, PM, TC, DCDP according to the ACF Syria guidelines.
• Any other duties relevant to WASH and Infrastructure activities.
• To support developing and updating the tools and guidelines related to team capacity building.

Objective 2: (External and Internal Representation and Coordination)

• Work closely with the project team, Log and Admin staff to make sure activities are being implemented according to the planned timelines, within the budget.
• Work closely with MEAL on reporting and post completion monitoring reports.
• Liaise and coordinate with relevant authorities' implementation of WASH and Infrastructure projects in the field.

Objective 3: (Ensure timely and accurate reporting of undertaken activities)

• Ensure monthly reporting of activities including achievements, challenges and explaining deviation with targets.
• Contribute to donors' reporting requirements.
• Contribute to sectors/sub-sectors/technical working groups 5Ws
• Contribute to lessons learned documentation and capitalization for program.
• Contribute to Sitrep report, flag report and other mission reports.

Objective 4: (Contribute to program development through participating in multi-sector integrated needs assessments and leading technical needs assessments)

• Collect information and data required to analyze WASH needs/gaps, Including preparing the needed tools and materials.
• In coordination with the other departments, selecting locations based on needs and gaps for implementing WASH projects adhering to the sector, donor and ACF criteria.
• In coordination with the other departments, conduct technical and multi-sectoral integrated needs assessments.
• Make recommendations for appropriate interventions.

Objective 5: (Liaise and coordinate with external stakeholders in own technical area (WASH)

• Actively participate in sub-sector meetings and relevant technical working groups if requested by the WASH team leader.
• Upon WASH team leader request, coordinate interventions with all relevant technical stakeholders to ensure complementarity, synergy and avoid overlapping.
• Maintain the working relationship with the local partner/local communities.

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

• Bachelor's degree in (electrical, civil, mechanical engineer) or any other relevant field.
• Prior experience of implementing WASH and Rehabilitation projects in Syria in humanitarian organizations is a plus
• At least 3 years of previous relevant job experience
• Experience in electrical projects, solar systems, water stations, and pumping systems is an advantage?
• Knowledge of the central and the coastal area is desirable. -Knowledge or experience in Protection Mainstreaming and Gender-sensitive WASH interventions.

Our remuneration package:

• This is a roster position valid until 31 December 2026, renewable depending on funding availability and performance.
• Salary/benefits: According to Action Against Hunger's salary scale and terms and conditions.
• Duty station: Aleppo.

- Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis, and the vacancy may be closed before the end of the announcement period depending on the availability of qualified candidates.

-The organization is committed to the principles of non-discrimination and diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people.

In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Action Against Hunger implement a range of procedures and actions including Criminal Background Checks/ International vetting/Certificate of good conduct to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and abuse is prevented.

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.