The Field Officer supports the day-to-day field implementation of project activities. The Field officer will work closely with the Field Coordinator and technical teams to ensure timely and effective delivery of project services in collective shelters and affected communities hosting displaced populations. The role focuses on supporting on all field activities related to the project.
Field officer (national)
Principali compiti e responsabilità
Field Operations & Implementation
• Support the Field Coordinator in implementing activities
• Conduct regular field visits with supervisors and technical teams to monitor day-to-day activities, verify works, and identify operational gaps.
• Support community engagement: liaise with community groups, shelter focal points and local actors to facilitate access, acceptance, and coordination of activities.
• Assist with beneficiary selection verification and ensure selection criteria are applied in the field.
• Support and document distributions/field activities and other logistical operations when required (attendance, beneficiary signatures, handover documents).
• Follow health, safety and security procedures at all sites; report incidents or risks immediately to the Field Coordinator.
• Support basic technical tasks under supervision (site checks, simple QA checks on project activity items, photographic evidence collection).
Other responsibilities include:
• Submit weekly field updates to the Field Coordinator and MEAL departement (activity progress, challenges, beneficiary feedback, and photos).
• Ensure all field documentation is accurate, complete and archived according to organizational standards.
• Immediately escalate programmatic, protection, safeguarding or security concerns to the Field Coordinator.
• Maintain working relations with community, shelter focal points and director and other local stakeholders to facilitate implementation.
• Liaise between the shelter/beneficiaries, suppliers, and the Field Coordinator to ensure daily plans and movement schedules are followed.
Qualifications & Experience
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in field-level humanitarian projects (implementation, monitoring).
• Experience with data collection tools and platforms (ActivityInfo, Kobo, ODK, Excel) is required.
• Proven ability to compile, clean and validate data prior to upload.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills; experience working with communities and local authorities.
Core Competencies & Skills
• Attention to detail and strong data quality focus.
• Organized, reliable, able to manage competing tasks and deadlines.
• Team player with capacity to coordinate with logistics and technical staff.
• Basic technical understanding of WASH projects components and construction site requirements.
• Respect for humanitarian principles, accountability and safeguarding policies.
Requisiti essenziali
• Proven ability to compile, clean and validate data prior to upload.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills; experience working with communities and local authorities.
Competenze ed esperienze richieste
• Attention to detail and strong data quality focus.
• Organized, reliable, able to manage competing tasks and deadlines.
• Team player with capacity to coordinate with logistics and technical staff.
• Basic technical understanding of WASH projects components and construction site requirements.
• Respect for humanitarian principles, accountability and safeguarding policies.
